A Safety Data Sheet (SDS) is a document produced in alignment with the UN’s Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS).
The GHS System is built on 16 physical, 10 health and 3 environment hazard classes and comprises the following communication elements:
Description
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Hazard Class and Hazard Category
Exploding bomb GHS01
Unstable explosives
Explosives of divisions 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
Self-reactive substances and mixtures, Types A, B
Organic peroxides, Types A, B
Flame GHS02
Flammable gases, category 1
Flammable aerosols, categories 1, 2
Flammable liquids, categories 1, 2, 3, 4
Flammable solids, categories 1, 2
Self-reactive substances and mixtures, Types B, C, D, E, F
Pyrophoric liquids, category 1
Pyrophoric solids, category 1
Combustible solids, category 3
Combustible liquids, category 3
Self-heating substances and mixtures, categories 1, 2
Substances and mixtures, which in contact with water, emit flammable gases, categories 1, 2, 3