MARSULEX INC -- SULFURIC ACID -- 6810-00N081580
===================== Product Identification ===================== Product ID:SULFURIC ACID MSDS Date:02/01/1996 FSC:6810 NIIN:00N081580 === Responsible Party === Company Name:MARSULEX INC Address:111 GORDON BAKER RD SUITE 300 City:NORTH YORK ONT Info Phone Num:416-496-9655 Emergency Phone Num:416-496-9655;800-424-9300(CHEMTREC) CAGE:MARSU === Contractor Identification === Company Name:MARSULEX INC Address:40 RICHARDS AVE Box:5453 City:NORWALK State:CT ZIP:06856-5453 Country:US Phone:203-854-0300 CAGE:MARSU ============= Composition/Information on Ingredients ============= Ingred Name:SULFURIC ACID (SARA 302/313) (CERCLA) VAP DENS: 3.4 CAS:7664-93-9 RTECS #:WS5600000 Fraction by Wt: 70-100% OSHA PEL:1 MG/M3 ACGIH TLV:1 MG/M3; 3 STEL EPA Rpt Qty:1000 LBS DOT Rpt Qty:1000 LBS Ingred Name:WATER CAS:7732-18-5 RTECS #:ZC0110000 Fraction by Wt: 0-30% OSHA PEL:N/K ACGIH TLV:N/K Ingred Name:EXTING MEDIA: REACTION W/WATER. DO NOT GET SOLID STREAM OF WATER ON SPILLED MATERIAL. RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:FIRE FIGHT: UNAUTH ENTRY TO AREA. DIKE TO CNTN RUNOFF & PVNT CONTAM OF WATER SOURCES. NEUT RUNOFF W/LIME, SODA (ING 5) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 4: ASH OR OTHER SUITABLE NEUT. COOL CNTNRS EXPOS TO FLAME W/STREAMS OF WATER UNTIL FIRE IS OUT. FOLLOW NFPA CODES. RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:EXPLO HAZ: W/MANY MATLS, ESP CARBIDES, CHLORATES, FULMINATES, NITRATES & PICRATES. SULFURIC ACID REACTS W/MOST (ING 7) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 6: METALS ESP WHEN DILUTE TO GIVE FLAM, POTNTLY EXPLO HYDROGEN GAS; CAN ACCUM TO EXPLO CONCS IN CONFINED SPACES. RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:EFTS OF OVEREXP:OF TEETH. CORR EFTS ON SKIN & EYES MAY BE DELAYED & DMG MAY OCCUR W/OUT SENSE/ONSET OF PAIN. RPTD(ING 9) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 8: OVEREXP MAY LEAD TO CNTCT DERM, MAY CAUSE BRONCH W/COUGH, PHLEGM, SHORTNESS OF BRTH & EMPHYSEMA, CAN (ING 10) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 9: CAUSE CHRONIC RUNNY NOSE, TEARING, NOSEBLEEDS & STOM UPSET. STRICT ADHERENCE TO FIRST AID MEASURES IS ESSNTL. RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:FIRST AID: UNLESS RECOMD FLUSHING PERIOD COMPLETE/FLUSHING CAN BE CONTINUED DURING TRANSPORT. DURING TRANSPORT, (ING 12) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 11: APPLY ICE WATER COMPRESSES. IF MED TREATMENT MUST BE DELAYED, IMMERSE AFFECTED AREA IN ICE WATER; IF (ING 13) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 12:NOT PRACTICAL, ICE WATER COMPRESSES CAN BE APPLIED. AVOID FREEZING TISS. EYES:IMMED FLUSH W/RUNNING WATER(ING 14) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 13: FOR AT LST 20 MIN. HOLD LIDS OPEN. IF IRRIT PERSISTS, REPEAT FLUSHING. OBTAIN MED ATTN IMMED. DO NOT (ING 15) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 14: TRANSPORT UNTIL FLUSHING COMPLETE UNLESS IT CAN BE CONTINUED DURING TRANSPORT. INHAL:MOVE TO FRESH AIR. (ING 16) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 15:GIVE ARTF RESP ONLY IF BRTHG STOPS. GIVE CPR IF NOT BRTHG & NO PULSE. OBTAIN MED ATTN IMMED. INGEST:DO (ING 17) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 16: INDUCE VOMIT. IF ALERT & NOT CONVL, RINSE MOUTH & GIVE 1/2 - 1 GLASS WATER TO DILUTE. IF SPONT VOMIT (ING 18) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 17:OCCURS, LEAN FORWARD W/HEAD DOWN TO AVOID BRTHG IN VOMIT, RINSE MOUTH & ADMIN MORE WATER. IMMED CNTCT LOC(ING 19) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 18:POIS CTL CTR. VOMIT MAY NEED TO BE INDUCED BUT ONLY AT DIRECTION OF MD/POIS CTL CTR. IMMED TRANSPORT TO (ING 20) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 19: EMERGENCY FACILITY. NOTE TO MD: CONTACT NEHC FOR INFORMATION . RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:SPILL PROC:DISP. ENSURE ADEQ DECONTAM OF TOOLS & EQUIP AFTER CLEAN UP. COMPLY W/FED, STATE & LOC REGS ON REPORTING RELS. RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:HNDLG/STOR: =/>93%. HOWEVER, EFT OF LOWER CONCS ON CONSTRUCTION MATLS CAN BE COMPLEX; CNTCT PROD SUPPLIER FOR (ING 23) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 22: RECS WHEN HNDLG SULFURIC ACID AT <77% STRENGTH. STORE IN DRY, WELL VENTD AREA AWAY FROM COMBUSTS, (ING 24) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 23: OXIDIZERS, BASES OR METALLIC POWDERS. CONTACT NEHC FOR MORE HANDLING/STORAGE INFO . RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:EYE PROT: & FULL LENGTH FACESHIELD . RTECS #:9999999ZZ ===================== Hazards Identification ===================== LD50 LC50 Mixture:LD50: (ORAL, RAT) 2140 MG/KG Routes of Entry: Inhalation:YES Skin:YES Ingestion:YES Reports of Carcinogenicity:NTP:NO IARC:YES OSHA:NO Health Hazards Acute and Chronic:SKIN:CONCD SOLN MAY CAUSE PAIN & SEV BURNS TO SKIN & BROWNISH/YELLOW STAINS. PRLNGD & RPTD EXPOS TO DILUTE SOLNS MAY CAUSE IRRIT, REDNESS, PAIN & DRYING & CRACKING. EYES:IMMED PAIN, SEV BURNS & CORNEA L DMG; MAY RSLT IN PERM BLINDNESS. INHAL:MISTS & VAPS MAY CAUSE EYE, NOSE & RESP TRACT IRRIT. MAY CAUSE(EFTS OF OVEREXP) Explanation of Carcinogenicity:SULFURIC ACID: IARC MONOGRAPHS, VOL 54, PG 41, 1992, GROUP 1. Effects of Overexposure:HLTH HAZ: INCRD PULM RESISTANCE, TRANSIENT COUGH & BRONCHOCONSTRICTION. SEV OVEREXP MAY RSLT IN LUNG COLLAPSE & PULM EDEMA; CAN BE FATAL. INGEST:SEV BURNING & PAIN IN MOUTH, THROAT & ABDOMEN. VOMIT, D IARR & PERFORATION OF ESOPHAGUS & STOM LINING MAY OCCUR. CHRONIC: RPTD EXPOS MAY PRDCE EROSION & DISCOLORATION (ING 8) Medical Cond Aggravated by Exposure:SKIN IRRIT MAY BE AGGRAVATED IN PERS W/EXISTING SKIN LESIONS. BRTHG OF VAPS OR SPRAYS (MISTS) MAY AGGRAVATE ACUTE OR CHRONIC ASTHMA & CHRONIC PULMONARY DISEASE SUCH AS EMPHYSEMA & BRONCHITIS. ======================= First Aid Measures ======================= First Aid:PROMPT REMOVAL OF MATL FROM CNTCT W/BODY IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE. START FIRST AID AT ONCE. PERS ATTENDING VICTIM SHOULD AVOID DIRECT CNTCT W/HEAVILY CONTAMD CLTHG & VOMITUS. WEAR IMPERVIOUS CLTHG WHIL E DECONTAM SKIN & HAIR. SKIN: FLUSH W/RUNNING WATER FOR MINIMUM 20 MIN. START FLUSHING WHILE REMOVING CONTAMD CLTHG. IF IRRIT PERSISTS, RPT FLUSH. OBTAIN MED ATTN IMMED. DO NOT TRANSPORT (ING 11) ===================== Fire Fighting Measures ===================== Flash Point:NONFLAMMABLE Extinguishing Media:FOR SM FIRES USE DRY CHEM OR CARBON DIOXIDE. FOR LG FIRES, FLOOD FIRE AREA W/WATER FROM DIST. EXPECT VIOLENT (ING 3) Fire Fighting Procedures:NIOSH APPRVD SCBA & FULL PROT EQUIP . FOR FIGHTING FIRES IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SPILL/VAPS, USE ACID-RESIST PPE. EVACUATE DOWNWIND RESIDENTS. PVNT (ING 4) Unusual Fire/Explosion Hazard:HIGHLY REACTIVE. CAPABLE OF IGNIT FINELY DIVIDED COMBUST MATLS ON CNTCT. REACTS VIOLENTLY W/H*2O & ORG MATLS W/EVOLUTION OF HEAT. EXTREMELY HAZ IN CNTCT (ING 6) ================== Accidental Release Measures ================== Spill Release Procedures:REMOVE ALL IGNIT SOURCES. VENT AREA. USE APPROP PPE. PVNT