Substance profile

Slack wax (petroleum), low-melting, carbon-treated

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

CAS 97863-04-2 Danger

01 · Identification

What Slack wax (petroleum)… is

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

Under the GHS it carries the signal word Danger.

CAS number97863-04-2

EC number308-155-9

Index number649-250-00-8

Slack wax
[A complex combination of hydrocarbons obtained by the treatment of low-melting slack wax with activated carbon for the removal of trace polar constituents and impurities. It consists predominantly of saturated straight and branched chain hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly greater than C12.]

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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