AIRGAS -- AMMONIA  -- 6830-00-616-9184
<pre>=====================  Product Identification  =====================

Product ID:AMMONIA
MSDS Date:05/01/1990
FSC:6830
NIIN:00-616-9184
=== Responsible Party ===
Company Name:AIRGAS
Address:100 MAISONFORD RD, 5 RADNOR CORP CENTER
City:RADNOR
State:PA
ZIP:19067
Country:US
Info Phone Num:215-687-5253
Emergency Phone Num:215-687-5253
CAGE:AIRGA
=== Contractor Identification ===
Company Name:AIRGAS
Address:100 MATSONFORD ROAD, 5 RADNOR CORP CNTR
City:RADNOR
State:PA
ZIP:19087
Country:US
Phone:215-687-5253
CAGE:AIRGA
Company Name:AIRGAS INC
Address:100 MATSONFORD RD SUITE 550
Box:City:WAYNE
State:PA
ZIP:19087
Country:US
Phone:215-687-5253
CAGE:0MN39

=============  Composition/Information on Ingredients  =============

Ingred Name:AMMONIA (SARA 302/313) (CERCLA)
CAS:7664-41-7
RTECS #:BO0875000
Fraction by Wt: 100%
OSHA PEL:50 PPM
ACGIH TLV:25 PPM;35 STEL
EPA Rpt Qty:100 LBS
DOT Rpt Qty:100 LBS

Ingred Name:SUPP DATA:CHROMYL CHLORIDE, TRIOXYGEN DIFLUORIDE, NITROGEN
    DIOXIDE & NITROGEN TRICHLORIDE.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:EFTS OF OVEREXP:TISS CAUSES CAUSTIC LIKE BURNS & SKIN
    LESIONS RESULTING IN EARLY NECROSIS & SCARRING. BURNS TO (ING 4)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 3:EYE RSLT IN LESIONS & POSS LOSS OF VISION. CRYOGENIC
    "BURNS" ARE LIKE FROSTBITE W/CHANGE IN SKIN COLOR TO (ING 5)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 4:GRAY/WHITE POSS FOLLOWED BY BLISTERING.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:FIRST AID PROC:THAT MUC/VOMITED MATL DOES NOT OBSTRUCT
    AIRWAY BY POSITIONAL DRAINAGE. FURTHER TREATMENT SHOULD BE(ING 7)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 6:SYMPTOMATIC & SUPPORTIVE. EYE:FLUSH CONTAM EYE(S)
    W/COPIOUS QTYS OF WATER. PART EYELIDS TO ASSURE COMPLETE (ING 8)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 7:FLUSHING. CONTINUE FOR A MIN OF 15 MINS. SKIN:FLUSH
    AFFECTED AREA W/COPIOUS QTYS OF WATER. REMOVE AFFECTED (ING 9)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 8:CLTHG AS RAPIDLY AS POSS. DERMAL
    CONT/FROSTBITE:REMOVE CONTAM CLTHG & FLUSH AFFECTED AREAS
    W/LUKEWARM (ING 10)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 9:WATER. DO NOT USE HOT WATER. MD SHOULD SEE PATIENT
    PROMPTLY IF CRYOGENIC "BURN" HAS RESULTED IN BLISTERING(ING 11)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 10:OF DERMAL SURFACE OR DEEP TISSUE FREEZING.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:OTHER PREC:CONNECTING CYL TO LOWER PRESS (<500 PSIA)
    PIPING/SYS. DO NOT HEAT CYL BY ANY MEANS TO INCR DISCHARGE (ING 13)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 12:RATE OF PROD FROM CYL. USE CHECK VALVE/TRAP IN
    DISCHARGE LINE TO PVNT HAZ BACK FLOW INTO CYL. DO NOT (ING 14)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 13:ALLOW TEMP WHERE CYLS ARE STORED TO EXCEED
    130F(54C). CYLS SHOULD BE STORED UPRIGHT & FIRMLY SECURED TO (ING
    15)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 14:PVNT FALLING/BEING KNOCKED OVER. FULL & EMPTY CYLS
    SHOULD BE SEGREGATED. USE "FIRST IN - FIRST OUT" (ING 16)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 15:INVENTORY SYS TO PVNT FULL CYLS BEING STORED FOR
    EXCESSIVE PERIODS OF TIME. POST "NO SMOKING/OPEN FLAMES"(ING 17)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 16:SIGNS IN STOR/USE AREA. THERE SHOULD BE NO SOURCES
    OF IGNIT IN STOR/USE AREA. FOR ADDNL HNDLG/STOR RECS, (ING 18)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 17:CONSULT COMPRESSED GAS ASSOC'S PAMPHLETS P-1 & G-2.
    GASEOUS/LIQ ANHYDROUS AMMONIA CORRODES CERTAIN METALS(ING 17)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 18:AT AMBIENT TEMPS. OXYG PRESENCE ENHANCES CORR OF
    ORDINARY/SEMI-ALLOY STEELS. ADDN OF WATER INHIBITS THIS (ING 20)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 19:ENHANCEMENT. KEEP ANHYDROUS AMMONIA SYS SCRUPULOUSLY
    DRY. EARTH-GROUND & BOND ALL LINES & EQUIP ASSOC W/ (ING 21)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 20:AMMONIA SYS. ELEC EQUIP SHOULD BE NON-SPARKING/EXPLO
    PROOF. COMPRESSED GAS CYLS SHOULD NOT BE REFILLED (ING 22)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 21:EXCEPT BY QUALIFED PRDCRS OF COMPRESSED GASES.
    SHIPMENT OF COMPRESSED GAS CYL WHICH HAS NOT BEEN FILLED (ING 23)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 22:BY OWNER/WITH HIS (WRITTEN) CONSENT IS VIOLATION OF
    FED LAW (49CFR). ALWAYS SECURE CYLS IN UPRIGHT (ING 24)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 23:POSITION BEFORE TRANSPORTING THEM. NEVER TRANSPORT
    CYLS IN TRUNKS OF VEHICLES, ENCLSD VANS, TRUCK CABS/IN(ING 25)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 24:PASSENGER COMPARTMENTS. TRANSPORT CYLS SECURED IN
    OPEN FLATBED/IN OPEN PICK-UP TYPE VEHICLES.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

