Substance profile
Sulfur tetrachloride
Sulfur tetrachloride is a chemical substance with the molecular formula Cl4S.
01 · Identification
What Sulfur tetrachloride is
Sulfur tetrachloride is a chemical substance with the molecular formula Cl4S. Its molecular formula is Cl4S and its molecular weight is 173.9 g/mol.
Under the GHS it carries the signal word Danger.
02 · Identifiers
Sulfur tetrachloride identifiers and molecular data
Sulfur tetrachloride CAS number and EC number
Sulfur tetrachloride molecular formula and molecular weight
Other names for Sulfur tetrachloride
- sulphur tetrachloride
03 · GHS classification
Sulfur tetrachloride hazard classification
Harmonised classification under CLP Annex VI. This is the legally binding classification in the EU; other jurisdictions may differ.
Sulfur tetrachloride pictograms and signal word
Sulfur tetrachloride hazard class and category
| Hazard class | Category | From code | Pictogram |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skin corrosion/irritation GHS chapter 3.2 | Category 1A or 1B or 1C | H314 | GHS05 |
| Hazardous to the aquatic environment - acute GHS chapter 4.1 | Category 1 | H400 | GHS09 |
Where two values are shown with “or”, the hazard statement is shared by more than one category or by more than one class, and the code alone does not say which. H272, for example, belongs to oxidising liquids and to oxidising solids — the physical state decides. The binding answer for a specific entry is in the CLP Annex VI table itself.
Sulfur tetrachloride hazard statements (H-codes)
| Code | Hazard statement |
|---|---|
| H314 | Causes severe skin burns and eye damage. |
| H400 | Very toxic to aquatic life. |
Sulfur tetrachloride supplemental EU statements (EUH)
| Code | Statement |
|---|---|
| EUH014 | Reacts violently with water. |
This page lists only the codes assigned to Sulfur tetrachloride. 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 Sulfur tetrachloride
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 Sulfur tetrachloride 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
Sulfur tetrachloride precautionary statements
CLP Annex VI assigns 8 precautionary statements to Sulfur tetrachloride. 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
Sulfur tetrachloride 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 | серен тетрахлорид |
| Spanish español | Tetracloruro de azufre |
| Czech čeština | chlorid siřičitý |
| Danish dansk | svovltetrachlorid |
| German Deutsch | Schwefeltetrachlorid |
| Estonian eesti | vääveltetrakloriid |
| Greek ελληνικά | τετραχλωριούχο θείο |
| English English | sulphur tetrachloride |
| French français | tétrachlorure de soufre |
| Croatian hrvatski | sumporov tetraklorid |
| Italian italiano | tetracloruro di zolfo |
| Latvian latviešu | sēra tetrahlorīds |
| Lithuanian lietuvių | sieros tetrachloridas |
| Hungarian magyar | kén-tetraklorid |
| Maltese Malti | tetraklorur tal-kubrit |
| Dutch Nederlands | zwaveltetrachloride |
| Polish polski | tetrachlorek siarki |
| Portuguese português | tetracloreto de enxofre |
| Romanian română | tetraclorură de sulf |
| Slovak slovenčina | chlorid siričitý |
| Slovenian slovenščina | žveplov tetraklorid |
| Finnish suomi | rikkitetrakloridi |
| Swedish svenska | svaveltetraklorid |
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
Sulfur tetrachloride GHS label elements
Everything CLP Annex VI fixes for Sulfur tetrachloride, laid out the way it appears on a label. The greyed lines are the parts only the supplier can fill in.
Danger
Sulfur tetrachloride
- Causes severe skin burns and eye damage.
- Very toxic to aquatic life.
- Reacts violently with water.
- Do not breathe dust/fume/gas/mist/vapours/spray.
- Avoid release to the environment.
- Wear protective gloves/protective clothing/eye protection/face protection/hearing protection/…
- IF SWALLOWED:
- Immediately call a POISON CENTER/doctor/…
- Do NOT induce vomiting.
- Collect spillage.
- Dispose of contents/container to …
Supplier name, address and telephone number· Product identifier·Nominal quantity
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07 · Questions
Sulfur tetrachloride — frequently asked questions
What is the CAS number of Sulfur tetrachloride?
The CAS number of Sulfur tetrachloride is 13451-08-6.
What is the chemical formula of Sulfur tetrachloride?
The molecular formula of Sulfur tetrachloride is Cl4S and its molecular weight is 173.9 g/mol.
What does a Sulfur tetrachloride label have to show?
Under CLP Annex VI the label for Sulfur tetrachloride carries the pictograms Corrosion and Environment and the signal word is Danger.
Is Sulfur tetrachloride flammable?
CLP Annex VI assigns Sulfur tetrachloride 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 Sulfur tetrachloride a carcinogen?
CLP Annex VI records no harmonised carcinogenicity classification for Sulfur tetrachloride. 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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