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PRODUCT IDENTIFIER: PRODUCT CODE: F1089 PRODUCT NAME: FORMIC ACID, 96 PERCENT, REAGENT, ACS OTHER MEANS OF IDENTIFICATION: SYNONYMS: ACIDE FORMIQUE [FRENCH] ACIDO FORMICO [ITALIAN] AMEISENSAEURE [GERMAN] AMINIC ACID FORMYLIC ACID HYDROGEN CARBOXYLIC ACID KWAS METANIOWY [POLISH] KYSELINA MRAVENCI [CZECH] METHANOIC ACID MIERENZUUR [DUTCH] CAS #: 64-18-6 RTECS #: LQ4900000 CI#: NOT AVAILABLE RECOMMENDED USE OF THE CHEMICAL AND RESTRICTIONS ON USE: RECOMMENDED USE: PREVENTS CORROSION OF PIPE, CORROSION INHIBITOR; FUMIGANTS, SILVERING GLASS; SOLVENTS FOR PERFUMES; LACQUERS; ELECTROPLATING; CELLULOSE FORMATE; ORE FLOTATION; VINYL RESIN PLASTICIZERS; ACIDULANT IN DYEING OF NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC FIBERS, LEATHER TANNING; COAGULATING LATEX IN RUBBER PRODUCTION; METALS SALTS MADE FROM FORMIC ACID: NICKEL, CADMIUM, AND POTASSIUM FORMATES. INSECTICIDE. REFRIGERANT. ANTISEPTIC. FOOD PRESERVATIVE. FEED ADDITIVE. FLAVORING INGREDIENT. USES ADVISED AGAINST: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE SUPPLIER: SPECTRUM CHEMICAL MFG. CORP 14422 SOUTH SAN PEDRO ST. GARDENA, CA 90248 (310) 516-8000 ORDER ONLINE AT: HTTPS://WWW.SPECTRUMCHEMICAL.COM EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBER: CHEMTREC: 1-800-424-9300 CONTACT PERSON: MARTIN LABENZ (WEST COAST) CONTACT PERSON: IBAD TIRMIZ (EAST COAST)
CLASSIFICATION: THIS CHEMICAL IS CONSIDERED HAZARDOUS BY THE 2012 OSHA HAZARD COMMUNICATION STANDARD (29 CFR 1910.1200) ACUTE TOXICITY - ORAL: CATEGORY 4 SKIN CORROSION/IRRITATION: CATEGORY 1 SUB-CATEGORY A SERIOUS EYE DAMAGE/EYE IRRITATION: CATEGORY 1 FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS: CATEGORY 3 LABEL ELEMENTS: DANGER HAZARD STATEMENTS: HARMFUL IF SWALLOWED CAUSES SEVERE SKIN BURNS AND EYE DAMAGE FLAMMABLE LIQUID AND VAPOR CORROSION EXCLAMATION MARK FLAME HAZARDS NOT OTHERWISE CLASSIFIED (HNOC): NOT APPLICABLE OTHER HAZARDS: NOT AVAILABLE PRECAUTIONARY STATEMENTS - PREVENTION: WASH FACE, HANDS AND ANY EXPOSED SKIN THOROUGHLY AFTER HANDLING DO NOT EAT, DRINK OR SMOKE WHEN USING THIS PRODUCT DO NOT BREATHE DUST/FUME/GAS/MIST/VAPORS/SPRAY WEAR PROTECTIVE GLOVES/PROTECTIVE CLOTHING/EYE PROTECTION/FACE PROTECTION KEEP AWAY FROM HEAT/SPARKS/OPEN FLAMES/HOT SURFACES. - NO SMOKING KEEP CONTAINER TIGHTLY CLOSED GROUND/BOND CONTAINER AND RECEIVING EQUIPMENT USE EXPLOSION-PROOF ELECTRICAL/VENTILATING/LIGHTING/.?/EQUIPMENT USE ONLY NON-SPARKING TOOLS TAKE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES AGAINST STATIC DISCHARGE PRECAUTIONARY STATEMENTS - RESPONSE: IMMEDIATELY CALL A POISON CENTER OR DOCTOR/PHYSICIAN SPECIFIC TREATMENT (SEE .? ON THIS LABEL) IN CASE OF FIRE: USE CO2, DRY CHEMICAL, OR FOAM TO EXTINGUISH. IF IN EYES: RINSE CAUTIOUSLY WITH WATER FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. REMOVE CONTACT LENSES, IF PRESENT AND EASY TO DO. CONTINUE RINSING. IMMEDIATELY CALL A POISON CENTER OR DOCTOR/PHYSICIAN. IF ON SKIN (OR HAIR): REMOVE/TAKE OFF IMMEDIATELY ALL CONTAMINATED CLOTHING. RINSE SKIN WITH WATER/SHOWER WASH CONTAMINATED CLOTHING BEFORE REUSE IF INHALED: REMOVE VICTIM TO FRESH AIR AND KEEP AT REST IN A POSITION COMFORTABLE FOR BREATHING. IMMEDIATELY CALL A POISON CENTER OR DOCTOR/PHYSICIAN. IF SWALLOWED: CALL A POISON CENTER OR DOCTOR/PHYSICIAN IF YOU FEEL UNWELL RINSE MOUTH DO NOT INDUCE VOMITING PRECAUTIONARY STATEMENTS - STORAGE: STORE LOCKED UP STORE IN A WELL-VENTILATED PLACE. KEEP COOL PRECAUTIONARY STATEMENTS - DISPOSAL: DISPOSE OF CONTENTS/CONTAINER TO AN APPROVED WASTE DISPOSAL PLANT
