Hazard Symbols Flashcards
What are the aims of hazard symbols?
To inform the consumer about the damage a particular substance or mixture can cause to our health or the environment
What are hazard symbols found on?
Industrial chemicals
Cleaning agents
Stationary supplies e.g. Tippex
Give an example of a stationary supply where a hazard symbol may be found?
Tippex
What four hazard symbols are on the sylibus?
Toxic
Flammable
Corrosive
Irritant
What is the symbol meaning toxic?
A skull and crossbones
What is the symbol for flammable?
A flame on a black line
What is the symbol for corrosive?
4
Two test tubes containing a liquid that is being spilled
One test tube is spilling the liquid onto the ground
The other test tube is spilling the liquid onto a hand
The ends of the test tubes are touching each other (as if the image was mirrored)
What is the symbol for irritant?
A black exclamation mark
What surrounds each hazard symbol?
A red diamond
What does a skull and crossbones symbolise?
Toxic
What does a flame on a black line symbolise?
Flammable
What does a liquid being spilled from two test tubes onto both a hand and the ground symbolise?
Corrosive
What does a black exclamation point symbolise?
Irritant
