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Pentasodium (carboxylatomethyl)iminobis(ethylenenitrilo)tetraacetate

Pentasodium (carboxylatomethyl)iminobis(ethylenenitrilo)tetraacetate: dry Powder; Liquid.

CAS 140-01-2 Danger

01 · Identification

What Pentasodium (carboxylatomethyl… is

Pentasodium (carboxylatomethyl)iminobis(ethylenenitrilo)tetraacetate: dry Powder; Liquid.

Under the GHS it carries the signal word Danger.

02 · Identifiers

Pentasodium (carboxylatomethyl… identifiers and molecular data

Pentasodium (carboxylatomethyl… CAS number and EC number

CAS number140-01-2
EC number205-391-3
Index number (CLP Annex VI)607-736-00-7

03 · GHS classification

Pentasodium (carboxylatomethyl… hazard classification

Harmonised classification under CLP Annex VI. This is the legally binding classification in the EU; other jurisdictions may differ.

Pentasodium (carboxylatomethyl… pictograms and signal word

Signal wordDanger

Pentasodium (carboxylatomethyl… hazard class and category

GHS hazard classes Pentasodium (carboxylatome… falls into
Hazard class Category From code Pictogram
Acute toxicity - inhalation GHS chapter 3.1 Category 4 H332 GHS07
Specific target organ toxicity - repeated exposure GHS chapter 3.9 Category 2 H373 GHS08

Pentasodium (carboxylatomethyl… hazard statements (H-codes)

Hazard statements assigned to Pentasodium (carboxylatome…
CodeHazard statement
H360D May damage the unborn child.
H332 Harmful if inhaled.
H373 May cause damage to organs <or state all organs affected, if known> through prolonged or repeated exposure <state route of exposure if it is conclusively proven that no other routes of exposure cause the hazard>.

This page lists only the codes assigned to Pentasodium (carboxylatome…. 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 Pentasodium (carboxylatome…

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 Pentasodium (carboxyla… 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.

04 · Precautionary statements

Pentasodium (carboxylatomethyl… precautionary statements

CLP Annex VI assigns 6 precautionary statements to Pentasodium (carboxylatome…. They are grouped the way a label groups them: what to do before handling, what to do when something has already happened, how to store it and how to dispose of it.

Reading the notation. is a blank the supplier fills in — not a truncated sentence.· [square brackets] mark a part printed only when it applies.

05 · Names in the regulation

Pentasodium (carboxylatomethyl… name in 23 EU languages

CLP Annex VI Part 3 is published in every language edition of the regulation, and the identification column is written out in each of them. Nothing below is translated by us: each line is the name as that edition prints it. Under Art. 18(2) the substance name from Annex VI is a lawful product identifier, so this is the wording to put on a label going to that market — and where the cell lists several designations, any one of them qualifies.

Language Name in CLP Annex VI Part 3
Bulgarian български пентанатриев (карбоксилатометил)иминобис(етиленнитрило)тетраацетат
Spanish español (Carboxilatometil)iminobis(etilennitrilo)tetraacetato de pentasodio
Czech čeština pentanatrium-[(karboxylatomethyl)iminobis(ethylennitrilo)tetraacetát]
Danish dansk pentanatrium (carboxylatmethyl)iminobis(ethylennitrilo)tetraacetat
German Deutsch Pentanatrium-(carboxylatomethyl)iminobis(ethylennitrilo)tetraacetat
Estonian eesti pentanaatrium(karboksülatometüül)iminobis(etüleennitrilo)tetraatsetaat
Greek ελληνικά (καρβοξυλατομεθυλ)ιμινο-δις(αιθυλενονιτριλο)τετραοξικό πεντανάτριο
English English pentasodium (carboxylatomethyl)iminobis(ethylenenitrilo)tetraacetate
French français (carboxylatométhyl)iminobis(éthylènenitrilo)tétraacétate de pentasodium
Croatian hrvatski pentanatrijev (karboksilatometil)iminobis(etilennitrilo)tetraacetat
Italian italiano pentasodio (carbossilatometil)iminobis(etilenenitrilo)tetraacetato
Latvian latviešu pentanātrija (karboksilatometil)iminobis(etilēnnitrilo)tetraacetāts
Lithuanian lietuvių pentanatrio (karboksilatometil)iminobis(etilennitrilo) tetraacetatas
Hungarian magyar pentanátrium-(karboxiláto-metil)-imino-bisz(etilén-nitrilo)-tetraacetát
Maltese Malti tetraaċetat tal-pentasodju(karbossilatometil)iminobis (etilenenitrilo)
Dutch Nederlands pentanatrium(carboxylatomethyl)iminobis(ethyleennitrilo)tetraäcetaat
Polish polski (karboksylanometylo)iminobis(etylenonitrylo)tetraoctan pentasodu
Portuguese português (carboxilatometil)iminobis(etilenonitrilo)tetra-acetato de pentassódio
Romanian română (carboxilatometil)iminobis(etilennitrilo)tetraacetat de pentasodiu
Slovak slovenčina (carboxilatometil)iminobis(etilennitrilo)tetraacetat de pentasodiu
Slovenian slovenščina pentanatrijev (karboksilatometil)iminobis(etilennitrilo)tetraacetat
Finnish suomi pentanatrium (karboksylaattimetyyli)iminobis(etyleeninitriili)tetra-asetaatti
Swedish svenska pentanatrium(karboxylatmetyl)iminobis(etylennitril)tetraacetat