COMPONENTS CAS-NO. WEIGHT % TRADE SECRET FORMIC ACID 64-18-6 85-96 * 64-18-6 WATER 7732-18-5 4-15 * 7732-18-5
FIRST AID MEASURES: GENERAL ADVICE: POISON INFORMATION CENTERS IN EACH STATE CAPITAL CITY CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR SCHEDULED POISONS (13 1126). ENSURE THAT MEDICAL PERSONNEL ARE AWARE OF THE MATERIAL(S) INVOLVED AND TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES. FIRST AIDER NEEDS TO PROTECT HIMSELF. SKIN CONTACT: WASH OFF IMMEDIATELY WITH SOAP AND PLENTY OF WATER. CONTINUE FLUSHING WITH PLENTY OF WATER FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES. IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION IS REQUIRED. CALL A PHYSICIAN OR POISON CONTROL CENTRE IMMEDIATELY. EYE CONTACT: FLUSH EYES WITH WATER FOR 15 MINUTES. IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION IS REQUIRED. CALL A PHYSICIAN IMMEDIATELY. INHALATION: MOVE TO FRESH AIR. IF NOT BREATHING, GIVE ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION. IF BREATHING IS DIFFICULT, GIVE OXYGEN. WARNING! IT MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO THE PERSON PROVIDING AID TO GIVE MOUTH-TO-MOUTH RESUSCITATION WHEN THE INHALED OR INGESTED MATERIAL IS TOXIC, INFECTIOUS OR CORROSIVE. DO NOT USE MOUTH-TO-MOUTH RESUSCITATION IF VICTIM INGESTED OR INHALED THE SUBSTANCE; INDUCE ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION WITH THE AID OF A POCKET MASK EQUIPPED WITH A ONE-WAY VALVE OR OTHER PROPER RESPIRATORY MEDICAL DEVICE. IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION IS REQUIRED. INGESTION: DO NOT INDUCE VOMITING WITHOUT MEDICAL ADVICE. NEVER GIVE ANYTHING BY MOUTH TO AN UNCONSCIOUS PERSON. OBTAIN MEDICAL ATTENTION. MOST IMPORTANT SYMPTOMS AND EFFECTS, BOTH ACUTE AND DELAYED: SYMPTOMS: SEVERE SKIN AND EYE IRRITATION OR BURNS. IRRITATING TO RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. MAY CAUSE CHEMICAL BURNS TO THE RESPIRATORY TRACT. DYSPNEA (DIFFICULTY BREATHING AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH). CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM EFFECTS. DIZZINESS. HEADACHE. SOMNOLENCE. MAY CAUSE PULMONARY EDEMA. CAUSES DIGESTIVE (GASTROINTESTINAL) TRACT IRRITATION. MAY CAUSE GASTROINTESTINAL (DIGESTIVE) TRACT BURNS. MAY CAUSE SALIVATION. MAY CAUSE DIFFICULTY SWALLOWING. ABDOMINAL PAIN. MAY CAUSE NAUSEA AND VOMITING. MAY CAUSE DIARRHEA. MAY AFFECT THE LIVER. IT MAY AFFECT THE KIDNEYS. INDICATION OF ANY IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION AND SPECIAL TREATMENT NEEDED: NOTES TO PHYSICIAN: TREAT SYMPTOMATICALLY PROTECTION OF FIRST-AIDERS: FIRST-AID PROVIDERS: AVOID EXPOSURE TO BLOOD OR BODY FLUIDS. WEAR GLOVES AND OTHER NECESSARY PROTECTIVE CLOTHING. DISPOSE OF CONTAMINATED CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT AS BIO-HAZARDOUS WASTE
