Material Safety Data Sheet Collection Phenol

PHE3200
DSC60 RTF Template version: 2005-05-13-03
Issue Date: 2005-05

Section 1 - Chemical Product and Company Identification 54/60

Material Name: Phenol CAS Number: 108-95-2
Chemical Formula: C6H6O
Structural Chemical Formula: C6H5OH
EINECS Number: 203-632-7
ACX Number: X1001304-8
Synonyms: ACIDE CARBOLIQUE; BAKER'S P AND S LIQUID AND OINTMENT; BENZENOL; CARBOLIC
ACID; CARBOLSAURE; FENOL; FENOLO; HYDROXYBENZENE; IZAL; MONOHYDROXYBENZENE;
MONOPHENOL; OXYBENZENE; PHENIC ACID; PHENOL; PHENOL ALCOHOL; PHENOLE;
PHENOL,MOLTEN; PHENYL ALCOHOL; PHENYL HYDRATE; PHENYL HYDROXIDE; PHENYLIC ACID;
PHENYLIC ALCOHOL
General Use: Used as a general disinfectant, either in solution or mixed with slaked lime, etc., for toilets, stables,
cesspools, floors, drains, etc.; for the manufacture of colorless or light-colored artificial resins.
Also used in many medicinal and industrial compounds and dyes; as a reagent in chemical analysis.

Section 2 - Composition / Information on Ingredients

Name CAS %
phenol 108-95-2 >99
OSHA PEL NIOSH REL DFG (Germany) MAK
3 3
TWA: 5 ppm; 19 mg/m ; skin. TWA: 5 ppm, 19 mg/m ; Ceiling: Skin.
3
15.6 ppm; 60 mg/m , 15-minute;
ACGIH TLV skin.
TWA: 5 ppm; skin.
IDLH Level
250 ppm.

Section 3 - Hazards Identification

ChemWatch Hazard Ratings
HMIS
2 Flammability
3 Health
Toxicity
4 0 Body Contact 2 Flammability
Reactivity
— Chronic
0 Reactivity
0 1 2 3 4
Fire Diamond Min Low Moderate High Extreme

ANSI Signal Word

Danger!
Poison Corrosive

œœœœœ Emergency Overview œœœœœ

White, crystalline solid; medicinal odor. Corrosive. Poison. Other Acute Effects: severe neurological effects
(shock and coma), liver/kidney damage, absorbed through skin. Combustible.

Potential Health Effects

Target Organs: liver, kidneys, nervous system, skin
Primary Entry Routes: skin absorption, eye contact, ingestion, inhalation
Acute Effects
Inhalation: The vapor is extremely discomforting to the upper respiratory tract, may cause severe mucous membrane
damage and may be harmful if inhaled.
Pulmonary absorption may lead to systemic toxicity affecting the cardiovascular and central nervous system.
Inhalation of phenol and some of its derivatives may produce profuse perspiration, intense thirst, nausea, vomiting,
diarrhea, cyanosis, hyperactivity, stupor, falling blood pressure, hypernea, abdominal pain, hemolysis, convulsions,
coma and pulmonary edema with pneumonia. Respiratory failure and kidney damage may follow.
Inhalation of the vapor causes a sore throat, coughing, shortness of breath and labored breathing.
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