=====================  Hazards Identification  =====================

LD50 LC50 Mixture:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.
Routes of Entry: Inhalation:YES  Skin:YES  Ingestion:NO
Reports of Carcinogenicity:NTP:NO    IARC:NO	OSHA:NO
Health Hazards Acute and Chronic:CORR & IRRIT TO SKIN, EYES, UPPER RESP
    SYS & ALL MUCOSAL TISS. DEPENDING ON CONC INHALED, IT MAY CAUSE
    BURNING SENSATIONS, COUGH, WHEEZING, SHORTNESS OF BREATHE, HDCH,
    NAUS, W/EVENTUAL COLLAPSE. MILD  CONCS OF VAP WILL CAUSE DERM/CONJ.
    HIGHER CONCS OF VAP/LIQ CONT WILL CAUSE CAUSTIC-LIKE DERMAL BURNS &
    (EFTS OF OVEREXP)
Explanation of Carcinogenicity:NOT RELEVANT
Effects of Overexposure:HLTH HAZ:INFLAMM & SWELL OF EYES W/POSS LOSS OF
    VISION. RAPIDLY EVAP LIQ CONTACTING DERMAL TISS/EYES CAN CAUSE
    CRYOGENIC "BURNS". INHAL:AFFECTS UPPER AIRWAY (LARYNX & BRONCHI) BY
    CAUSING CAUSTIC-LIKE  BURNING RESULTING IN EDEMA & CHEM PNEUM. IF
    IT ENTERS DEEP LUNG, PULM EDEMA WILL RSLT. TOX LEVEL EXPOS TO
    DERMAL (ING 3)
Medical Cond Aggravated by Exposure:PERSONS IN ILL HEALTH WHERE SUCH
    ILLNESS WOULD BE AGGRAVATED BY EXPOSURE TO AMMONIA SHOULD NOT BE
    ALLOWED TO WORK WITH OR HANDLE THIS PRODUCT.

=======================  First Aid Measures  =======================

First Aid:PROMPT MED ATTN IS MANDATORY IN ALL CASES OF OVEREXP TO
    AMMONIA. RESCUE PERS SHOULD BE EQUIPPED W/NIOSH/MSHA APPRVD SCBA &
    BE COGNIZANT OF FIRE & EXPLO HAZ. INGEST:CALL MD IMMED .
    INHAL:CONSCIOU S PERS SHOULD BE ASSISTED TO UNCONTAM AREA & INHALE
    FRESH AIR. UNCON PERS SHOULD BE MOVED TO UNCONTAM AREA & GIVEN
    MOUTH-TO-MOUTH RESUSCITATION & SUPP OXYG. KEEP VICTIM WARM & QUIET.
    ASSURE (ING 6)

=====================  Fire Fighting Measures  =====================

Flash Point:GAS
Lower Limits:15%
Upper Limits:27%
Extinguishing Media:WATER.
Fire Fighting Procedures:USE NIOSH/MSHA APPRVD SCBA & FULL PROT EQUIP .
    IF POSS, STOP FLOW OF GAS. SINCE AMMONIA IS SOL IN WATER, IT IS
    BEST EXTING MEDIA - NOT ONLY EXTING(SUPDAT)
Unusual Fire/Explosion Hazard:MIN IGNIT ENERGY FOR AMMONIA IS VERY
    HIGH. IT IS APPROX 500 TIMES GREATER THAN ENERGY REQD FOR IGNITING
    HYDROCARBONS & 1000-10,000 TIMES GREATER THAN (SUPDAT)

