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Revision date
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14. TRANSPORT INFORMATION
Australian Code For Transport of Dangerous Goods by ROAD and RAIL
U.N. Number:
1719
U.N. Proper Shipping Name:
CAUSTIC ALKALI LIQUID N.O.S.
Subsidiary Risk:
N/A
Packaging Group:
III
Hazchem Code:
2R
15. REGULATORY INFORMATION
Label
Classification and labelling have been performed according to regulations.
Poison Schedule
S6
EPG
: CAUSTIC ALKALI N.O.S.
Australia. Industrial Chemical (Notification and Assessment) Act (AUSTR)
. All ingredients
in this preparation are listed in the Australian Inventory of Chemical Substances, AICS.
16. OTHER INFORMATION
Date of Preparation
: 08-08-2008
Key to Abbreviations & Acronyms Used in MSDS
:
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Less Than
>
Greater Than
AICS
Australian Inventory of Chemical Substances
CAS
Chemical Abstracts Service (Registry Number)
LC50
LC stands for lethal Concentration. LC50 is the concentration of a material in
air which causes death of 50% (one half ) of a group of test animals.
LD50
LD stands for “Lethal Dose”. LD50 is the amount of a material, given all at
once, which causes the death of 50% (one half) of a group of test animals.
NOHSC
National Occupational Health and Safety Commission.
OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
PEL
Permissible Exposure Limit.
STEL
Short Term Exposure Limit
TLV
Threshold Limit Value
TWA
Time Weighted Average
UN
United Nations (Number)
deg C (‘C)
Degrees Celsius
g
Gram