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Hazardous Chemical Details

Cas Number 16949-65-8
Chemical Name magnesium hexafluorosilicate
Chemical Synonym Silicate(2-), hexafluoro-, magnesium (1:1)
magnesium fluorosilicate
magnesium silicofluoride
fluosilicic acid magnesium salt
silicate, hexafluoro-, magnesium
Hazard Category Acute toxicity (ingestion) - category 3
Acute toxicity (inhalation) - category 4
Eye damage – category 1
Specific target organ toxicity (repeated exposure) – category 1
Hazard Statement H301 (Toxic if swallowed)
H332 (Harmful if inhaled)
H318 (Causes serious eye damage)
H372 (Causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure)
Pictogram Pictogram of Corrosion GHS05 (Corrosion)
Pictogram of Skull and Crossbones GHS06 (Skull and Crossbones)
Pictogram of Health Hazard 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 A (The classification information for this entry was provided by the Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme)

Hazardous Chemical History

Date Description
18/08/2021 Synonym modified from
[Silicate(2-), hexafluoro-, magnesium (1:1)]
to
[Silicate(2-), hexafluoro-, magnesium (1:1);
magnesium fluorosilicate ;
magnesium silicofluoride ;
fluosilicic acid magnesium salt ;
silicate, hexafluoro-, magnesium ]
Hazard Category modified from
[HC071:Acute toxicity (ingestion) - category 3,
HC067:Acute toxicity (inhalation) - category 4,
HC085:Eye damage – category 1,
HC111:Specific target organ toxicity (repeated exposure) – category 1]

to
[HC067:Acute toxicity (inhalation) - category 4,
HC071:Acute toxicity (ingestion) - category 3,
HC085:Eye damage – category 1,
HC111:Specific target organ toxicity (repeated exposure) – category 1]
18/08/2021 Hazard Category modified from
[HC071:Acute toxicity (ingestion) - category 3,
HC067:Acute toxicity (inhalation) - category 4,
HC085:Eye damage – category 1,
HC111:Specific target organ toxicity (repeated exposure) – category 1]

to
[HC067:Acute toxicity (inhalation) - category 4,
HC071:Acute toxicity (ingestion) - category 3,
HC085:Eye damage – category 1,
HC111:Specific target organ toxicity (repeated exposure) – category 1]

Sources modified from
[N]
to
[A]
09/03/2021 Hazard Category modified from
[HC071:Acute toxicity (ingestion) - category 3,
HC067:Acute toxicity (inhalation) - category 4,
HC085:Eye damage – category 1,
HC112:Specific target organ toxicity (repeated exposure) – category 2]

to
[HC067:Acute toxicity (inhalation) - category 4,
HC071:Acute toxicity (ingestion) - category 3,
HC085:Eye damage – category 1,
HC111:Specific target organ toxicity (repeated exposure) – category 1]
09/03/2021 Synonym modified from
[]
to
[Silicate(2-), hexafluoro-, magnesium (1:1)]
Hazard Category modified from
[HC061:Acute toxicity – category 3]

to
[HC067:Acute toxicity (inhalation) - category 4,
HC071:Acute toxicity (ingestion) - category 3,
HC085:Eye damage – category 1,
HC112:Specific target organ toxicity (repeated exposure) – category 2]

Pictogram modified from
[GHS06]
to
[GHS05,GHS06,GHS08]
Hazard Statement modified from
[H301 Toxic if swallowed]
to
[H301 ;
H332 ;
H318 ;
H372 ]
Notes modified from
[]
to
[8]
Sources modified from
[EU]
to
[N]
23/06/2016 Chemical Added