==================  Accidental Release Measures  ==================

Spill Release Procedures:EVACUATE ALL PERS FROM AFFECTED AREA. USE
    APPROP PROT EQUIP. IF LEAK IS IN USER'S EQUIP, BE CERTAIN TO PURGE
    PIPING W/INERT GAS PRIOR TO ATTEMPTING REPAIRS. IF LEAK IS IN
    CNTNR/CNTNR VALVE, CONT YOUR  CLOSEST SUPPLIER LOCATION/CALL
    EMERGENCY (SUPDAT)
Neutralizing Agent:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.

======================	Handling and Storage  ======================

Handling and Storage Precautions:PROT CYLS FROM PHYSICAL DMG. STORE IN
    COOL, DRY, WELL-VENTED AREA OF NONCOMBUST CONSTRUCTION AWAY FROM
    HEAVILY TRAFFICKED AREAS & EMERGENCY EXITS.
Other Precautions:USE ONLY IN WELL-VENTED AREAS. VALVE PROT CAPS MUST
    REMAIN IN PLACE UNLESS CNTNR IS SECURED W/VALVE OUTLET PIPED TO USE
    POINT. DO NOT DRAG, SLIDE/ROLL CYLS. USE SUITABLE HAND TRUCK FOR
    CYL MOVEMENT. U SE PRESS REDUCING REGULATOR WHEN(ING 12)

=============  Exposure Controls/Personal Protection  =============

Respiratory Protection:NIOSH/MSHA APPROVED POSITIVE PRESSURE AIR LINE
    W/MASK OR SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE
    FOR EMERGENCY USE.
Ventilation:HOOD W/FORCED VENT. LOCAL EXHAUST:TO PREVENT ACCUMULATION
    ABOVE TWA. MECHANICAL (GENERAL):I/A/W ELECTRICAL CODES.
Protective Gloves:PLASTIC OR RUBBER GLOVES.
Eye Protection:ANSI APPROVED CHEM WORKERS GOGGS(SUPDAT)
Other Protective Equipment:EYE WASH FOUNTAIN & DELUGE SHOWER WHICH MEET
    ANSI DESIGN CRITERIA . SAFETY SHOES.
Work Hygienic Practices:PERSONS W/POTENTIAL EXPOSURE TO AMMONIA SHOULD
    NOT WEAR CONTACT LENSES.
Supplemental Safety and Health
FIRE FIGHT PROC:FIRE, BUT ALSO ABSORBING ESCAPED AMMONIA GAS. USE WATER
    SPRAY TO COOL SURROUND CNTNRS. EXPLO HAZ:THAT REQD FOR HYDROGEN.
    SPILL PROC:TELEPHONE NUMBER LISTED. WASTE DISP METH:TELEPHONE N
    UMBER LISTED. EYE PROT:& FULL LGTH FCSHLD . MATLS TO
    AVOID:CHLORIDE, HYDROGEN BROMIDE, NITROSYL CHLORIDE, (ING 2)

==================  Physical/Chemical Properties  ==================

Boiling Pt:B.P. Text:-28F,-33C
Melt/Freeze Pt:M.P/F.P Text:-108F,-78C
Vapor Pres:129 PSIA
Spec Gravity:0.59 (AIR=1)
Solubility in Water:VERY SOLUBLE
Appearance and Odor:COLORLESS GAS W/PUNGENT ODOR.

=================  Stability and Reactivity Data  =================

Stability Indicator/Materials to Avoid:YES
AMMONIA IS FLAMM OVER RELATIVELY NARROW RANGE IN AIR. IT REACTS
    VIGOROUSLY W/FLUORINE, CHLORINE, HYDROGEN (SUPP DATA)
Hazardous Decomposition Products:HYDROGEN AT VERY HIGH TEMPERATURES
    (1544F,840C).

====================  Disposal Considerations  ====================

Waste Disposal Methods:DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DISP OF WASTE/UNUSED QTYS.
    RETURN IN SHIPPING CNTNR PROPERLY LABELED, W/ANY VALVE OUTLET
    PLUGS/CAPS SECURED & PROT CAP IN PLACE TO YOUR SUPPLIER. FOR EMER
    DISP ASSISTANCE, CONT YOUR	CLOSEST SUPPLIER LOCATION/CALL
    EMERGENCY (SUPDAT)

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