CASTOR OIL (ICSC)

CASTOR OIL	ICSC: 1452

Date of Peer Review: May 2003

Ricinus oil

CAS #	8001-79-4
RTECS #	FI4100000
UN #
EC #

TYPES OF HAZARD / EXPOSURE	ACUTE HAZARDS / SYMPTOMS	PREVENTION	FIRST AID / FIRE FIGHTING
FIRE	Combustible.	NO open flames.	Powder, carbon dioxide.
EXPLOSION

EXPOSURE
Inhalation
Skin
Eyes
Ingestion	Abdominal pain. Diarrhoea. Nausea. Vomiting.	Do not eat, drink, or smoke during work.

SPILLAGE DISPOSAL

PACKAGING & LABELLING

Collect leaking liquid in covered containers.

EU Classification
UN Classification

EMERGENCY RESPONSE

STORAGE

IPCS
International
Programme on
Chemical Safety

Prepared in the context of cooperation between the International Programme on Chemical Safety and the Commission of the European Communities © IPCS, CEC 1999

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CASTOR OIL

ICSC: 1452

IMPORTANT DATA

PHYSICAL STATE; APPEARANCE:
VISCOUS COLOURLESS LIQUID, WITH CHARACTERISTIC ODOUR.

OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS:
TLV not established.

EFFECTS OF SHORT-TERM EXPOSURE:
The substance is irritating to the gastrointestinal tract.

EFFECTS OF LONG-TERM OR REPEATED EXPOSURE:
Repeated or prolonged contact with skin may cause dermatitis.

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

Boiling point: 313°C
Melting point: -10 to -18°C
Relative density (water = 1): 0.96
Solubility in water: very poor

Flash point: 229°C c.c.
Auto-ignition temperature: 448°C

ENVIRONMENTAL DATA

NOTES

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

LEGAL NOTICE

Neither the CEC nor the IPCS nor any person acting on behalf of the CEC or the IPCS is responsible for the use which might be made of this information

    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Castor Oil (WHO Food Additives Series 14)
       CASTOR OIL (JECFA Evaluation)