Substance profile
Slack wax (petroleum), low-melting, silicic acid-treated
Slack wax (petroleum), low-melting, silicic acid-treated is a substance with a harmonised classification under EU CLP.
01 · Identification
What Slack wax (petroleum)… is
Slack wax (petroleum), low-melting, silicic acid-treated is a substance with a harmonised classification under EU CLP.
Under the GHS it carries the signal word Danger.
Other names for Slack wax (petroleum)…
- Slack wax
- [A complex combination of hydrocarbons obtained by the treatment of low-melting petroleum slack wax with silicic acid 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
Hazards and label elements
Harmonised classification under CLP Annex VI. This is the legally binding classification in the EU; other jurisdictions may differ.
| 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
This page lists only the codes assigned to Slack wax (petroleum)…. The full reference lives on the hazard statements hub, the precautionary statements hub and the GHS pictograms hub.
Safety Data Sheet
Getting an SDS for Slack wax (petroleum)…
A Safety Data Sheet is written for a product, not for a substance: the supplier of the grade you actually buy issues it, so two suppliers of Slack wax (petroleum)… issue two different sheets. That is why there is no single authoritative SDS for a substance to download — what there is, is the job of collecting the sheets for the products you hold and keeping them current as suppliers revise them.
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