EXTINGUISHING MEDIA: SUITABLE EXTINGUISHING MEDIA: DRY CHEMICAL. CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2). WATER SPRAY MIST OR FOAM. ALCOHOL-RESISTANT FOAM. UNSUITABLE EXTINGUISHING MEDIA: DO NOT USE A SOLID (STRAIGHT) WATER STREAM AS IT MAY SCATTER AND SPREAD FIRE. SPECIFIC HAZARDS ARISING FROM THE CHEMICAL: HAZARDOUS COMBUSTION PRODUCTS: CARBON MONOXIDE SPECIFIC HAZARDS: FLAMMABLE MAY BE IGNITED BY HEAT, SPARKS OR FLAMES CONTAINER EXPLOSION MAY OCCUR UNDER FIRE CONDITIONS OR WHEN HEATED FIRE MAY PRODUCE IRRITATING AND/OR TOXIC GASES VAPORS MAY FORM EXPLOSIVE MIXTURES WITH AIR CONTACT WITH METALS MAY EVOLVE FLAMMABLE HYDROGEN GAS SPECIAL PROTECTIVE ACTIONS FOR FIREFIGHTERS: SPECIFIC METHODS: FOR LARGER FIRES, USE WATER SPRAY OR FOG. COOL CONTAINERS WITH FLOODING QUANTITIES OF WATER UNTIL WELL AFTER FIRE IS OUT. DIKE FIRE-CONTROL WATER FOR LATER DISPOSAL; DO NOT SCATTER THE MATERIAL. SPECIAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR FIREFIGHTERS: AS IN ANY FIRE, WEAR SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS PRESSURE-DEMAND, MSHA/NIOSH (APPROVED OR EQUIVALENT) AND FULL PROTECTIVE GEAR
PERSONAL PRECAUTIONS, PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND EMERGENCY PROCEDURES: PERSONAL PRECAUTIONS: ENSURE ADEQUATE VENTILATION. KEEP PEOPLE AWAY FROM AND UPWIND OF SPILL/LEAK. DO NOT TOUCH DAMAGED CONTAINERS OR SPILLED MATERIAL UNLESS WEARING APPROPRIATE PROTECTIVE CLOTHING. AVOID CONTACT WITH SKIN, EYES AND CLOTHING. USE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. REMOVE ALL SOURCES OF IGNITION. ALL EQUIPMENT USED WHEN HANDLING THE PRODUCT MUST BE GROUNDED. TAKE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES AGAINST STATIC DISCHARGES. ENVIRONMENTAL PRECAUTIONS: PREVENT FURTHER LEAKAGE OR SPILLAGE IF SAFE TO DO SO. DO NOT LET PRODUCT ENTER DRAINS. PREVENT ENTRY INTO WATERWAYS, SEWERS, BASEMENTS OR CONFINED AREAS. METHODS AND MATERIAL FOR CONTAINMENT AND CLEANING UP: METHODS FOR CONTAINMENT: STOP LEAK IF YOU CAN DO IT WITHOUT RISK. ABSORB SPILL WITH INERT MATERIAL (E.G. VERMICULITE, DRY SAND OR EARTH). METHODS FOR CLEANING UP: USE CLEAN NON-SPARKING TOOLS TO COLLECT ABSORBED MATERIAL. USE APPROPRIATE TOOLS TO PUT THE SPILLED MATERIAL IN A SUITABLE CHEMICAL WASTE DISPOSAL CONTAINER. CLEAN CONTAMINATED SURFACE THOROUGHLY.
PRECAUTIONS FOR SAFE HANDLING: TECHNICAL MEASURES/PRECAUTIONS: PROVIDE SUFFICIENT AIR EXCHANGE AND/OR EXHAUST IN WORK ROOMS. KEEP AWAY FROM INCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS. REMOVE ALL SOURCES OF IGNITION. TO AVOID IGNITION OF VAPORS BY STATIC ELECTRICITY DISCHARGE, ALL METAL PARTS OF THE EQUIPMENT MUST BE GROUNDED. SAFE HANDLING ADVICE: WEAR PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. AVOID CONTACT WITH SKIN, EYES AND CLOTHING. DO NOT BREATHE VAPORS OR SPRAY MIST. DO NOT INGEST. DO NOT SMOKE. KEEP AWAY FROM HEAT AND SOURCES OF IGNITION. USE ONLY IN WELL-VENTILATED AREAS. HANDLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOOD INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE AND SAFETY PRACTICE. CONDITIONS FOR SAFE STORAGE, INCLUDING ANY INCOMPATIBILITIES: TECHNICAL MEASURES/STORAGE CONDITIONS: KEEP IN A COOL, WELL-VENTILATED PLACE. KEEP AWAY FROM HEAT AND SOURCES OF IGNITION. STORE AWAY FROM INCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS. STORE IN A SEGRATED AND APPROVED AREA. INCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS: OXIDIZING AGENTS. ORGANIC MATERIALS. ACIDS. BASES. ALKALIS. POWDERED METALS. ALUMINUM.