All 23 language editions of Annex VI carry this entry. Irish is the twenty-fourth official EU language and has no line here for a different reason: no consolidated CLP text has ever been published in Irish, so there is no Irish edition of Annex VI to quote a name from. Source: consolidated CLP, CELEX 02008R1272, language editions. © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu — only the electronic Official Journal of the European Union is authentic.

06 · Label elements

Pentasodium (carboxylatomethyl… GHS label elements

Everything CLP Annex VI fixes for Pentasodium (carboxylatome…, laid out the way it appears on a label. The greyed lines are the parts only the supplier can fill in.

GHS07 Exclamation mark pictogramGHS08 Health hazard pictogram

Danger

Pentasodium (carboxylatomethyl…

  • May damage the unborn child.
  • Harmful if inhaled.
  • May cause damage to organs <or state all organs affected, if known> through prolonged or repeated exposure <state route of exposure if it is conclusively proven that no other routes of exposure cause the hazard>.
  • Do not breathe dust/fume/gas/mist/vapours/spray.
  • Do not eat, drink or smoke when using this product.
  • Use only outdoors or in a well-ventilated area.
  • IF INHALED:
  • Call a POISON CENTER/doctor/ if you feel unwell.
  • Get medical advice/attention if you feel unwell.

Supplier name, address and telephone number· Product identifier·Nominal quantity

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07 · Health hazards

Pentasodium (carboxylatomethyl… health hazards and exposure limits

Pentasodium (carboxylatomethyl… hazard summary

Emergency treatment: Symptomatic drug parenteral exposure; [HSDB] Not irritating to rabbit skin or eyes; Not sensitizing in guinea pig maximization test; No evidence of mutagenicity; Teratogenic effects in rats at doses maternally toxic; [IUCLID] No information available on effects to reproduction or lactation; [REPROTOX] Irritating to eyes; [Fisher MSDS]

Source: Haz-Map, Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases

08 · Handling and storage

Pentasodium (carboxylatomethyl… storage and handling

Pentasodium (carboxylatomethyl… storage conditions

Store between 15 - 30 °C (59 -86 °F). /Ca-DTPA/

Source: Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)

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09 · Questions

Pentasodium (carboxylatomethyl… — frequently asked questions

What is the CAS number of Pentasodium (carboxylatomethyl…?

The CAS number of Pentasodium (carboxylatomethyl… is 140-01-2. Its EC number is 205-391-3.

What does a Pentasodium (carboxylatomethyl… label have to show?

Under CLP Annex VI the label for Pentasodium (carboxylatomethyl… carries the pictograms Exclamation mark and Health hazard and the signal word is Danger.

Is Pentasodium (carboxylatomethyl… flammable?

CLP Annex VI assigns Pentasodium (carboxylatomethyl… no flammability hazard class. That is not a statement that it cannot burn: the harmonised list only records the hazards that were assessed for it.

Is Pentasodium (carboxylatomethyl… a carcinogen?

CLP Annex VI records no harmonised carcinogenicity classification for Pentasodium (carboxylatomethyl…. Annex VI is a list of agreed classifications, not a list of substances found safe, so this is an absence of a classification rather than a clean bill of health.

How should Pentasodium (carboxylatomethyl… be stored?

Store between 15 - 30 °C (59 -86 °F). /Ca-DTPA/ (Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB))

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