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Reference data from EU CLP Annex VI and published regulations — verify against your supplier's SDS before use.

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Residues (petroleum), heavy coker gas oil and vacuum gas oil

Residues (petroleum), heavy coker gas oil and vacuum gas oil is a substance with a harmonised classification under EU CLP.

CAS 68478-17-1 Danger

01 · Identification

What Residues (petroleum), heavy… is

Residues (petroleum), heavy coker gas oil and vacuum gas oil is a substance with a harmonised classification under EU CLP.

Under the GHS it carries the signal word Danger.

CAS number68478-17-1
EC number270-796-4
Index number649-026-00-X

Other names for Residues (petroleum), heavy…

  • Heavy Fuel oil
  • [A complex combination of hydrocarbons produced as the residual fraction from the distillation of heavy coker gas oil and vacuum gas oil. It predominantly consists of hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly greater than C13 and boiling above approximately 230 °C (446 °F).]

02 · GHS classification

Hazards and label elements

Harmonised classification under CLP Annex VI. This is the legally binding classification in the EU; other jurisdictions may differ.

Signal wordDanger
Hazard statements assigned to Residues (petroleum), heavy…
CodeHazard statement
H350 May cause cancer <state route of exposure if it is conclusively proven that no other routes of exposure cause the hazard>.

Precautionary statements: P201, P280, P308, P313

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