CONTROL PARAMETERS: NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS: UNITED STATES: COMPONENTS OSHA NIOSH ACGIH AIHA WHEEL FORMIC ACID 5 PPM TWA = 5 PPM TWA = 10 PPM STEL NONE 64-18-6 9 MG/M3 TWA WATER NONE NONE NONE NONE 7732-18-5 CANADA: COMPONENTS ALBERTA BRITISH COLUMBIA ONTARIO QUEBEC FORMIC ACID = 5 PPM TWA = 5 PPM TWA 5 PPM TWA 5 PPM TWAEV 64-18-6 = 9.4 MG/M3 TWA = 10 PPM STEL 9.4 MG/M3 TWAEV 10 PPM STEV 19 MG/M3 STEV WATER NONE NONE NONE NONE 7732-18-5 AUSTRALIA AND MEXICO: COMPONENTS AUSTRALIA MEXICO FORMIC ACID 19 MG/M3 STEL = 5 PPM TWA 64-18-6 10 PPM STEL = 9 MG/M3 TWA 5 PPM TWA 9.4 MG/M3 TWA WATER NONE NONE 7732-18-5 APPROPRIATE ENGINEERING CONTROLS: ENGINEERING MEASURES TO REDUCE EXPOSURE: PROVIDE EXHAUST VENTILATION OR OTHER ENGINEERING CONTROLS TO KEEP THE AIRBORNE CONCENTRATIONS OF VAPORS AND MIST BELOW THEIR RESPECTIVE THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUE. INDIVIDUAL PROTECTION MEASURES, SUCH AS PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT: PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT: EYE PROTECTION: GOGGLES SKIN AND BODY PROTECTION: CHEMICAL RESISTANT APRON LONG SLEEVED CLOTHING GLOVES RESPIRATORY PROTECTION: VAPOR RESPIRATOR. BE SURE TO USE AN APPROVED/CERTIFIED RESPIRATOR OR EQUIVALENT. HYGIENE MEASURES: AVOID CONTACT WITH SKIN, EYES AND CLOTHING. WHEN USING, DO NOT EAT, DRINK OR SMOKE. WASH HANDS BEFORE BREAKS AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER HANDLING THE PRODUCT.
PHYSICAL STATE: LIQUID APPEARANCE: CLEAR. COLOR: COLORLESS. ODOR: PUNGENT. PENETRATING. TASTE: SOUR. MOLECULAR/FORMULA WEIGHT: 46.03 FORMULA: CH2O2 FLAMMABILITY: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE FLASHPOINT (DEG. C/DEG. F): 50-69 DEG. C/ 122-156 DEG. F FLASH POINT (DEG. C): 50 DEG. C FLASH POINT TESTED ACCORDING TO: CLOSED CUP AUTOIGNITION TEMPERATURE (DEG. C/DEG. F): 539 DEG. C/ 1002.2 DEG. F LOWER EXPLOSION LIMIT (%): 14.9-18 UPPER EXPLOSION LIMIT (%): 47.6-57 PH: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE MELTING POINT/RANGE(DEG. C/DEG. F): 8.4 DEG. C/ 47.1 DEG. F BOILING POINT/RANGE(DEG. C/DEG. F): 101 DEG. C/ 213.3 DEG. F DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE(DEG. C/DEG. F): NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE BULK DENSITY: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE DENSITY (G/CM3): 1.22 @ 20 DEG. C SPECIFIC GRAVITY: 1.22 VAPOR PRESSURE @ 20 DEG. C (KPA): 4.7 EVAPORATION RATE: 2.1 (BUTY ACETATE = 1) VAPOR DENSITY: 1.59 VOC CONTENT (G/L): NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE ODOR THRESHOLD (PPM): 0.625 PARTITION COEFFICIENT (N-OCTANOL/WATER): -0.54 VISCOSITY: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE MISCIBILITY: MISCIBLE WITH WATER MISCIBLE WITH ALCOHOL MISCIBLE WITH ETHER MISCIBLE WITH ACETONE MISCIBLE WITH ETHYL ACETATE MISCIBLE WITH ETHANOL MISCIBLE WITH METHANOL SOLUBILITY: PARTIALLY SOLUBLE IN BENZENE, TOLUENE, XYLENE
