What does the corrosive symbol mean?
The corrosive symbol is used to warn against chemicals that may damage living tissue on contact. The image shows a chemical spill causing the corrosion of a hand a surface material.
What is the symbol for hazardous material?
Poison symbol
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What does the flammable hazard symbol mean?
Flame
Flame: The flame symbol means that a substance presents a possible fire hazard. It could be that the substance is just flammable, or it may give off flammable gas. This would also include substances that could ignite on their own when exposed to either water or air, as well as other types of fire-related dangers.
What is flame circle?
The flame over circle pictogram is only used for hazardous products that are oxidizing solids, liquids or gases. Oxidizing solids, liquids or gases readily release oxygen or another oxidizing substance (such as bromine, chlorine, or fluorine). Therefore, these products pose a severe fire hazard.
What does this fire symbol represent 4?
Apply a diamond-shaped symbol (4) to help fire personnel quickly identify moderate fire hazard (no blast or fragment) to mitigate chances of accidents from ammunition and explosives.
What does the gas cylinder symbol mean?
The symbol within the pictogram is a gas cylinder. This symbol indicates that hazardous products with this pictogram are gases that are contained in a receptacle under pressure, or which are liquefied or liquefied and refrigerated.
What are the 2 types of chemicals that are considered corrosive?
Most corrosives are either acids or bases. Common acids include hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, chromic acid, acetic acid and hydrofluoric acid. Common bases are ammonium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide (caustic potash) and sodium hydroxide (caustic soda). Other chemicals can be corrosive too.