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PRODUCT IDENTIFIER: PRODUCT CODE: S1260 PRODUCT NAME: SODIUM CYANIDE, REAGENT, ACS OTHER MEANS OF IDENTIFICATION: SYNONYMS: CYANIDE OF SODIUM HYDROCYANIC ACID, SODIUM SALT CYANOBRIK CYANOGRAN PRUSSIATE OF SODA CY8ANURE DE SODUIM (FRENCH) CAS #: 143-33-9 RTECS #: VZ7525000 CI#: NOT AVAILABLE RECOMMENDED USE OF THE CHEMICAL AND RESTRICTIONS ON USE: RECOMMENDED USE: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE. 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 ACCORDING TO THE 2012 OSHA HAZARD COMMUNICATION STANDARD (29 CFR 1910.1200) CONSIDERED A DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE OR MIXTURE ACCORDING TO THE GLOBALLY HARMONIZED SYSTEM (GHS) ACUTE TOXICITY - ORAL: CATEGORY 1 ACUTE TOXICITY - DERMAL: CATEGORY 2 ACUTE TOXICITY - INHALATION (GASES): CATEGORY 1 ACUTE TOXICITY - INHALATION (DUSTS/MISTS): CATEGORY 2 SERIOUS EYE DAMAGE/EYE IRRITATION: CATEGORY 2A CORROSIVE TO METALS: CATEGORY 1 LABEL ELEMENTS: DANGER: HAZARD STATEMENTS: FATAL IF SWALLOWED FATAL IN CONTACT WITH SKIN FATAL IF INHALED CAUSES SERIOUS EYE IRRITATION MAY BE CORROSIVE TO METALS SKULLS AND CROSSBONES CORROSION HAZARDS NOT OTHERWISE CLASSIFIED (HNOC): NOT APPLICABLE OTHER HAZARDS: CONTACT WITH ACID LIBERATES TOXIC GAS 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 GET IN EYES, ON SKIN, OR ON CLOTHING WEAR PROTECTIVE GLOVES/PROTECTIVE CLOTHING/EYE PROTECTION/FACE PROTECTION DO NOT BREATHE DUST/FUME/GAS/MIST/VAPORS/SPRAY USE ONLY OUTDOORS OR IN A WELL-VENTILATED AREA WEAR RESPIRATORY PROTECTION KEEP ONLY IN ORIGINAL CONTAINER PRECAUTIONARY STATEMENTS - RESPONSE: ABSORB SPILLAGE TO PREVENT MATERIAL DAMAGE IF IN EYES: RINSE CAUTIOUSLY WITH WATER FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. REMOVE CONTACT LENSES, IF PRESENT AND EASY TO DO. CONTINUE RINSING. IF EYE IRRITATION PERSISTS: GET MEDICAL ADVICE/ATTENTION. IF ON SKIN: WASH WITH PLENTY OF WATER IMMEDIATELY CALL A POISON CENTER OR DOCTOR/PHYSICIAN REMOVE/TAKE OFF IMMEDIATELY ALL CONTAMINATED CLOTHING WASH CONTAMINATED CLOTHING BEFORE REUSE IF INHALED: REMOVE PERSON TO FRESH AIR AND KEEP COMFORTABLE FOR BREATHING. IMMEDIATELY CALL A POISON CENTER OR DOCTOR/PHYSICIAN. IF SWALLOWED: IMMEDIATELY CALL A POISON CENTER OR DOCTOR/PHYSICIAN RINSE MOUTH PRECAUTIONARY STATEMENTS - STORAGE: STORE LOCKED UP STORE IN A WELL-VENTILATED PLACE. KEEP CONTAINER TIGHTLY CLOSED STORE IN CORROSIVE RESISTANT/.. CONTAINER WITH A RESISTANT INNER LINER PRECAUTIONARY STATEMENTS - DISPOSAL: DISPOSE OF CONTENTS/CONTAINER TO AN APPROVED WASTE DISPOSAL PLANT
COMPONENTS CAS-NO. WEIGHT % SODIUM CYANIDE 143-33-9 100
