SDS Glossary of Terms
Safety Data Sheets (SDS) and hazard communication systems often reference keywords and terms that are not immediately recognizable to the reader. Listed below are dozens of common terms related to safety data sheets, GHS and other regulatory documents. Simply click on a term to view its definition.
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- CA
- Carcinogen
- CAS #
- CBI
- CERCLA
- CFR
- CG/HCCS
- Chemical Identity
- CHIP
- Combustible Liquid
- Competent Authority
- Compressed Gas
- Contact Sensitizer
- Corrosive
- CPSC
- Criteria
- Critical Temperature
D
- Dangerous Goods, Recommendations on the Transport of, Manual of Tests and Criteria
- Dangerous Goods, Recommendations on the Transport of, Model Regulations
- Dermal Corrosion
- Dermal Irritation
- Dissolved Gas
- DOT
E
- EC Number
- EC50
- ECOSOC
- EINECS
- End Point
- EPA
- EPCRA
- ErC50
- EU
- Evaporation Rate
- Explosive
- Explosive Article
- Eye Irritation
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- Hazard Category
- Hazard Class
- Hazard Statement
- Hazardous Chemical
- HazCom
- HAZWOPER
- HCS
- Health Hazard
- HMIS
- Homogeneous
- HRS
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- pH
- Pictogram
- PPE
- Precautionary Statement
- Pyrophoric
- Pyrophoric Liquid
- Pyrophoric Solid
- Pyrotechnic Article
- Pyrotechnic Substance
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- RCRA
- Readily Combustible Solid
- Refrigerated Liquefied Gas
- Respiratory Sensitizer
- Respiratory System
- RID
- Right-to-Know
- Risk Phrases
- RTECS
S
- SAR
- SARA
- SARA Section 311, 312
- SARA Section 313 – FORM R TRI
- SDS
- Self-Accelerating Decomposition Temperature (SADT)
- Self-heating Substance
- Self-reactive Substance
- SERC
- Serious Eye Damage
- Signal Word
- Skin Corrosion
- Skin Irritation
- Skin Sensitizer
- Solid
- Solubility
- Solution
- Solvent
- Specific Gravity
- Spontaneous Combustion
- SPR
- STEL
- Substance
- SuperFund
- Supplemental Label Element
- Symbol
