General Information
Revision date
2016-06-09
Product name
Shell Bitumen 35/50
CAS No.
7783-06-4
1.2.1 Relevant identified uses
Paving grade bitumen for road paving
Icons in SDS
Company Information
company name
Shell Downstream South Africa (Pty) Ltd
GHS Information
Signal word
No
Section 2
SECTION 2: Hazards identification
Not a hazardous substance or mixture according to the Globally Harmonised System (GHS) Not a dangerous substance or mixture according to the Globally Harmonised System (GHS).
Hazard pictograms
No Hazard Symbol required
Signal word
No signal word
Physical hazards
Not classified as a physical hazard according to CLP criteria.
Health hazards
Not classified as a health hazard under CLP criteria.
Environmental hazards
Not classified as environmental hazard according to CLP criteria.
Prevention
No precautionary phrases.
Response
No precautionary phrases.
Storage
No precautionary phrases.
Disposal
No precautionary phrases.
2.3 Other hazards
Not expected to be a health hazard at ambient temperature. Contact with hot material can cause thermal burns which may result in permanent skin damage. Hot product may cause severe eye burns and/or blindness. Not classified as flammable but will burn. Do not allow molten material to contact water or liquids as this can cause violent eruptions, splatter hot material, or ignite flammable material. Hydrogen sulphide (H2S), an extremely flammable and toxic gas, and other hazardous vapours may evolve and collect in the headspace of storage tanks, transport vessels and other enclosed containers.