FIRST AID MEASURES: GENERAL ADVICE: NATIONAL CAPITAL POISON CENTER IN THE UNITED STATES CAN PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IF YOU HAVE A POISON EMERGENCY AND NEED TO TALK TO A POISON SPECIALIST. CALL 1-800-222-1222. 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 REMOVING ALL CONTAMINATED CLOTHING AND SHOES. GET MEDICAL ATTENTION. EYE CONTACT: FLUSH EYES WITH WATER FOR 15 MINUTES. GET MEDICAL ATTENTION. INHALATION: MOVE TO FRESH AIR. IF BREATHING IS DIFFICULT, GIVE OXYGEN. IF NOT BREATHING, GIVE ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION. 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. FATAL IF SWALLOWED. IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION IS REQUIRED. CALL A PHYSICIAN OR POISON CONTROL CENTER IMMEDIATELY. MOST IMPORTANT SYMPTOMS AND EFFECTS, BOTH ACUTE AND DELAYED: SYMPTOMS: CAUSES SKIN IRRITATION CAUSES EYE IRRITATION CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM EFFECTS NAUSEA VOMITING BITTER ALMOND ODOR FROM MOUTH MAY CAUSE CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION MAY AFFECT RESPIRATION RESPIRATORY ARREST DYSPNEA (SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND DIFFICULTY BREATHING) MAY CAUSE CYANOSIS INDICATION OF ANY IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION AND SPECIAL TREATMENT NEEDED: NOTES TO PHYSICIAN: ANTIDOTE: ALWAYS HAVE A CYANIDE ANTIDOTE KIT (PACKAGE) WHEN WORKING WITH CYANIDE COMPOUNDS. GET MEDICAL ADVICE ON HOW TO USE IT AND WHEN IT SHOULD BE USED. IF CYANIDE GAS IS INHALED, BREAK AN AMYL NITRATE PEARL IN A CLOTH AND HOLD IT LIGHTLY UNDER THE NOSE FOR 15 SECONDS. REPEAT 5 TIMES AT ABOUT 15 SECOND INTERVALS. USE ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION IF BREATHING HAS STOPPED. IF CYANIDE IS SWALLOWED, USE AMYL NITRATE AS PREVIOUSLY STATED FOR 15 SECONDS. NITHIDOTE KIT OR HYDROXOCOBALAMIN (CYANOKIT) ARE ALTERNATE APPROVED TREATMENTS. OXYGEN THERAPY MAY BE USEFUL IN COMBINATION WITH THE ABOVE. 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: THE PRODUCT IS NOT FLAMMABLE. IF IT IS INVOLVED IN A FIRE, EXTINGUISH THE FIRE USING AN AGENT SUITABLE FOR THE TYPE OF SURROUNDING FIRE. UNSUITABLE EXTINGUISHING MEDIA: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE. SPECIFIC HAZARDS ARISING FROM THE CHEMICAL: HAZARDOUS COMBUSTION PRODUCTS: IF IT IS INVOLVED IN A FIRE THE FOLLOWING CAN BE RELEASED: HYDROGEN CYANIDE. NITROGEN OXIDES. SPECIFIC HAZARDS: THIS MATERIAL IS AN INORGANIC DUST/POWDER AND WILL NOT CREATE NOR SUPPORT CONDITIONS THAT WOULD RESULT IN A DUST EXPLOSION OR FIRE. SPECIAL PROTECTIVE ACTIONS FOR FIREFIGHTERS: SPECIFIC METHODS: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE. 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: KEEP PEOPLE AWAY FROM AND UPWIND OF SPILL/LEAK. ENSURE ADEQUATE VENTILATION. DO NOT TOUCH DAMAGED CONTAINERS OR SPILLED MATERIAL UNLESS WEARING APPROPRIATE PROTECTIVE CLOTHING. USE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. AVOID CONTACT WITH SKIN, EYES AND CLOTHING. AVOID DUST FORMATION. ENVIRONMENTAL PRECAUTIONS: PREVENT FURTHER LEAKAGE OR SPILLAGE IF SAFE TO DO SO. PREVENT PRODUCT FROM ENTERING 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. COVER WITH PLASTIC SHEET TO PREVENT SPREADING. METHODS FOR CLEANING UP: SWEEP UP AND SHOVEL INTO SUITABLE CONTAINERS FOR DISPOSAL. AVOID CREATING DUST. CLEAN CONTAMINATED SURFACE THOROUGHLY.