REACTIVITY: HIGHLY REACTIVE WITH OXIDIZING AGENTS REACTIVE WITH ORGANIC MATERIALS, METALS, ACIDS, BASES IT CAN REACT VIGOROUSLY, VIOLENTLY OR EXPLOSIVELY WITH OXIDIZERS FORMIC ACID IS A STRONG REDUCING AGENT. DECOMPOSES SLOWLY DURING STORAGE! VENT CONTAINER AT LEAST MONTHLY. FORMIC ACID MAY REACT WITH ALKALIES AND OXIDIZING MATERIALS SUCH AS PEROXIDES, NITRIC ACID, AND CHROMIC ACID, IT IS ALSO INCOMPATIBLE WITH CONCENTRATED SUFLURIC ACID, NITROMETHANBE, FINELY POWDERED METALS, PERMANGANATES, STRONG BASES, OXIDIZING AGENTS FORMIC ACID FORMS EXPLOSIVE REACTIONS WITH THE FOLLOWING: FURFURYL ALCOHOL, HYDROGEN PEROXIDE + ORGANIC MATTER; NITROMETHANE, P2O5, THALLIC NITRATE TRIHYDRATE +VANILLIN, AND OXIDIZING AGENTS EXPLOSIVE DECOMPOSITION OF FORMIC ACID ON CLEAN NICKEL. ALUMINUM REDUCES FORMIC ACID (ITSELF A REDUCTANT) WITH INCANDESCENCE. CONTACT WITH METALS MAY EVOLVE FLAMMABLE HYDROGEN GAS CHEMICAL STABILITY: STABILITY: STABLE UNDER RECOMMENDED STORAGE CONDITIONS. POSSIBILITY OF HAZARDOUS REACTIONS: HAZARDOUS POLYMERIZATION DOES NOT OCCUR CONDITIONS TO AVOID: HEAT. IGNITION SOURCES. INCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS. INCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS: OXIDIZING AGENTS. ORGANIC MATERIALS. ACIDS. BASES. ALKALIS. POWDERED METALS. ALUMINUM. HAZARDOUS DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS: CARBON OXIDES. OTHER INFORMATION: CORROSIVITY: HIGHLY CORROSIVE IN PRESENCE OF COPPER CORROSIVE IN PRESENCE OF STAINLESS STEEL (304) NON-CORROSIVE IN PRESENCE OF STAINLESS STEEL (316) NON-CORROSIVE IN THE PRESENCE OF GLASS NON-CORROSIVE IN PRESENCE OF ALUMINUM SPECIAL REMARKS ON CORROSIVITY: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
INFORMATION ON LIKELY ROUTES OF EXPOSURE: PRINCIPAL ROUTES OF EXPOSURE: SKIN. EYES. INHALATION. INGESTION. ACUTE TOXICITY: COMPONENT INFORMATION: FORMIC ACID - 64-18-6: LD50/ORAL/RAT: 1100 MG/KG ORAL LD50 RAT 730 MG/KG [RTECS] LD50/ORAL/MOUSE: 700 MG/KG LD50/DERMAL/RAT: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE LD50/DERMAL/RABBIT: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE LC50/INHALATION/RAT: 7400 MG/M3 INHALATION LC50 RAT 4 HR [RTECS] LC50/INHALATION/MOUSE: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE OTHER LD50 OR LC50 INFORMATION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE WATER - 7732-18-5: LD50/ORAL/RAT: >90 ML/KG ORAL LD50 RAT LD50/ORAL/MOUSE: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE LD50/DERMAL/RAT: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE LD50/DERMAL/RABBIT: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE LC50/INHALATION/RAT: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE LC50/INHALATION/MOUSE: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE OTHER LD50 OR LC50 INFORMATION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE PRODUCT INFORMATION: LD50/ORAL/RAT: VALUE - ACUTE TOX ORAL: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE LD50/ORAL/MOUSE: VALUE - ACUTE TOX ORAL: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE LD50/DERMAL/RABBIT: VALUE - ACUTE TOX DERMAL: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE LD50/DERMAL/RAT: VALUE - ACUTE TOX DERMAL: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE LC50/INHALATION/RAT: VALUE-VAPOR: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE VALUE-GAS: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE VALUE-DUST/MIST: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE LC50/INHALATION/MOUSE: VALUE - VAPOR: 6200 MGH/M3 VALUE - GAS: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE VALUE - DUST/MIST: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE SYMPTOMS: SKIN CONTACT: CORROSIVE. CAUSES SKIN IRRITATION. CAUSES SKIN BURNS. MAY CAUSE ERYTHEMA (REDNESS) AND EDEMA (RAISED SKIN). MAY CAUSE BLISTERING. MAY BE ABSORBED THROUGH THE SKIN. EYE CONTACT: CORROSIVE. CAUSES SEVERE EYE IRRITATION AND POSSIBLE BURNS. LACHRYMATOR (SUBSTANCE WHICH INCREASES THE FLOW OF TEARS). MAY CAUSE CORNEAL EDEMA, ULCERATION AND SCARING. VAPORS MAY CAUSE ITCHING, BURNING, AND SWELLING OF THE EYES. INHALATION: CAUSES DIFFICULTY BREATHING, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, COUGHING, RESPIRATORY TRACT IRRITATION AND BURNS. VAPORS MAY ALSO AFFECT BEHAVIOR/CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (DIZZINESS, HEADACHE, SOMNOLENCE). MAY ALSO AFFECT THE URINARY SYSTEM (CHANGES IN URINE COMPOSITION). MAY CAUSE NAUSEA AND VOMITING. MAY CAUSE PULMONARY EDEMA. INGESTION: HARMFUL IF SWALLOWED. CAUSES DIGESTIVE TRACT IRRITATION AND BURNS WITH DIFFICULTY SWALLOWING, SALIVATION, ABDOMINAL PAIN, A BURNING SENSATION IN THE MOUTH AND THROAT, NAUSEA, VOMITING, DIARRHEA. MAY PRODUCE CORROSIVE ULCERATION AND BLEEDING, AND NECROSIS OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT. MAY ALSO AFFECT THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM (CIRCULATORY COLLAPSE -SHOCK), URINARY SYSTEM (KIDNEYS), BLOOD (HEMOLYSIS WITH OR WITH ANEMIA), BEHAVIOR/CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (SOMNOLENCE), RESPIRATION (DYSPNEA), AND METABOLISM (LOSS APPETITE/WEIGHT LOSS, METABOLIC ACIDOSIS). ASPIRATION HAZARD: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE DELAYED AND IMMEDIATE EFFECTS AS WELL AS CHRONIC EFFECTS FROM SHORT AND LONG-TERM EXPOSURE: CHRONIC TOXICITY: SKIN: PROLONGED OR REPEATED SKIN CONTACT MAY CAUSE DERMATITIS. INHALATION: PROLONGED OR REPEATED INHALATION MAY CAUSE BRONCHITIS WITH COUGH, PHLEGM AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH. IT MAY AFFECT THE BRAIN AND MAY AFFECT OLFACTION. MAY AFFECT THE LIVER AND URINARY SYSTEM AND CAUSE LIVER AND KIDNEY DAMAGE. INGESTION: PROLONGED OR REPEATED INGESTION MAY MAY CAUSE WEIGHT LOSS, AND MAY AFFECT THE LIVER (LIVER FUNCTION TESTS IMPAIRED), KIDNEYS, SPLEEN. SENSITIZATION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE MUTAGENIC EFFECTS: MUTATIONS IN MICROORGANISMS EXPERIMENTS WITH BACTERIA AND/OR YEAST HAVE SHOWN MUTAGENIC EFFECTS CYTOGENIC ANALYSIS - HAMSTER OVARY CARCINOGENIC EFFECTS: NOT CONSIDERED CARCINOGENIC COMPONENTS IARC ACGIH - NTP OSHA HCS - CARCINOGENS CARCINOGENS FORMIC ACID NOT LISTED NOT LISTED NOT LISTED NOT LISTED WATER NOT LISTED NOT LISTED NOT LISTED NOT LISTED COMPONENTS AUSTRALIA - PROHIBITED AUSTRALIA - NOTIFIABLE CARCINOGENIC SUBSTANCES CARCINOGENIC SUBSTANCES FORMIC ACID NOT LISTED NOT LISTED WATER NOT LISTED NOT LISTED REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY: NO DATA IS AVAILABLE REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE DEVELOPMENTAL EFFECTS: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE TERATOGENIC EFFECTS: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE SPECIFIC TARGET ORGAN TOXICITY: STOT - SINGLE EXPOSURE: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE STOT - REPEATED EXPOSURE: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE TARGET ORGANS: KIDNEYS. LUNGS. RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. SKIN. EYES.
