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Phosphonium, tetrabutyl-, 1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,4-nonafluoro-1-butanesulfonate (1:1)

Phosphonium, tetrabutyl-, 1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,4-nonafluoro-1-butanesulfonate (1:1) is a chemical substance with the molecular formula C20H36F9O3PS.

CAS 220689-12-3 C20H36F9O3PS 558.5 g/mol Warning

01 · Identification

What Phosphonium, tetrabutyl… is

Phosphonium, tetrabutyl-, 1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,4-nonafluoro-1-butanesulfonate (1:1) is a chemical substance with the molecular formula C20H36F9O3PS. Its molecular formula is C20H36F9O3PS and its molecular weight is 558.5 g/mol.

Under the GHS it carries the signal word Warning.

02 · Identifiers

Phosphonium, tetrabutyl… identifiers and molecular data

Phosphonium, tetrabutyl… CAS number and EC number

CAS number220689-12-3
EC number444-440-5
Index number (CLP Annex VI)015-194-00-2

Phosphonium, tetrabutyl… molecular formula and molecular weight

Molecular formulaC20H36F9O3PS
Molecular weight558.5 g/mol

Other names for Phosphonium, tetrabutyl…

  • tetrabutyl-phosphonium nonafluoro-butane-1-sulfonate

03 · GHS classification

Phosphonium, tetrabutyl… hazard classification

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

Phosphonium, tetrabutyl… pictograms and signal word

Signal wordWarning

Phosphonium, tetrabutyl… hazard class and category

GHS hazard classes Phosphonium, tetrabutyl… falls into
Hazard class Category From code Pictogram
Acute toxicity - oral GHS chapter 3.1 Category 4 H302 GHS07
Hazardous to the aquatic environment - chronic GHS chapter 4.1 Category 3 H412

Phosphonium, tetrabutyl… hazard statements (H-codes)

Hazard statements assigned to Phosphonium, tetrabutyl…
CodeHazard statement
H302 Harmful if swallowed.
H412 Harmful to aquatic life with long lasting effects.

This page lists only the codes assigned to Phosphonium, tetrabutyl…. 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 Phosphonium, tetrabutyl…

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 Phosphonium, tetrabuty… 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

Phosphonium, tetrabutyl… precautionary statements

CLP Annex VI assigns 6 precautionary statements to Phosphonium, tetrabutyl…. 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.

Prevention

What to do before and during handling so the hazard never happens.

Response

What to do once exposure, spillage or fire has already happened.

Disposal

What has to happen to the contents and the empty container.

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

Phosphonium, tetrabutyl… 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 тетрабутилфосфониев нонафлуоробутан-1-сулфонат
Spanish español Nonafluorobutano-1-sulfonato de tetrabutilfosfonio
Czech čeština tetrabutylfosfonium-nonafluorbutan-1-sulfonát
Danish dansk tetrabutylphosphonium-nonafluorbutan-1-sulfonat
German Deutsch Tetrabutylphosphoniumnonafluorbutan-1-sulfonat
Estonian eesti tetrabutüülfosfooniumnonafluorobutaan-1-sulfonaat
Greek ελληνικά εννεαφθοροβουτανο-1-σουλφονικό τετραβουτυλοφωσφόνιο
English English tetrabutyl-phosphonium nonafluoro-butane-1-sulfonate
French français nonafluoro-butane-1-sulfonate de tétrabutyl-phosphonium
Croatian hrvatski tetrabutil-fosfonijev nonafluor-butan-1-sulfonat
Italian italiano nonafluoro-butano-1-solfonato di tetrabutil-fosfonio
Latvian latviešu tetrabutilfosfonija nonafluorbutān-1-sulfonāts
Lithuanian lietuvių tetrabutilfosfonio nonafluorbutan-1-sulfonatas
Hungarian magyar tetrabutil-foszfónium-nonafluor-bután-1-szulfonát
Maltese Malti tetrabutil-fosfonju nonafluworo-butan-1-sulfonat
Dutch Nederlands tetrabutylfosfoniumnonafluor-1-butaansulfonaat
Polish polski nonafluorobutano-1-sulfonian tetrabutylofosfoniowy
Portuguese português nonafluoro-1-butanossulfonato de tetrabutilfosfónio
Romanian română tetrabutil-fosfoniunonafluorbutan-1-sulfonat
Slovak slovenčina (tetrabutylfosfónium)-nonafluórbután-1- sulfonát
Slovenian slovenščina tetrabutil-fosfonijev nonafluoro-butan-1-sulfonat
Finnish suomi tetrabutyylifosfoniumnonafluoributaani-1-sulfonaatti
Swedish svenska tetrabutylfosfoniumnonafluorbutan-1-sulfonat

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

Phosphonium, tetrabutyl… GHS label elements

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

GHS07 Exclamation mark pictogram

Warning

Phosphonium, tetrabutyl…

  • Harmful if swallowed.
  • Harmful to aquatic life with long lasting effects.
  • Do not eat, drink or smoke when using this product.
  • Avoid release to the environment.
  • IF SWALLOWED:
  • Call a POISON CENTER/doctor/ if you feel unwell.
  • Rinse mouth.
  • Dispose of contents/container to

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

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07 · Questions

Phosphonium, tetrabutyl… — frequently asked questions

What is the CAS number of Phosphonium, tetrabutyl…?

The CAS number of Phosphonium, tetrabutyl… is 220689-12-3. Its EC number is 444-440-5.

What is the chemical formula of Phosphonium, tetrabutyl…?

The molecular formula of Phosphonium, tetrabutyl… is C20H36F9O3PS and its molecular weight is 558.5 g/mol.

What does a Phosphonium, tetrabutyl… label have to show?

Under CLP Annex VI the label for Phosphonium, tetrabutyl… carries the pictogram Exclamation mark and the signal word is Warning.

Is Phosphonium, tetrabutyl… flammable?

CLP Annex VI assigns Phosphonium, tetrabutyl… 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 Phosphonium, tetrabutyl… a carcinogen?

CLP Annex VI records no harmonised carcinogenicity classification for Phosphonium, tetrabutyl…. 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.

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