PRECAUTIONS FOR SAFE HANDLING: TECHNICAL MEASURES/PRECAUTIONS: PROVIDE SUFFICIENT AIR EXCHANGE AND/OR EXHAUST IN WORK ROOMS. AVOID DUST FORMATION. KEEP AWAY FROM INCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS. SAFE HANDLING ADVICE: WEAR PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. AVOID CONTACT WITH SKIN, EYES AND CLOTHING. DO NOT INGEST. DO NOT BREATHE VAPORS/DUST. AVOID DUST FORMATION. KEEP AWAY FROM HEAT AND SOURCES OF IGNITION. HANDLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOOD INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE AND SAFETY PRACTICE. CONDITIONS FOR SAFE STORAGE, INCLUDING ANY INCOMPATIBILITIES: TECHNICAL MEASURES/STORAGE CONDITIONS: KEEP CONTAINER TIGHTLY CLOSED IN A DRY AND WELL-VENTILATED PLACE. STORE AT ROOM TEMPERATURE IN THE ORIGINAL CONTAINER. STORE AWAY FROM INCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS. INCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS: STRONG OXIDIZING AGENTS BASES ACIDS
CONTROL PARAMETERS: NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS: UNITED STATES: COMPONENTS CAS-NO. OSHA NIOSH ACGIH AIHA WEEL SODIUM CYANIDE 143-33-9 NONE 4.7 PPM 5 MG/M3 NONE CEILING CEILING CN 10 MIN 5 MG/M3 CEILING 10 MIN CANADA: COMPONENT CAS-NO. CANADA - CANADA - CANADA - CANADA - ALBERTA BRITISH ONTARIO QUEBEC COLUMBIA SODIUM CYANIDE 143-33-9 5 MG/M3 5 MG/M3 5 MG/M3 NONE CEILING CN CEILING CN CEILING HYDROGEN CYANIDE AND CYANIDE SALTS AUSTRALIA AND MEXICO: COMPONENTS CAS-NO. AUSTRALIA MEXICO SODIUM CYANIDE 143-33-9 NONE 5 MG/M3 CEILING APPROPRIATE ENGINEERING CONTROLS: ENGINEERING MEASURES TO REDUCE EXPOSURE: USE PROCESS ENCLOSURES, LOCAL EXHAUST VENTILATION, OR OTHER ENGINEERING CONTROLS TO KEEP AIRBORNE LEVELS BELOW RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LIMITS. IF USER OPERATIONS GENERATE DUST, FUME OR MIST, USE VENTILATION TO KEEP EXPOSURE TO AIRBORNE CONTAMINANTS BELOW THE EXPOSURE LIMIT. INDIVIDUAL PROTECTION MEASURES, SUCH AS PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT: PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT: EYE PROTECTION: SAFETY GLASSES SAFETY GLASSES WITH SIDE-SHIELDS SKIN AND BODY PROTECTION: LONG SLEEVED CLOTHING CHEMICAL RESISTANT APRON GLOVES RESPIRATORY PROTECTION: WEAR RESPIRATOR WITH DUST FILTER. HYGIENE MEASURES: AVOID CONTACT WITH SKIN, EYES AND CLOTHING. WASH HANDS BEFORE BREAKS AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER HANDLING THE PRODUCT. WHEN USING, DO NOT EAT, DRINK OR SMOKE.
