Other names: | 2,4-Hexadienoic acid |
Molecular formula: | C6 H8 O2 |
CAS No: | 110-44-1 |
Physical appearance: | white crystals or powder |
Melting point: | 134 C |
Boiling point: | 228 C |
Other information: | May act as an irritant. |
Other names: | 2,4-hexadienoic acid potassium salt |
Molecular formula: | CH3CH:CHCH:CHCOOK |
CAS No: | 24634-61-5 |
Physical appearance: | white crystals or powder |
Melting point: | 270 C |
Other information: | May act as an irritant. |
Other names: | benzene carboxylic acid |
Molecular formula: | C6H5COOH |
CAS No: | 65-85-0 |
Physical appearance: | white crystals or powder |
Melting point: | 122 C |
Boiling point: | 249 C |
Other information: | Harmful if swallowed, may irritate the eyes and lungs. |
Other names: | sodium benzoic acid |
Molecular formula: | C6H5COONa |
CAS No: | 532-32-1 |
Physical appearance: | white powder |
Other information: | may cause skin irritation, harmful if swallowed. |
Molecular formula: | C7 H6 O2 . K (Derived) |
Physical appearance: | white crystalline solid |
Other names: | sulphur superoxide |
Molecular formula: | S O2 |
CAS No: | 7446-09-5 |
Physical appearance: | Colourless gas |
Melting point: | -73 C |
Boiling point: | -10 C |
Other information: | corrosive when wet, toxic in high concentrations. Sulphurous acid, produced when sulphur dioxide in food is dissolved, may cause gastric irritation. |
Other names: | anhydrous sodium sulfite, sodium sulphite |
Molecular formula: | Na2 S O3 |
CAS No: | 7757-83-7 |
Physical appearance: | white crystals or powder |
Other information: | Moisture and air sensitive. Possible mutagen. Harmful by inhalation, ingestion and skin contact. Eye, skin and respiratory irritant. Prolonged or repeated exposure may cause allergic reaction. |
Other names: | pyrosulphurous acid, disodium salt. |
Molecular formula: | Na2S2O5 |
CAS No: | 7681-57-4 |
Physical appearance: | white crystals with smell of sulphur dioxide |
Other information: | overexposure may cause an allergic reaction. May cause hypersensitivity reactions in sensitive individuals, especially asthmatics. |
Other names: | potassium pyrosulfite, pyrosulfurous acid dipotassium salt |
Molecular formula: | K2S2O5 |
CAS No: | 16731-55-8 |
Physical appearance: | white crystalline solid |
Other information: | Eye, skin and respiratory irritant. |
Other names: | diphenyl |
Molecular formula: | C6H5C6H5 |
CAS No: | 92-52-4 |
Physical appearance: | white scales with pleasant odour. |
Melting point: | 70 C |
Boiling point: | 255 C |
Other information: | may cause irritation to the skin, eyes and lungs. Ingestion may cause vomiting, headaches, dizziness, gastrointestinal irritation. May cause central nervous system depression in large quantities. |
Molecular formula: | C10H7N3S |
Melting point: | 304 C |
Other information: | Shows teratogenic activity in mice. |
Other names: | formylic acid, hydrogen carboxylic acid, methanoic acid |
Molecular formula: | CH2O2 |
CAS No: | 64-18-6 |
Physical appearance: | Colourless liquid |
Melting point: | 8.4 C |
Boiling point: | 100 - 101 C |
Other information: | Corrosive, causes severe burns. Harmful by inhalation, ingestion and through skin absorption. Readily absorbed through skin. Very destructive of mucous membranes and upper respiratory tract, eyes and skin. Inhalation may be fatal. |
Other names: | formic acid sodium salt |
Molecular formula: | C H O2 Na |
CAS No: | 141-53-7 |
Physical appearance: | white crystals |
Melting point: | 260 C |
Other information: | Skin, eye and respiratory tract irritant. |
Other names: | methenamine, urotropin, HMTA, hexaform |
Molecular formula: | (CH2)6N4 |
CAS No: | 100-97-0 |
Physical appearance: | white crystalline powder |
Other information: | May act as a skin, eye or respiratory irritant. |
Other names: | formalin, formic aldehyde, methylene oxide, oxomethane, paraform |
Molecular formula: | CH2O |
CAS No: | 50-00-0 |
Physical appearance: | colourless liquid |
Other information: | Causes burns. Very toxic by inhalation, ingestion and through skin absorption. Readily absorbed through skin. Possible cancer hazard. Mutagen. May cause damage to kidneys. May cause allergic reactions. May cause sensitisation. May cause heritable genetic damage. Lachrymator. Very destructive of mucous membranes and upper respiratory tract, eyes and skin. |
Other names: | nitrous acid potassium salt |
Molecular formula: | KNO2 |
CAS No: | 7758-09-0 |
Physical appearance: | white to yellow crystals |
Other information: | Harmful if swallowed. Laboratory tests suggest that this material may be mutagenic or teratogenic. Eye, skin and respiratory irritant. |
