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Document ID (ISN)27158
CIS number 77-621
Year 1976
Convention or series no.
Title Characteristics of liquids and gases
Original title Caractéristiques de liquides et gaz [in German]
Caractéristiques de liquides et gaz. [in French]
Bibliographic information Form. 1469, Swiss National Accident Insurance Institute (Caisse nationale suisse d'assurance en cas d'accidents), Case postale, 6002 Luzern, Switzerland, 1976. 18p.
Abstract This loose-leaf compendium gives definitions of certain physical characteristics relevant to occupational safety and health (density, melting point, boiling point, vapour pressure, concentration of the vapour at saturation point, flash point, flammable limits, ignition temperature), with tables giving the values of these characteristics for some 250 substances; hydrocarbons, alcohols, aldehydes, acids and anhydrides, ketones, ethers, esters, glycol ethers, glycols, halogenated hydrocarbons, amines, nitro and thio compounds, inorganic and organic gases.
Descriptors (primary) dangerous substances; flammable liquids; chemical products; flammable gases; Switzerland
Descriptors (secondary) organosulfur compounds; data sheet; esters and salts; ketones; aldehydes; alcohols; halogenated hydrocarbons; hydrocarbons; ethers; glycol ethers; carboxylic acid anhydrides; nitro compounds; amines; aliphatic diols; organic acids; flashpoints; ignition temperatures; flammable limits
Document type F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards
Subject(s) Fire and explosions
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Organic acids