PHYSICAL STATE: SOLID APPEARANCE: CRYSTALLINE POWDER. GRANULAR. BRIQUETTES. COLOR: WHITE. ODOR: ODORLESS WHEN PERFECTLY DRY, BUT EMITS ODOR OF HYDROGEN CYANIDE WHEN DAMP. FAINT ODOR OF BITTER ALMONDS. TASTE: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE. FORMULA: NaCN MOLECULAR/FORMULA WEIGHT: 49.01 FLAMMABILITY: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE FLASHPOINT (DEG. C/DEG. F): NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE. FLASH POINT TESTED ACCORDING TO: NOT AVAILABLE AUTOIGNITION TEMPERATURE (DEG. C/DEG. F): NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE LOWER EXPLOSION LIMIT (%): NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE UPPER EXPLOSION LIMIT (%): NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE MELTING POINT/RANGE (DEG. C/DEG. F): 563 DEG. C/1045 DEG. C DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE (DEG. C/DEG. F): NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE BOILING POINT/RANGE (DEG. C/DEG. F): 1496 DEG. C/2724.8 DEG. F BULK DENSITY: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE DENSITY (G/CM3): NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE SPECIFIC GRAVITY: 1.595 PH: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE VAPOR PRESSURE @ 20 DEG. C (KPA): NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE EVAPORATION RATE: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE VAPOR DENSITY: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE VOC CONTENT (G/L): NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE ODOR THRESHOLD (PPM): NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE PARTITION COEFFICIENT (N-OCTANOL/WATER): NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE VISCOSITY: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE MISCIBILITY: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE SOLUBILITY: SOLUBLE IN WATER SLIGHTLY SOLUBLE IN ALCOHOL SOLUBILITY IN WATER: 48G/100 ML WATER @ 10 DEG. C 82 G/100 ML WATER @ 35 DEG. C. 58% @ 77 DEG. F SOLUBLE IN AMMONIA
REACTIVITY: REACTIVE WITH OXIDIZING AGENTS REACTIVE WITH ACIDS VIOLENT REACTION WITH FLUORINE GAS, MAGNESIUM, NITRATES, NITRIC ACID. DANGEROUS ON CONTACT WITH ACIDS, ACID FUMES. IT WILL PRODUCE TOXIC AND FLAMMABLE VAPORS OF CN-H AND SODIUM OXIDE. SODIUM CYANIDE IS AN ALKALINE CYANIDE SALT COMPOUND. IT IS DECOMPOSED SLOWLY BY WATER RELEASING FLAMMABLE, TOXIC HYDROGEN CYANIDE GAS. IN WATER OF NEUTRAL PH, NOT ENOUGH HYDROGEN GAS IS RELEASED TO BE DANGEROUS, EXCEPT IN CLOSED SPACES. HOWEVER, IF THE WATER IS ACIDIC, SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF HYDROGEN CYANIDE GAS MAY BE RELEASED. WEAK ALKALINE SOLUTIONS IN CONTACT WITH SODIUM CYANIDE MAY PRODUCE DANGEROUS AMOUNTS OF HYDROGEN CYANIDE GAS IN CONFINED AREAS. CYANIDE MAY REACT WITH CO2 IN ORDINARY AIR TO FORM TOXIC HYDROGEN CYANIDE GAS. STRONG OXIDIZERS SUCH AS ACIDS, ACID SALTS, CHLORATES, AND NITRATES. CONTACT WITH ACIDS AND ACID SALTS CAUSES IMMEDIATE FORMATION OF TOXIC AND FLAMMABLE HYDROGEN CYANIDE GAS DANGEROUS ON CONTACT WITH ACIDS, ACID FUMES, WATER OR STREAM. IT WILL PRODUCE TOXIC AND FLAMMABLE VAPORS OF CN-H AND SODIUM OXIDE. CONTACT WITH ACIDS AND ACID SALTS CAUSES IMMEDIATE FORMATION OF TOXIC AND FLAMMABLE HYDROGEN CYANIDE GAS. WHEN HEATED TO DECOMPOSITION IT EMITS TOXIC FUMES HYDROGEN CYANIDE AND OXIDES OF NITROGEN FUSION OF MIXTURES OF METAL CYANIDES WITH