General Information
Revision date
2007-06-07
Product name
HYLEX polycarbonate
Chemical name
Poly (Bisphenal - A) carbonate
CAS No.
103598-77-2
1.2.1 Relevant identified uses
May be used to produce molded or extruded articles or as a component of other industrial products
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Company Information
company name
Entec Polymers, LLC
Section 2
SECTION 2: Hazards identification
THIS PRODUCT CONSISTS PRIMARILY OF HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYMERS WHICH ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS. Emergency Overview: Solid pellets with slight or no color. Spilled pellets create slipping hazard. Can burn in a fire creating dense, toxic smoke. Molten plastic can cause severe thermal burns. Fumes produced during melt processing may cause eye, skin and respiratory tract irritation. Secondary operations, such as grinding, sanding or sawing can produce dust, which may present and explosion or respiratory hazard.
Potential health effects
Eye: Product may cause irritation or injury due to mechanical action Skin: Pellets not likely to cause skin irritation Ingestion: Not acutely toxic Inhalation: Pellet inhalation unlikely due to physical form Chronic/Carcinogenicity NTP: Not tested
