Isopropyl Alcohol
Safety data sheet in the 16-section GHS format · CAS 67-63-0
| Product name | Isopropyl Alcohol |
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| Synonyms | IPA solvent, isopropanol, 2-propanol, IPA 99.9 |
| C.A.S. number | 67-63-0 (EC 200-661-7) |
| Molecular formula | C3H8O (CH3CHOHCH3) |
| Grade supplied | 99.9% IPA |
| Product group | Solvents & Organic Chemicals |
| Identified uses | Pharmaceuticals, Cleaning & sanitiser, Electronics, Coatings & inks, Cosmetics, Automotive |
| Supplier | Velora Chemicals Private Limited |
| Emergency contact | Medical, fire or spill emergency — call the emergency services first: 112 (all-India), 101 fire, 108 ambulance. Velora Chemicals Private Limited does not at present operate a 24-hour chemical emergency advice line, and this sheet does not pretend otherwise. Every consignment despatched by road carries an emergency information panel under rule 134 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules 1989 bearing a number from which expert advice on this material can be obtained, and the producer’s safety data sheet issued with the consignment carries the producer’s own 24-hour number where one is operated. For product, grade and documentation queries in business hours: +91 99255 22674. |
| GHS signal word | Danger |
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| Hazard classification | Flam. Liq. 2 - H225; Eye Irrit. 2 - H319; STOT SE 3 (narcotic effects) - H336. This matches the EU harmonised CLP Annex VI classification for 2-propanol and is also the classification given on the ILO ICSC card and on supplier CLP SDS, so it is harmonised rather than self-classification. |
| Substance | Isopropyl Alcohol |
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| C.A.S. number | 67-63-0 (EC 200-661-7) |
| Molecular weight | 60.10 g/mol (given as 60.1 on the ILO ICSC card) |
| Composition | 99.9% IPA |
| Eye contact | Rinse with plenty of gently running water for at least 15 minutes, holding the eyelids apart, and remove contact lenses if easy to do. Refer for medical attention. |
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| Skin contact | Remove contaminated clothing immediately (it is a fire risk while wet) and wash the affected skin with plenty of soap and water. Get medical advice if irritation persists; repeated contact defats and cracks the skin. |
| Inhalation | Move the person to fresh air and let them rest. Give oxygen if breathing is difficult and artificial respiration if breathing has stopped. Refer for medical attention - high vapour concentrations cause drowsiness, dizziness, headache and CNS depression. |
| Ingestion | Do NOT induce vomiting. Rinse the mouth with water. Give nothing to drink. Refer for medical attention immediately - there is an aspiration risk and ingestion causes CNS depression, hypotension and, in quantity, coma. |
| Flash point | 12 degC closed cup (11.7 degC per ILO ICSC 0554) - highly flammable at Indian ambient temperature. Autoignition 425 degC (supplier SDS) to 456 degC (ICSC); explosive limits about 2-12.7 vol% in air; vapour is heavier than air (relative vapour density 2.1) and travels along the floor to an ignition source. |
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| Suitable extinguishing media | This material has a flash point and burns. Use alcohol-resistant foam, dry chemical powder or carbon dioxide; water spray or fog to cool surrounding surfaces and containers. Confirm the medium against the producer’s safety data sheet for the grade supplied. |
| Unsuitable extinguishing media | Do not use a high-pressure water jet: it will spread the material and the fire. A vapour flash-back to the source and re-ignition of cooled but still-hot material are both foreseeable; do not approach a container that may be pressurised or a pool fire without cover. |
| Special hazards arising from the substance | Hazardous gases and decomposition products may be formed in a fire, from this substance or from its packaging and the materials stored with it. Packaging and pallets are themselves a substantial fire load. |
| Advice for fire-fighters | Fire-fighters must wear self-contained breathing apparatus and full protective clothing. Keep unnecessary personnel away and upwind. Prevent firefighting run-off from entering drains, surface water or groundwater. |
Keep unnecessary personnel away and upwind, and ventilate. Wear the protective equipment in section 8 before approaching. Stop the leak if it is safe to do so, then bund or dike the spill and prevent entry to drains, surface water and groundwater. Absorb with an inert absorbent and collect into labelled, closable containers for disposal under section 13. Do not return spilled material to the original container.
• IPA is flammable with a low flash point. Store in a flammables area with bonded and earthed transfer, appropriately rated electricals and no ignition sources. This is the dominant risk, well ahead of toxicity.
• IPA also forms peroxides on prolonged storage in part-full or light-exposed containers, and peroxides are shock- and heat-sensitive and concentrate when solvent is distilled or evaporated down. If you recover and re-distil solvent — as pharmaceutical and electronics users often do — date-stamp drums, keep them closed and dark, and test for peroxides before distilling.
• It is hygroscopic and will pick up water from humid air. Keep drums closed; an open drum in a monsoon-season store will drift off specification on water content.
• Stainless steel and suitable plastics. Check gasket and seal compatibility before piping it through equipment that previously handled something else.
Storage: Fireproof store: cool, well ventilated, away from heat, sparks, open flame and all ignition sources; no smoking. Keep containers tightly closed and electrically earthed and bonded during transfer, and use non-sparking tools. Segregate from strong oxidants. Nitrogen blanketing is normal for bulk tanks. Flammable-liquid storage licence/bund requirements apply.