METAL CHLORATES, PERCHLORATED OR NITRATES CAUSES A VIOLENT EXPLOSION CHEMICAL STABILITY: STABILITY: STABLE UNDER RECOMMENDED STORAGE CONDITIONS. POSSIBILITY OF HAZARDOUS REACTIONS: HAZARDOUS POLYMERIZATION DOES NOT OCCUR CONDITIONS TO AVOID: AVOID DUST FORMATION. EXPOSURE TO WATER. EXPOSURE TO WATER VAPOUR. INCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS. INCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS: STRONG OXIDIZING AGENTS BASES ACIDS HAZARDOUS DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS: HYDROGEN CYANIDE (HYDROCYANIC ACID). NITROGEN OXIDES (NOX). OTHER INFORMATION: CORROSIVITY: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE SPECIAL REMARKS ON CORROSIVITY: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
INFORMATION ON LIKELY ROUTES OF EXPOSURE: PRINCIPAL ROUTES OF EXPOSURE: INGESTION. INHALATION. SKIN. ACUTE TOXICITY: THE FOLLOWING VALUES ARE CALCULATED BASED ON CHAPTER 3.1 OF THE GHS DOCUMENT: COMPONENT INFORMATION: SODIUM CYANIDE: CAS-NO.: 143-33-9 LD50/ORAL/RAT: 5.733 MG/KG ORAL LD50 RAT (LOLI) 4.8 MG/KG (EU CHEMICALS BUREAU IUCLID DATASET) 6.44 MG/KG (RTECS) LD50/ORAL/MOUSE: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE LD50/DERMAL/RABBIT: >200 MG/KG DERMAL LD50 RABBIT - INTACT SKIN - (EU CHEMICALS BUREAU IUCLID DATASET) 10.4 MG/KG (RTECS) 14.602 MG/KG (LOLI; 7.7 MG/KG (EU CHEMICALS BUREAU IUCLID DATASET) - ABRADED SKIN LD50/DERMAL/RAT: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE LC50/INHALATION/RAT: 0.16 MG/L INHALATION LC50 RAT 1 H LC50/INHALATION/MOUSE: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE OTHER LD50 OR LC50 INFORMATION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE PRODUCT INFORMATION: LD50/ORAL/RAT: VALUE-ACUTE TOX ORAL: 4.8 MG/KG LD50/ORAL/MOUSE: VALUE - ACUTE TOX ORAL: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE LD50/DERMAL/RABBIT: VALUE-ACUTE TOX DERMAL: >200 MG/KG 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: 0.16 MG/L (1-HR) LC50/INHALATION/MOUSE: VALUE - VAPOR: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE VALUE - GAS: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE VALUE - DUST/MIST: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE SYMPTOMS: SKIN CONTACT: FATAL IF ABSORBED THROUGH SKIN. IF ABSORBED THROUGH SKIN IT MAY CAUSE SYSTEMIC EFFECTS WITH SYMPTOMS SIMILAR TO THOSE OF INGESTION. CAUSES SKIN IRRITATION. CAUSES SEVERE SKIN IRRITATION AND POSSIBLE BURNS, ESPECIALLY IF SKIN IS WET OR MOIST. EYE CONTACT: CAUSES EYE IRRITATION. POSSIBLE EYE DAMAGE. WHEN IN SODIUM CYANIDE IS IN POWDERED OR GRANULAR FORM, CONTACT WITH EYES CAUSES EYE IRRITATION AND POSSIBLE EYE DAMAGE WHEN IS IT IN BRIQUETTE FORM, IT IS NOT CONSIDERED AN EYE IRRITATION HAZARD. INHALATION: FOR SODIUM CYANIDE IN POWDERED FORM: IRRITATING TO RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. MAY BE FATAL IF INHALED. IF INHALED, SODIUM CYANIDE INHIBITS CELLULAR RESPIRATION CAUSING METABOLIC ASPHYXIATION. MAY CAUSE HEADACHE, WEAKNESS, DIZZINESS, LABORED BREATHING, NAUSEA, VOMITING. MAY BE FOLLOWED BY CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS, UNCONCIOUSNESS, CONVULSIONS, COMA, AND DEATH. FOR SODIUM CYANIDE IN BRIQUETTE FORM: SODIUM CYANIDE IN BRIQUETTE FORM IS NOT CONSIDERED AN INHALATION HAZARD. INGESTION: FATAL IF SWALLOWED. MAY CAUSE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT IRRITATION WITH