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===Examples===
{| class="wikitable"
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |'''[[Toxic]]'''| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |'''[[Flammable]]'''| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |'''[[Harmful]]'''| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |'''[[Irritant]]'''
|-
|[[File:ToxicSymbol.png|center|150px]]
|}
{| class="wikitable"
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |'''[[Corrosive]]'''| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |'''[[Long Term Health Risk]]'''| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |'''[[Dangerous to the Environment]]'''| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |'''[[Explosive]]'''
|-
|[[File:CorrosiveSymbol.png|center|150px]]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |'''[[Oxidising Agent]]'''| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |'''[[Compressed Gas]]'''| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |'''[[Biohazard]]'''| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |'''[[Ionising Radiation]]'''
|-
|[[File:OxidisingAgentSymbol.png|center|150px]]
|[[File:IonisingRadiationSymbol.png|center|150px]]
|}
{| class="wikitable"
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |'''[[Danger of Electrocution]]'''
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |'''[[LASER Radiation]]'''
|-
|[[File:ElectrocutionSymbol.png|center|150px]]
|[[File:LASERSymbol.png|center|150px]]
|}
==Key Stage 4==
===Meaning===
A '''hazard symbol''' is a picture used to represent a [[hazard]] which could cause harm to a living [[organism]].
===About Hazard Symbols===
: '''Hazard symbols''' are attached to [[chemical]]s, [[material]]s or devices which pose a danger to living [[organism]]s.
: '''Hazard symbols''' are designed to be simple and understandable to warn people of danger.
: '''Hazard symbols''' are similar across many countries so that people of different languages can recognise the danger caused by a [[hazard]].
===Examples===
{| class="wikitable"
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |'''[[Toxic]]'''
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |'''[[Flammable]]'''
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |'''[[Harmful]]'''
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |'''[[Irritant]]'''
|-
|[[File:ToxicSymbol.png|center|150px]]
|[[File:FlammableSymbol.png|center|150px]]
|[[File:HarmfulSymbol.png|center|150px]]
|[[File:IrritantSymbol.png|center|150px]]
|}
{| class="wikitable"
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |'''[[Corrosive]]'''
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |'''[[Long Term Health Risk]]'''
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |'''[[Dangerous to the Environment]]'''
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |'''[[Explosive]]'''
|-
|[[File:CorrosiveSymbol.png|center|150px]]
|[[File:LongTermHealthRiskSymbol.png|center|150px]]
|[[File:DangerousToTheEnvironmentSymbol.png|center|150px]]
|[[File:ExplosiveSymbol.png|center|150px]]
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |A '''[[Danger of ElectrocutionOxidising Agent]]'''|danger of electrocutionstyle="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |'''[[Compressed Gas]] is when there is '''| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |'''[[electricityBiohazard]] at such a large '''| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |'''[[Potential DifferenceIonising Radiation]]'''|potential difference-|[[File:OxidisingAgentSymbol.png|center|150px]] that it could pass through a living |[[organismFile:CompressedGasSymbol.png|center|150px]]|[[File:BiohazardSymbol.png|center|150px]]|[[File:IonisingRadiationSymbol.png|center|150px]]|}
{| class="wikitable"| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |'''[[Danger of Electrocution]]'''| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |'''[[LASER Radiation]] is an extremely '''|-|[[intensityFile:ElectrocutionSymbol.png|intensecenter|150px]] beam of |[[lightFile:LASERSymbol.png|center|150px]].
|}
===References===
====Edexcel====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782948147/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782948147&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=f63dcd8345f4e49c717b39a228a36c7c ''Hazard symbols, page 28, GCSE Chemistry, CGP, Edexcel '']