Engineering controls. Enclose every transfer, tipping, bag-slitting and sampling point and fit local exhaust extraction at each, and keep airborne concentrations below the limit in force at the place of use. Provide an eyewash within reach of the working position, and a safety shower wherever the material is classified corrosive or irritant or is handled in quantity. Do not eat, drink or smoke in the handling area; wash before breaks. Where no limit is stated above, occupational exposure limits vary by jurisdiction: check the limit in force at the place of use and the producer’s sheet for the grade supplied, and record which value your assessment adopted. Select eye, skin and respiratory protection on the strength of a measured or modelled exposure assessment, not on this sheet alone.
| Appearance | Clear, colourless, mobile liquid with a characteristic alcoholic odour |
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| Physical state | Liquid |
| Melting / freezing point | -90 degC (ILO ICSC 0554); -89.5 degC (supplier SDS for 99.9% grade) |
| Boiling point | 83 degC (ILO ICSC 0554); 82 degC (supplier SDS for 99.9% grade) |
| Relative density | 0.785 g/mL at 20 degC (supplier SDS for 99.9% grade); relative density 0.79 (ILO ICSC 0554) |
| Solubility in water | Miscible with water in all proportions |
| pH | Not available. Isopropyl alcohol is a non-electrolyte and authoritative sources report no pH; supplier SDS state 'no data available'. Some Indian trade datasheets quote about 6.5-7.5 on a 10% aqueous solution, but that could not be confirmed from an authoritative source - print 'not applicable' rather than a number. |
| Flash point | 12 degC closed cup (11.7 degC per ILO ICSC 0554) - highly flammable at Indian ambient temperature. Autoignition 425 degC (supplier SDS) to 456 degC (ICSC); explosive limits about 2-12.7 vol% in air; vapour is heavier than air (relative vapour density 2.1) and travels along the floor to an ignition source. |
| Auto-ignition / ignition temperature | Not available |
| Explosive / dust-explosion properties | Not available |
| Vapour pressure | Not available |
| Vapour density | Not available |
| Partition coefficient (log Pow) | Not available |
| Particle characteristics | Not available |
| Molecular weight | 60.10 g/mol (given as 60.1 on the ILO ICSC card) |
| Incompatible materials | Strong oxidising agents (nitric acid, chromic acid, perchlorates, chlorates, peroxides, hypochlorites) - explosion hazard; acid anhydrides and acid chlorides; halogens; aluminium and alkali metals; amines and isocyanates. Attacks some plastics and rubbers. On long storage in contact with air and light it can form peroxides, so do not distil to dryness. |
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| Conditions to avoid | Fireproof store: cool, well ventilated, away from heat, sparks, open flame and all ignition sources; no smoking. Keep containers tightly closed and electrically earthed and bonded during transfer, and use non-sparking tools. Segregate from strong oxidants. Nitrogen blanketing is normal for bulk tanks. Flammable-liquid storage licence/bund requirements apply. |
The health hazards classified for this substance are listed in section 2, and the corresponding first-aid measures in section 4. Numerical toxicological endpoints are not reproduced here: refer to the producer's safety data sheet for the grade supplied, and to the ECHA and PubChem entries for the substance.
Where section 2 or section 14 classifies this substance as hazardous to the aquatic environment, prevent any release to drains, surface water or groundwater and treat aqueous effluent before discharge. Otherwise, refer to the producer's sheet.
Dispose of the substance and its container through an authorised facility under the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016 where the waste is scheduled under those Rules, and otherwise as non-hazardous industrial waste, in each case under the conditions of the State Pollution Control Board consent in force at the site. Whether a particular waste stream is scheduled depends on the substance and on what it has been mixed with, so classify the waste before consigning it. Do not reuse empty containers for any other purpose.
| UN number | UN 1219 |
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| Class | 3 (Flammable liquids), classification code F1 |
| Packing group | II |
| Proper shipping name | ISOPROPANOL (ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL) |
Supply in India is subject to the Manufacture, Storage and Import of Hazardous Chemical Rules, 1989 where the substance is scheduled, and to any product-specific licensing named on the product page. Classification and labelling follow the GHS as adopted in the jurisdiction of use.
Note: The flash point of 12 degC is below ambient temperature almost everywhere in India, so this material is always a flammable-liquid consignment and always needs a Class 3 label, a flammable-goods store and earthing during decanting - the single most common real-world failure with IPA. 99.9% ('anhydrous') is the same substance and the same UN entry as 70% IPA; the difference is water content, not hazard class, though 70% IPA is a different flash point and must not reuse the 99.9% Section 9 figures. IPA is hygroscopic and will pick up water from air, so keep drums closed. Do not confuse with isopropyl ether (a peroxide-former with a different UN number) or with denatured ethanol. It is not classified as a carcinogen or reproductive toxicant.
| Version | 1.0 |
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| Date of issue | 07 October 2026 |
| Supersedes | No previous version |
| Regulatory basis as at the date of issue | EU CLP Regulation 1272/2008 as amended, including Annex VI harmonised classifications; UN Model Regulations and the IMDG Code Amendment 42-24, mandatory from 1 January 2026; ADR 2025; and, in India, the Manufacture, Storage and Import of Hazardous Chemical Rules 1989 and the Central Motor Vehicles Rules 1989. |
Sources consulted: https://chemicalsafety.ilo.org/dyn/icsc/showcard.display?p_version=2&p_card_id=0554&p_lang=en; https://www.bimblesolar.com/docs/Isopropyl-Alcohol-99.9-ACS-MSDS-DOWNLOAD-NOW.pdf; https://adrdangerousgoods.com/eng/substances/0000586/un1219-isopropanol-isopropyl-alcohol/; https://www.osha.gov/chemicaldata/475
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