NAUSEA, VOMITING, FLUSHING. MAY AFFECT BEHAVIOR AND NERVOUS SYSTEMS (SEIZURES, CONVULSIONS, CHANGE IN MOTOR ACTIVITY, ATAXIA, HEADACHE, DIZZINESS, CONFUSION, WEAKNESS TETANY, IRRITABILITY, STUPOR, ANXIETY, HALLUCINATIONS, AGITATION, TREMORS, COMA), RESPIRATION (HYPERVENTILATION, PULMONARY EDEMA, BREATHING DIFFICULTY, RESPIRATORY FAILURE), CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM (PALPITATIONS, CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS, SLOW OR RAPID HEARTBEAT, HYPERTENSION, HYPOTENSION), AND IT MAY CAUSE CYANOSIS (BLUISH SKIN AND LIPS DUE TO DEFICIENT OXYGENATION OF THE BLOOD). MASSIVE DOSES BY PRODUCE SUDDEN LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND PROMPT DEATH FROM RESPIRATORY ARREST. SMALLER BUT STILL LETHAL DOSES MAY PROLONG THE ILLNESS FOR 1 OR MORE HOURS. A BITTER ALMOND ODOR MAY BE NOTED ON THE BREATH OR VOMITUS. CAN ALSO CAUSE LACTIC ACIDOSIS AND DILATION OF PUPILS. ASPIRATION HAZARD: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE. DELAYED AND IMMEDIATE EFFECTS AS WELL AS CHRONIC EFFECTS FROM SHORT AND LONG-TERM EXPOSURE: CHRONIC TOXICITY: CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM EFFECTS (HEADACHES, VERTIGO, INSOMNIA, MEMORY LOSS, TREMORS, FATIGUE AND OTHER SYMPTOMS SIMILAR TO INGESTION), METABOLIC EFFECTS (POOR APPETITE), CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS (CHEST DISCOMFORT, PALPITATIONS), PROGRESSIVE NERVE DAMAGE TO THE EYES RESULTING IN BLINDNESS, DERMATITIS, RESPIRATORY TRACT IRRITATION, EYE IRRITATION, THYROID DEFICIENCY, GOITER, HYPERGLYCEMIA, METABOLIC ACIDOSIS, ANEMIA, KIDNEY DAMAGE, LIVER DAMAGE, OR DEATH CAN OCCUR. IT MAY ALSO AFFECT THE BRAIN. SENSITIZATION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE. MUTAGENIC EFFECTS: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE CARCINOGENIC EFFECTS: NOT CONSIDERED CARCINOGENIC. COMPONENTS CAS-NO. IARC ACGIH - NTP CARCINOGENS SODIUM CYANIDE 143-33-9 NOT LISTED NOT LISTED NOT LISTED COMPONENTS OSHA HCS - AUSTRALIA - AUSTRALIA - CARCINOGENS NOTIFIABLE PROHIBITED CARCINOGENIC CARCINOGENIC SUBSTANCES SUBSTANCES SODIUM CYANIDE NOT LISTED NOT LISTED NOT LISTED ACGIH (AMERICAN CONFERENCE OF GOVERNMENTAL INDUSTRIAL HYGIENISTS) IARC (INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER) NTP (NATIONAL TOXICOLOGY PROGRAM) OSHA (OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION OF THE US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR) REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY: NO DATA IS AVAILABLE REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS: EVIDENCE OF REPRODUCTIVE IN ANIMALS IS LIMITED AND IS ONLY REPORTED IN THE REGISTERY OF TOXIC EFFECTS OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES (RTECS) IT HAS NOT BEEN SHOWN TO AFFECT REPRODUCTION IN HUMANS DEVELOPMENTAL EFFECTS: EVIDENCE OF DEVELOPMENTAL EFFECTS IN ANIMALS IS LIMITED AND IS ONLY REPORTED IN THE REGISTERY OF TOXIC EFFECTS OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES (RTECS) NO INFORMATION ON DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY EFFECTS ON HUMANS WAS FOUND TERATOGENIC EFFECTS: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE SPECIFIC TARGET ORGAN TOXICITY: STOT - SINGLE EXPOSURE: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE. STOT - REPEATED EXPOSURE: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE. TARGET ORGANS: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
