Substance profile

Slack wax (petroleum), acid-treated

Slack wax (petroleum), acid-treated is a substance with a harmonised classification under EU CLP.

CAS 90669-77-5 Danger

01 · Identification

What Slack wax (petroleum)… is

Slack wax (petroleum), acid-treated is a substance with a harmonised classification under EU CLP.

Under the GHS it carries the signal word Danger.

CAS number90669-77-5

EC number292-659-8

Index number649-245-00-0

Slack wax
[A complex combination of hydrocarbons obtained as a raffinate by treatment of a petroleum slack wax fraction with sulfuric acid treating process. It consists predominantly of saturated straight and branched chain hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly greater than C20.]

02 · GHS classification

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 Slack wax (petroleum)…
Code	Hazard 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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