Hazards
- H290May be corrosive to metals.
- H314Causes severe skin burns and eye damage.
- H335May cause respiratory irritation.
Full GHS classification
- Corrosive to Metals Category 1 — H290
- Skin Corrosion/Irritation Category 1A — H314
- Serious Eye Damage/Eye Irritation Category 1 — H318 (subsumed by H314)
- Specific Target Organ Toxicity (Single Exposure) Category 3 (respiratory) — H335
Poisons schedule
Schedule 6 (S6) — SUSMP
Used for
Chemical manufacture; pH adjustment; pickling / metal treatment; battery electrolyte; mineral processing; dehydrating agent.
Never
Do NOT add water to acid (violent exothermic reaction / spattering). Always add acid slowly to water. Avoid contact with bases, metals and organics.
Transport
- UN number
- 1830
- Proper shipping name
- SULPHURIC ACID with more than 51% acid
- Class
- Class 8 (Corrosive)
- Packing group
- II
- Hazchem
- 2P
Handling
- Appearance
- Clear, colourless to pale brown oily liquid
- pH
- < 1 (strongly acidic; < 1 @ 10% solution)
- Keep away from
- Water (violent if added to acid); bases / alkalis; most metals (liberate hydrogen); organic materials; oxidisers; chlorates; carbides; fulminates. See Section 10.
Also known as
Oil of vitriol; battery acid (concentrated); dihydrogen sulphate; H₂SO₄
Summary only. The PDF is the Safety Data Sheet: read it before handling, storing or disposing of this product, and keep it with the product.