ECOTOXICITY: ECOTOXICITY EFFECTS: AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT. SODIUM CYANIDE - 143-33-9: FRESHWATER FISH SPECIES DATA: 0.066 - 0.0852 MG/L LC50 LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS 96 H FLOW-THROUGH 1 0.15 MG/L LC50 LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS 96 H STATIC 1 0.0391 - 0.0548 MG/L LC50 ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS 96 H STATIC 1 0.0558 - 0.0586 MG/L LC50 ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS 96 H FLOW-THROUGH 1 0.0712 - 0.0936 MG/L LC50 PIMEPHALES PROMELAS 96 H FLOW-THROUGH 1 0.17 MG/L LC50 PIMEPHALES PROMELAS 96 H STATIC 1 WATER FLEA DATA: 0.17 MG/L EC50 GAMMARUS PSEUDOLIMNAEUS 96 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 CAS-NO. RCRA - F RCRA - K RCRA - P RCRA - U SERIES SERIES SERIES SERIES WASTES WASTES WASTES WASTES SODIUM CYANIDE 143-33-9 NONE NONE P106 NONE
DOT: UN-NO: UN1689 PROPER SHIPPING NAME: SODIUM CYANIDE, SOLID HAZARD CLASS: 6.1 SUBSIDIARY CLASS: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE PACKING GROUP: I EMERGENCY RESPONSE GUIDE NUMBER: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE MARINE POLLUTANT: SEVERE MARINE POLLUTANT DOT RQ (LBS): NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE SPECIAL PROVISIONS: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE SYMBOL(S): [DOT]: (PP) - IDENTIFIES A MATERIAL THAT IS A SEVERE MARINE POLLUTANT. [DOT]: (R2) - IDENTIFIES A MATERIAL THAT IS A HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE THAT HAS A REPORTABLE QUANTITY (RQ) OF 10 POUNDS (4.54 KILOGRAMS). DESCRIPTION: UN1689, SODIUM CYANIDE, SOLID, 6.1,, PG I, MARINE POLLUTANT TDG (CANADA): UN-NO: UN1689 PROPER SHIPPING NAME: SODIUM CYANIDE, SOLID HAZARD CLASS: 6.1 SUBSIDIARY RISK: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE PACKING GROUP: I MARINE POLLUTANT: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE DESCRIPTION: SODIUM CYANIDE, SOLID, 6.1, UN1689, PG I, MARINE POLLUTANT ADR: UN-NO: UN1689 PROPER SHIPPING NAME: SODIUM CYANIDE, SOLID HAZARD CLASS: 6.1 PACKING GROUP: I SUBSIDIARY RISK: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE DESCRIPTION: UN1689 SODIUM CYANIDE, SOLID, 6.1, I IMO / IMDG: UN-NO: UN1689 PROPER SHIPPING NAME: SODIUM CYANIDE, SOLID HAZARD CLASS: 6.1 SUBSIDIARY RISK: P PACKING GROUP: I MARINE POLLUTANT: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE EMS: F-A RID: UN-NO: UN1689 PROPER SHIPPING NAME: SODIUM CYANIDE, SOLID HAZARD CLASS: 6.1 SUBSIDIARY RISK: 6.1 PACKING GROUP: I DESCRIPTION: UN1689 SODIUM CYANIDE, SOLID, 6.1, I, RID ICAO: UN-NO: UN1689 PROPER SHIPPING NAME: SODIUM CYANIDE, SOLID HAZARD CLASS: 6.1 SUBSIDIARY RISK: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE PACKING GROUP: I DESCRIPTION: SODIUM CYANIDE, SOLID, 6.1, UN1689, PG I IATA: UN-NO: UN1689 PROPER SHIPPING NAME: SODIUM CYANIDE, SOLID HAZARD CLASS: 6.1 SUBSIDIARY RISK: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE PACKING GROUP: I ERG CODE: 6L SPECIAL PROVISIONS: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE DESCRIPTION: UN1689, SODIUM CYANIDE, SOLID, 6.1, PG I
