8001-58-9 Usage
Chemical Properties
Creosote is an oily liquid with a burning taste,obtained by distilling coal and woodtar, used as an antiseptic and wood preservative. Creosote oil is a yellow-to-green oily liquid that boils between 240 and 270 °C, is immiscible with water and soluble in alcohol,and is derived by the fractional distillation of coal tar, used as a wood preservative, fungicide and disinfectant. Also, coal-tar creosote.
Uses
Wood preservative, disinfectant, insecticide.
General Description
CREOSOTE contains creosote, an EPA designated hazardous substance. CREOSOTE often contains substantial amounts of naphthalene and anthracene. The primary hazard is the threat posed to the environment. Immediate steps should be taken to limit its spread to the environment. Since CREOSOTE is a liquid CREOSOTE can easily penetrate the soil and contaminate groundwater and nearby streams.
Air & Water Reactions
CREOSOTE may be air sensitive. Insoluble in water.
Reactivity Profile
Phenols, such as CREOSOTE, do not behave as organic alcohols, as one might guess from the presence of a hydroxyl (-OH) group in their structure. Instead, they react as weak organic acids. Phenols and cresols are much weaker as acids than common carboxylic acids (phenol has Ka = 1.3 x 10^[-10]). These materials are incompatible with strong reducing substances such as hydrides, nitrides, alkali metals, and sulfides. Flammable gas (H2) is often generated, and the heat of the reaction may ignite the gas. Heat is also generated by the acid-base reaction between phenols and bases. Such heating may initiate polymerization of the organic compound. Phenols are sulfonated very readily (for example, by concentrated sulfuric acid at room temperature). The reactions generate heat. Phenols are also nitrated very rapidly, even by dilute nitric acid. CREOSOTE is incompatible with strong oxidizers.
Hazard
Toxic by inhalation of fumes, skin, and eye
irritant. Use may be restricted. Probable carcinogen.
Health Hazard
Vapors cause moderate irritation of nose and throat. Liquid causes severe burns of eyes and reddening and itching of skin. Prolonged contact with skin can cause burns. Ingestion causes salivation, vomiting, respiratory difficulties, thready pulse, vertigo, headache, loss of pupillary reflexes, hypothermia, cyanosis, mild convulsions.
Fire Hazard
Behavior in Fire: Heavy, irritating black smoke is formed.
Chemical Reactivity
Reactivity with Water No reaction; Reactivity with Common Materials: No reaction; Stability During Transport: Stable; Neutralizing Agents for Acids and Caustics: Not pertinent; Polymerization: Not pertinent; Inhibitor of Polymerization: Not pertinent.
Waste Disposal
Dissolve or mix the material with a combustible solvent and burn in a chemical incinerator equipped with an afterburner and scrubber. All federal, state, and local environmental regulations must be observed.
Check Digit Verification of cas no
The CAS Registry Mumber 8001-58-9 includes 7 digits separated into 3 groups by hyphens. The first part of the number,starting from the left, has 4 digits, 8,0,0 and 1 respectively; the second part has 2 digits, 5 and 8 respectively.
Calculate Digit Verification of CAS Registry Number 8001-58:
(6*8)+(5*0)+(4*0)+(3*1)+(2*5)+(1*8)=69
69 % 10 = 9
So 8001-58-9 is a valid CAS Registry Number.