Substance profile

Tar, coal

Tar, coal is a substance with a harmonised classification under EU CLP.

CAS 8007-45-2 Danger

01 · Identification

What Tar, coal is

Tar, coal is a substance with a harmonised classification under EU CLP.

Under the GHS it carries the signal word Danger.

CAS number8007-45-2

EC number232-361-7

Index number648-081-00-7

Coal tar
[The by-product from the destructive distillation of coal. Almost black semisolid. A complex combination of aromatic hydro-carbons, phenolic compounds, nitrogen bases and thiophene.]

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 Tar, coal
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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