| Document ID (ISN) | 105748 |
| CIS number |
06-1158 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0007-9952 - Cahiers de notes documentaires - Hygiène et sécurité du travail |
| Year |
2006 |
| Convention or series no. |
INRS PR 22-202-06
|
| Author(s) |
Jargot D. |
| Title |
Industrial chemical paint strippers |
| Original title |
Les décapants chimiques industriels [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
1st Quarter 2006, No.202, p.91-96. 6 ref. |
| Internet access |
http://www.hst.fr/inrs-pub/inrs01.nsf/IntranetObject-accesParReference/PR%2022/$File/PR22.pdf [in French]
|
| Abstract |
Paint strippers consist of concentrated formulations of varying complexity containing one or the other of the following substances: dichloromethane (50% of paint strippers); sodium or potassium hydroxide (25% of paint strippers are alkaline with a pH>13); phosphoric, hydrochloric, hydrofluoric, nitric or sulfuric acid (90% of pickling liquors and 70% of strippers for ovens). Being mostly caustic and corrosive, these substances can give rise to possibly severe irritation of the skin, and the respiratory and ocular mucous membranes. There is also a risk of inflammation from hydrocarbons and oxygenated compounds, together with the harmful and suspected carcinogenic effects of dichloromethane (classified R40). |
| Descriptors (primary) |
France; paint removers; pickling liquors; caustic substances |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
hydrochloric acid; classification; irritants; carcinogens; nitric acid; dichloromethane; solvents; mucous membranes; chemical burns; substitution; personal protective equipment; phosphoric acid; safe working methods; sulfuric acid; potassium hydroxide; sodium hydroxide |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | France |
| Subject(s) |
Toxic and dangerous substances
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Alkaline materials
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