Compilers Guide for the International Chemical Safety Cards
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Compilers Guide International Chemical Safety Cards 2018 (v1) Compilers Guide for the International Chemical Safety Cards 2018 (v1) ICSC are prepared by an international group of experts on behalf of ILO and WHO, with the financial assistance of the European Commission. © ILO and WHO 2018 page 1 of 141 Compilers Guide International Chemical Safety Cards 2018 (v1) Foreword This is the new Compilers Guide for the International Chemical Safety Cards, an essential tool for making (compiling) ICSC. It has been several years since the transition of the production platform of ICSC, from the so-called PrettyBit (PB) system to the current internet based system). However all this time the makers (compilers) of ICSC have continued to use the ‘manual’ for making ICSC, the Compilers Guide (CG), which in fact is nothing but a Word document. Maintenance of this PrettyBit Compilers Guide (PBCG) was performed in this document and includes activities like adding, editing or deleting (disallowing) standard phrases. But also other activities like adding information regarding GHS classifications and flammability related changes have been recorded in this document. It should also be noted that the PBCG contains several useful appendices with e.g. formulas and tools that can be applied when compiling a card. The most actual version of the CG dates back from August 2010, with beforementioned additions dated February 2012 (titled ‘Compiler's Guide - Updated August 2010 with GHS annotations February 2012’; marked in blue font for GHS-related remarks and in green for flammability-related remarks)). However, keeping the CG up to date not only required meticulous maintenance, but has become increasingly difficult because the PB system had a set up quite different from the current system. For this reason the process of finally converting the PBCG into a new CG designed for the current production database system has been started. A new Compilers Guide In order to create a new Compilers Guide all the essential data from the PBCG has been converted to the current ICSC production database. It is the fruit of the labour over a period of well over a year. For this a new Compilers Guide Committee has been formed. The members of this committee are Bénédicte LaRocca, Daria Pakulska, Marc Baril, Susana Torrado del Rey and Wim Beltman. The maintenance and improvement of the Compilers Guide is a continuous process. The Compilers Guide is not a static document, but a continuously evolving and improving document, which requires both a regular and a regulated process of updating. For this reason other compilers are invited to contact the committee members with any questions or suggestion regarding the Compilers Guide. Any contributions that may improve this CG are very welcome. We are confident that this new CG will be a tremendous step forward in facilitating the compilers’ work and hope you will enjoy this new document. On behalf of the Compilers Guide Committee, Wim Beltman, Scientific Editor ICSC. 27 September 2018. page 2 of 141 Compilers Guide International Chemical Safety Cards 2018 (v1) Table of Contents Foreword ...................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Roadmap ....................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Information format ....................................................................................................................................................... 7 Field name.................................................................................................................................................................................. 7 Grouping of sentences ............................................................................................................................................................... 7 IDENTIFICATION ............................................................................................................................................................ 8 Name .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 State ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Synonyms ................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Mass ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 CAS number ............................................................................................................................................................................... 9 UN number .............................................................................................................................................................................. 10 EC number................................................................................................................................................................................ 10 PHYSICAL & CHEMICAL INFORMATION ...................................................................................................................... 11 Formula .................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Physical properties ................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Physical State; Appearance ...................................................................................................................................................... 19 Physical dangers ....................................................................................................................................................................... 25 Chemical dangers ..................................................................................................................................................................... 28 EXPOSURE & HEALTH EFFECTS ................................................................................................................................... 42 Routes of exposure .................................................................................................................................................................. 42 Inhalation risk .......................................................................................................................................................................... 43 Effects of short-term exposure ................................................................................................................................................ 47 Effects of long-term or repeated exposure ............................................................................................................................. 54 ENVIRONMENT ........................................................................................................................................................... 61 FIRE and EXPLOSION ................................................................................................................................................... 63 Acute hazards........................................................................................................................................................................... 63 Prevention ................................................................................................................................................................................ 68 Fire fighting .............................................................................................................................................................................. 71 EXPOSURE ................................................................................................................................................................... 76 SYMPTOMS - PREVENTION - FIRST AID ...................................................................................................................... 79 Inhalation ................................................................................................................................................................................. 79 Skin ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 85 Eyes .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 91 Ingestion .................................................................................................................................................................................. 96 SPILLAGE DISPOSAL .................................................................................................................................................