Other names: | nitrous acid sodium salt, diazoting salts |
Molecular formula: | Na NO2 |
CAS No: | 7632-00-0 |
Physical appearance: | white to light yellow granules or powder |
Melting point: | 271 C |
Boiling point: | 320 C |
Other information: | Toxic. May be fatal if swallowed. Eye, skin and respiratory irritant. Some laboratory experiments suggest that this material may act as a carcinogen. |
Other names: | Chile saltpetre, cubic nitre, nitric acid sodium salt |
Molecular formula: | Na NO3 |
CAS No: | 7631-99-4 |
Physical appearance: | colourless crystals or white powder |
Melting point: | 306 C |
Other information: | Harmful if swallowed or inhaled. Skin, eye and respiratory irritant. |
Other names: | Synonyms: |
Molecular formula: | KNO3 |
CAS No: | 7757-79-1 |
Physical appearance: | colourless crystals or white powder |
Melting point: | 334 C |
Boiling point: | 400 C (decomposes) |
Other information: | Harmful if swallowed. May cause reproductive disorders. |
Other names: | ethanoic acid |
Molecular formula: | C2 H4 O2 |
CAS No: | 64-19-7 |
Melting point: | 16.7 C |
Boiling point: | 118 C |
Other information: | Acetic acid is strongly corrosive and causes serious burns, as well as being a lachrymator. |
Other names: | acetic acid potassium salt, potassium ethanoate, ethanoic acid potassium salt |
Molecular formula: | CH3COOK |
CAS No: | 127-08-2 |
Melting point: | 292 C |
Other information: | May irritate the skin, eyes and lungs. |
Other names: | sodium acetate (anhydrous) |
Molecular formula: | CH3COONa |
CAS No: | 127-09-3 |
Physical appearance: | white crystalline powder |
Melting point: | 324 C |
Other information: | May irritate the skin, harmful if ingested |
CAS No: | 126-96-5 |
Chemical formula: | C4H7O4Na |
Other information: | a compound of acetic acid and sodium acetate |
Other names: | calcium acetate monohydrate, calcium diacetate |
Molecular formula: | Ca C4 H6 O4 |
CAS No: | 5743-26-0 or 62-54-4 |
Physical appearance: | white crystals or powder |
Other information: | May cause eye, skin or respiratory irritation. Mutagenic effects noted in laboratory tests. |
Molecular formula: | CH3COONH4 |
CAS No: | 631-61-8 |
Physical appearance: | white crystals |
Melting point: | 114 C (dec.) |
Other information: | May be harmful by inhalation or ingestion. Irritant. |
Other names: | carboxyethane, ethylformic acid, methylacetic ac |
Molecular formula: | C2H5COOH |
CAS No: | 79-09-4 |
Physical appearance: | colourless oily liquid with a pungent rancid odour |
Melting point: | -21 C |
Boiling point: | 141 C |
Other information: | Corrosive - causes burns. Harmful if swallowed. Liquid may burn eyes. Severe eye and skin irritant. |
Other names: | propionic acid, sodium salt. |
Molecular formula: | CH3CH2COONa |
CAS No: | 137-40-6 |
Physical appearance: | white powder |
Melting point: | 285 C |
Other information: | May irritate the eyes and skin, readily absorbed through the skin. |
Other names: | boracic acid, orthoboric acid, borofax |
Molecular formula: | H3BO3 |
CAS No: | 10043-35-3 |
Physical appearance: | colourless or white odourless crystalline solid |
Melting point: | 171 C |
Boiling point: | 300 C (dec.) |
Other information: | Ingestion is harmful and may be fatal. Harmful by inhalation. Irritant. May cause congenital malformation in the fetus. Laboratory tests with animals suggest this material may cause reproductive disorders. |
Other names: | borax decahydrate, boricin, disodium tetraborate decahydrate |
Molecular formula: | B4 Na2 O7 |
CAS No: | 1303-96-4 |
Physical appearance: | white crystals |
Other information: | Possible risk that this may cause reproductive disorders, based on tests with laboratory animals. Eye and skin irritant. Harmful by ingestion. May be harmful by inhalation. |
Molecular formula: | Cl2 |
CAS No: | 7782-50-5 |
Physical appearance: | light greenish-yellow gas with an irritating odour |
Melting point: | -101 C |
Boiling point: | -34 C |
Other information: | Toxic by inhalation, ingestion and through skin contact. Inhalation can cause serious lung damage and may be fatal. 1000ppm (0.1%) is likely to be fatal after a few deep breaths, and half that concentration fatal after a few minutes. May irritate or burn skin. |
Other names: | chlorine oxide |
Molecular formula: | Cl O2 |
CAS No: | 10049044 |
Melting point: | -59.5 C |
Boiling point: | 9.9 C |
Other information: | Corrosive, Severe respiratory and eye irritant. |
CAS No: | 12650-88-3 |
Physical appearance: | solid |
Other information: | May be harmful by inhalation or ingestion, or act as an irritant. |