ECOTOXICITY: ECOTOXICITY EFFECTS: HARMFUL TO AQUATIC ORGANISMS. FORMIC ACID - 64-18-6: FRESHWATER ALGAE DATA: 25 MG/L EC50 DESMODESMUS SUBSPICATUS 96 H 26.9 MG/L EC50 DESMODESMUS SUBSPICATUS 72 H FRESHWATER FISH SPECIES DATA: 175 MG/L LC50 LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS 24 H STATIC 1 WATER FLEA DATA: 120 MG/L EC50 DAPHNIA MAGNA 48 H 138 - 165.6 MG/L EC50 DAPHNIA MAGNA 48 H PERSISTENCE AND DEGRADABILITY: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE BIOACCUMULATIVE POTENTIAL: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE MOBILITY: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
DISPOSAL METHODS: WASTE FROM RESIDUES / UNUSED PRODUCTS: WASTE MUST BE DISPOSED OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL REGULATION. CONTAMINATED PACKAGING: EMPTY CONTAINERS SHOULD BE TAKEN FOR LOCAL RECYCLING, RECOVERY OR WASTE DISPOSAL COMPONENTS RCRA - F RCRA - K RCRA - P RCRA - U SERIES SERIES SERIES SERIES WASTES WASTES WASTES WASTES FORMIC ACID NONE NONE NONE U123 CORROSIVE WASTE, TOXIC WASTE WATER NONE NONE NONE NONE
DOT: UN-NO: UN1779 PROPER SHIPPING NAME: FORMIC ACID (SOLUTION) HAZARD CLASS: 8 SUBSIDIARY RISK: 3 PACKING GROUP: II ERG NO: 153 MARINE POLLUTANT: NO DATA AVAILABLE DOT RQ (LBS): NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE SYMBOL(S): R5 TDG (CANADA): UN-NO: UN1779 PROPER SHIPPING NAME: FORMIC ACID (SOLUTION) HAZARD CLASS: 8 SUBSIDIARY RISK: (3) PACKING GROUP: II DESCRIPTION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE ADR: UN-NO: UN1779 PROPER SHIPPING NAME: FORMIC ACID (SOLUTION) HAZARD CLASS: 8 PACKING GROUP: II SUBSIDIARY RISK: 3 CLASSIFICATION CODE: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE DESCRIPTION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE CEFIC TREMCARD NO: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE IMO / IMDG: UN-NO: UN1779 PROPER SHIPPING NAME: FORMIC ACID (SOLUTION) HAZARD CLASS: 8 SUBSIDIARY RISK: 3 PACKING GROUP: II DESCRIPTION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE IMDG PAGE: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE MARINE POLLUTANT: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE EMS: F-E MFAG: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE MAXIMUM QUANTITY: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE RID: UN-NO: UN1779 PROPER SHIPPING NAME: FORMIC ACID (SOLUTION) HAZARD CLASS: 8 SUBSIDIARY RISK: 3 PACKING GROUP: II CLASSIFICATION CODE: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE DESCRIPTION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE ICAO: UN-NO: UN1779 PROPER SHIPPING NAME: FORMIC ACID (SOLUTION) HAZARD CLASS: 8 SUBSIDIARY RISK: 3 PACKING GROUP: II DESCRIPTION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE IATA: UN-NO: UN1779 PROPER SHIPPING NAME: FORMIC ACID (SOLUTION) HAZARD CLASS: 8 SUBSIDIARY RISK: 3 PACKING GROUP: II ERG CODE: 8L DESCRIPTION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
INTERNATIONAL INVENTORIES: COMPONENTS U.S. TSCA KOREA KECLL PHILIPPINES JAPAN ENCS (PICCS) FORMIC ACID PRESENT PRESENT KE- PRESENT PRESENT (2)- 17233 670 WATER PRESENT PRESENT KE- PRESENT NOT PRESENT 35400 COMPONENTS CHINA AUSTRALIA (AICS) EINECS-NO. FORMIC ACID PRESENT PRESENT PRESENT 200-579-1 WATER PRESENT PRESENT PRESENT 231-791-2 U.S. REGULATIONS: FORMIC ACID: MASSACHUSETTS RTK: PRESENT NEW JERSEY RTK HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE LIST: 0948 NEW JERSEY (EHS) LIST: 0948 500 LB TPQ NEW JERSEY - DISCHARGE PREVENTION - LIST OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES: PRESENT PENNSYLVANIA RTK: ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD PENNSYLVANIA RTK - ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD LIST: PRESENT