LIQ FROM ENTERING SEWERS/WATERWAYS. DIKE W/INERT MATL. STOP/REDUCE LEAK IF SAFE. COLLECT INTO CNTNRS FOR RECLAMATION/DISP ONLY IF CNTNR SUITAB LE TO W/STAND MATL. CONSIDER INSITU NEUT &(ING 21) Neutralizing Agent:LIME, LIMESTONE, SODIUM CARBONATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, DILUTE SODIUM HYDROXIDE. ====================== Handling and Storage ====================== Handling and Storage Precautions:KEEP IGNIT SOURCES AWAY FROM SULFURIC ACID STOR, HNDLG & TRANSPORT EQUIP. CARBON STEEL/STAINLESS STEEL MATLS SUITABLE FOR USE FOR ACID CONCS (ING 22) Other Precautions:SULFURIC ACID ATTACKS SOME PLASTICS & COATINGS. ALWAYS ADD ACID TO H*2O-NOT H*2O TO ACID. IF KEPT IN UPPER FLOORS OF BLDG, FLOORS SHOULD BE ACID PROOF W/DRAINS TO RECOVERY TANK. STORE ABOVE FREEZING. ELEVATED TEMPS INCR CORR RATE OF METALS. ============= Exposure Controls/Personal Protection ============= Respiratory Protection:NIOSH APPROVED AIR-PURIFYING RESPIRATOR EQUIPPED WITH ACID GAS/FUME, DUST, MIST CARTRIDGES FOR CONCENTRATIONS UP TO 10 MG/M3. NIOSH APPROVED AIR-SUPPLIED RESPIRATOR IF CONCENTRATIONS ARE HIGHER OR UNK NOWN. Ventilation:LOCAL EXHAUST VENTILATION REQUIRED. Protective Gloves:IMPERVIOUS (IE NEOPRENE, PVC) GLOVES. Eye Protection:ANSI APPRVD CHEM WORKERS GOGGS (ING 25) Other Protective Equipment:ANSI APPROVED EYE WASH & DELUGE SHOWER . COVERALLS, BOOTS &/OR OTHER ACID RESIST PROT CLTHG. Work Hygienic Practices:WEAR APPROP PERSONAL PROT EQUIP. DO NOT BREATHE SPRAY/MIST. DO NOT INGEST. DO NOT GET IN EYES, ON SKIN, ON CLTHG. Supplemental Safety and Health BP: 77.67%: 380F(193C); 93.19%: 529F(276C); 98%: 626F(300C). SPEC GRAV: 77.67%: 1.7059; 93.19%: 1.8354; 98%: 1.8437. VP @ 40C: 77.67%: 1.2; 93.19%: 0.0016; 98%: 0.002. MP: 77.67%: 11.6F(-11.2C); 93.19 %: 21.1F(-29.5C); 98%: 30F(-1.1C). PH: 0.3 (1N SOLUTION AT 25C/78F). APPEAR/ODOR: SHARP PENETRATING ODOR. ================== Physical/Chemical Properties ================== Boiling Pt:B.P. Text:SUPDAT Melt/Freeze Pt:M.P/F.P Text:SUPDAT Vapor Pres:SUPDAT Vapor Density:SEE ING 1 Spec Gravity:SUPDAT pH:SUPDAT Solubility in Water:MISCIBLE Appearance and Odor:SULFURIC ACID IS CLEAR TO AMBER, HEAVY, OILY LIQUID WHICH MAY HAVE A (SUPDAT) ================= Stability and Reactivity Data ================= Stability Indicator/Materials to Avoid:YES ORG MATLS (IE, CHLORATES, CARBIDES, FULMINATES & PICRATES); METALS. WHEN DILUTING ADD ACID TO WATER; NOT WATER TO ACID. Stability Condition to Avoid:REACTS VIOLENTLY W/WATER & ORG MATLS W/EVOLUTION OF HEAT. UNDER FIRE CNDTNS: DECOMPOSES TO FORM SULFUR OXIDES (SO*X). Hazardous Decomposition Products:TOX GASES & VAPS(SULFUR DIOXIDE, SULFURIC ACID VAPS/MISTS & SULFUR TRIOXIDE) MAY BE RELSD WHEN SULFURIC ACID DECOMPOSES. ==================== Disposal Considerations ==================== Waste Disposal Methods:DISP OF WASTE AT APPRVD WASTE TREATMENT/DISP FACILITY I/A/W APPLIC FED, STATE & LOCAL REGS. DO NOT DISPOSE OF WASTE W/NORM GARBAGE OR TO SEWER SYS. NOTE:CLEAN UP MATL MAY BE RCRA HAZ WASTE ON DISP. SP ILLS SUBJECT TO REPORTING REQS: RQ=1000LBS. Disclaimer (provided with this information by the compiling agencies): This information is formulated for use by elements of the Department of Defense. The United States of America in no manner whatsoever, expressly or implied, warrants this information to be accurate and disclaims all liability for its use. Any person utilizing this document should seek competent professional advice to verify and assume responsibility for the suitability of this information to their particular situation.