General Information
Revision date
2022-06-09
Product name
Potassium methoxide
CAS No.
865-33-8
REACH No
is
Emergency telephone
+49 (0)696 43508409
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Company Information
company name
Sigma-Aldrich Chemie GmbH
e-mail address of the competent person responsible for the Safety Data Sheet
technischerservice@merckgroup.com
GHS Information
Signal word
Danger
Hazard Codes
Hazard statements (CLP)
H251, H314
Hazard statements
Code
Statements
H251
Self-heating; may catch fire
Section 2
CLP CLASSIFICATION
Self-heating substances and mixtures (Category 1), H251 Skin corrosion (Sub-category 1B), H314 For the full text of the H-Statements mentioned in this Section, see Section 16.
2.2 Label elements
Labelling according Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008
Signal word
Danger
Hazard statements
H251 Self-heating; may catch fire. H314 Causes severe skin burns and eye damage.
Precautionary statements
P235 Keep cool. P260 Do not breathe dust. P280 Wear protective gloves/ protective clothing/ eye protection/ face protection. P303 + P361 + P353 IF ON SKIN (or hair): Take off immediately all contaminated clothing. Rinse skin with water. P304 + P340 + P310 IF INHALED: Remove person to fresh air and keep comfortable for breathing. Immediately call a POISON CENTER/ doctor. P305 + P351 + P338 IF IN EYES: Rinse cautiously with water for several minutes. Remove contact lenses, if present and easy to do. Continue rinsing.
Supplemental label elements
EUH014 Reacts violently with water.
2.3 Other hazards
This substance/mixture contains no components considered to be either persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT), or very persistent and very bioaccumulative (vPvB) at levels of 0.1% or higher.