PENNSYLVANIA RTK - SPECIAL HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES: PRESENT MINNESOTA - HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE LIST: PRESENT NEW YORK RELEASE REPORTING - LIST OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES: = 5000 LB RQ LOUISANA REPORTABLE QUANTITY LIST FOR POLLUTANTS: LISTED CALIFORNIA DIRECTORS LIST OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES: PRESENT FDA - FOOD ADDITIVES GENERALLY RECOGNIZED AS SAFE (GRAS): 21 CFR 186.1316 FDA - DIRECT FOOD ADDITIVES: 21 CFR 172.515 FDA - 21 CFR - TOTAL FOOD ADDITIVES: 172.515 172.723 186.1316 573.480 FORMIC ACID: CALIFORNIA PROP. 65: SAFE DRINKING WATER AND TOXIC ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 1986. CHEMICALS KNOWN TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO CAUSE CANCER: THIS PRODUCT DOES NOT CONTAIN A CHEMICAL REQUIRING A WARNING UNDER CALIFORNIA PROP. 65. (SEE TABLE BELOW) CHEMICALS KNOWN TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO CAUSE REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY: THIS PRODUCT DOES NOT CONTAIN A CHEMICAL REQUIRING A WARNING UNDER CALIFORNIA PROP. 65. (SEE TABLE BELOW) COMPONENTS CARCINOGEN DEVELOPMENTAL MALE FEMALE TOXICITY REPRODUCTIVE REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY TOXICITY FORMIC ACID NOT LISTED NOT LISTED NOT LISTED NOT LISTED WATER NOT LISTED NOT LISTED NOT LISTED NOT LISTED CERCLA/SARA: COMPONENTS CERCLA - HAZARDOUS SECTION 302 SECTION 302 SUBSTANCES AND THEIR EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS EXTREMELY REPORTABLE QUANTITIES SUBSTANCES AND TPQS HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES AND RQS FORMIC ACID = 2270 KG FINAL RQ NONE NONE WATER NONE NONE NONE COMPONENTS SECTION 313 - SECTION 313 - REPORTING CHEMICAL CATEGORY DE MINIMIS FORMIC ACID NONE 1.0% DE MINIMIS CONCENTRATION WATER NONE NONE U.S. TSCA: COMPONENTS TSCA SECTION 5(A)2 - CHEMICALS TSCA 8(D) - HEALTH AND WITH SIGNIFICANT NEW USE RULES SAFETY REPORTING (SNURS) FORMIC ACID NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE WATER NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE CANADA: WHMIS HAZARD CLASS: B3: COMBUSTIBLE LIQUID E: CORROSIVE MATERIAL FORMIC ACID: B3 E: INCLUDING 85%, 90% E: 80% B3 E: INCLUDING 85%, 90% WATER: UNCONTROLLED PRODUCT ACCORDING TO WHMIS CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA CANADA CONTROLLED PRODUCTS REGULATION: THIS PRODUCT HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THE HAZARD CRITERIA OF THE CPR (CONTROLLED PRODUCTS REGULATION) AND THE MSDS CONTAINS ALL OF THE INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE CPR. COMPONENTS WHMIS INGREDIENT DISCLOSURE LIST FORMIC ACID 1% INVENTORY: COMPONENTS CANADA (DSL) CANADA (NDSL) FORMIC ACID PRESENT NOT LISTED WATER PRESENT NOT LISTED COMPONENTS CEPA SCHEDULE I - TOXIC CEPA - 2010 GREENHOUSE GASES SUBSTANCES SUBJECT TO MANDITORY REPORTING FORMIC ACID NOT LISTED NOT LISTED WATER NOT LISTED NOT LISTED EU CLASSIFICATION: R-PHRASE(S): R35: CAUSES SEVERE BURNS. S-PHRASE(S): S23: DO NOT BREATHE GAS/FUMES/VAPOR/SPRAY. S26: IN CASE OF CONTACT WITH EYES, RINSE IMMEDIATELY WITH PLENTY OF WATER AND SEEK MEDICAL ADVICE. S45: IN CASE OF ACCIDENT OR IF YOU FEEL UNWELL, SEEK MEDICAL ADVICE IMMEDIATELY (SHOW THE LABEL WHERE POSSIBLE). S 1/2: KEEP LOCKED UP AND OUT OF THE REACH OF CHILDREN. COMPONENTS CLASSIFICATION CONCENTRATION LIMITS SAFETY PHRASES FORMIC ACID C; R35 90%<=C: C; R34 S1/2 S23 S26 S45 10%<=C<90%: C; R34 2%<=C<10%: XI; R36/38 WATER NO INFORMATION THE PRODUCT IS CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANNEX VI TO DIRECTIVE 67/548/EEC: INDICATION OF DANGER: C: CORROSIVE.
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