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Hazardous Chemical Details

Cas Number	591-78-6
Chemical Name	hexan-2-one
Chemical Synonym	methyl butyl ketone butyl methyl ketone methyl-n-butyl ketone 2-Hexanone
Hazard Category	Reproductive toxicity – category 2 Specific target organ toxicity (single exposure) – category 3 Specific target organ toxicity (repeated exposure) – category 1 Flammable liquid – category 3
Hazard Statement	H361f (Suspected of damaging fertility) H336 (May cause drowsiness or dizziness) H372 (Causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure) H226 (Flammable liquid and vapour)
Pictogram	GHS02 ( Flame ) GHS07 (Exclamation Mark) GHS08 (Health Hazard)
Signal Word	Danger
Cut-offs
Notes	8 (The tables in schedule 6 of the WHS regulations replace some tables in the GHS, this may affect the cut off concentrations for this chemical.)
Sources	N (The classification information for this entry was provided by the National Industrial Chemical Notification and Assessment Scheme) EU (Classification information for chemical is taken from the European Union’s Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) Regulation.)

Date	Description
09/05/2018	Synonym modified from [ methyl butyl ketone; butyl methyl ketone; methyl-n-butyl ketone] to [methyl butyl ketone; butyl methyl ketone; methyl-n-butyl ketone; 2-Hexanone] Hazard Category modified from [HC023:Flammable liquid – category 3, HC106:Reproductive toxicity – category 2, HC111:Specific target organ toxicity (repeated exposure) – category 1, HC110:Specific target organ toxicity (single exposure) – category 3] to [HC106:Reproductive toxicity – category 2, HC110:Specific target organ toxicity (single exposure) – category 3, HC111:Specific target organ toxicity (repeated exposure) – category 1, HC023:Flammable liquid – category 3] Pictogram modified from [GHS02,GHS08,GHS07] to [GHS02,GHS07,GHS08] Hazard Statement modified from [H226 Flammable liquid and vapour; H361f Suspected of damaging fertility; H372 Causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure; H336 May cause drowsiness or dizziness] to [H361f ; H336 ; H372 ; H226 ] Sources modified from [EU] to [N,EU]
23/06/2016	Chemical Added