INTERNATIONAL INVENTORIES: COMPONENTS CAS-NO. U.S. TSCA KOREA KECL PHILIPPINES (PICCS) SODIUM CYANIDE 143-33-9 PRESENT PRESENT PRESENT (ACTIVE) KE-31401 COMPONENTS JAPAN ENCS CHINA AUSTRALIA (AICS) EINECS-NO. SODIUM CYANIDE PRESENT PRESENT PRESENT PRESENT (1)-158 205-599-4 U.S. REGULATIONS: SODIUM CYANIDE: MASSACHUSETTS RTK: PRESENT NEW JERSEY RTK HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE LIST: 1693 NEW JERSEY (EHS) LIST: 1693 100 LB TPQ NEW JERSEY - DISCHARGE PREVENTION - LIST OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES: PRESENT PENNSYLVANIA RTK: ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD PENNSYLVANIA RTK - ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD LIST: PRESENT MINNESOTA - HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE LIST: PRESENT NEW YORK RELEASE REPORTING - LIST OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES: 10 LB RQ 1 LB RQ LOUISANA REPORTABLE QUANTITY LIST FOR POLLUTANTS: 10 LB FINAL RQ 4.54 KG FINAL RQ CALIFORNIA DIRECTORS LIST OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES: PRESENT 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: WARNING: THIS PRODUCT CAN EXPOSE YOU TO CHEMICALS INCLUDING (SEE TABLE BELOW) WHICH IS (ARE) KNOWN TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO CAUSE BIRTH DEFECTS OR OTHER REPRODUCTIVE HARM. FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO WWW.P65WARNINGS.CA.GOV. COMPONENTS CAS-NO. SODIUM CYANIDE 143-33-9 COMPONENTS CARCINOGEN DEVELOPMENTAL MALE FEMALE TOXICITY REPRODUCTIVE REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY TOXICITY SODIUM CYANIDE NOT LISTED NOT LISTED PRESENT NOT LISTED (LISTED UNDER CYANIDE SALTS) CERCLA/SARA: COMPONENTS CAS-NO. CERCLA - SECTION 302 SECTION 302 HAZARDOUS EXTREMELY EXTREMELY SUBSTANCES HAZARDOUS HAZARDOUS AND THEIR SUBSTANCES SUBSTANCES REPORTABLE AND TPQS AND RQS QUANTITIES SODIUM CYANIDE 143-33-9 10 LB FINAL RQ 100 LB TPQ NONE 4.54 KG FINAL RQ 10 LB EPCRA RQ COMPONENTS SECTION 313 - CHEMICAL SECTION 313 - REPORTING CATEGORY DE MINIMIS SODIUM CYANIDE NONE NONE U.S. TSCA: COMPONENTS CAS-NO. TSCA SECTION TSCA 8(D) - HEALTH 5(A)2 - CHEMICALS AND SAFETY REPORTING WITH SIGNIFICANT NEW USE RULES (SNURS) SODIUM CYANIDE 143-33-9 NOT APPLICABLE 10/29/1990 12/19/1995 CANADA: WHIMIS 2015 - GHS CLASSIFICATIONS: WHMIS 2015 HAZARD CLASSIFICATION INFORMATION: COMPONENT WHMIS 2015 HAZARD CLASSIFICATION SODIUM CYANIDE ACUTE TOXICITY - ORAL - CATEGORY 2: 143-33-9 (100) H300: FATAL IF SWALLOWED. ACUTE TOXICITY - DERMAL - CATEGORY 1: H310: FATAL IN CONTACT WITH SKIN. CANADA HAZARDOUS PRODUCTS REGULATION: THIS PRODUCT HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THE HAZARD CRITERIA OF THE HPR (HAZARDOUS PRODUCTS REGULATION) AND THE SDS CONTAINS ALL OF THE INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE HPR WHMIS 1988 HAZARD CLASS: D1A: VERY TOXIC MATERIALS E: CORROSIVE MATERIAL COMPONENTS WHMIS 1988 SODIUM CYANIDE D1A, E 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. INVENTORY: COMPONENTS CAS-NO. CANADA (DSL) CANADA (NDSL) SODIUM CYANIDE 143-33-9 PRESENT NOT LISTED COMPONENTS CAS-NO. CEPA SCHEDULE I - TOXIC SUBSTANCES SODIUM CYANIDE 143-33-9 NOT LISTED COMPONENTS CAS-NO. CEPA - 2010 GREENHOUSE GASES SUBJECT TO MANDATORY REPORTING SODIUM CYANIDE 143-33-9 NOT LISTED EU CLASSIFICATION: EU GHS - SV - CLP 1272/2008: COMPONENTS CAS-NO. EU GHS - SV - CLP (1272/2008) SODIUM CYANIDE 143-33-9 ACUTE TOXICITY - ORAL - ACUTE TOX. 2: H300: FATAL IF SWALLOWED. (MINIMUM CLASSIFICATION, EXCEPT COMPLEX CYANIDES SUCH AS FERROCYANIDES, FERRICYANIDES AND MERCURIC OXYCYANIDE, AND THOSE SPECIFIED ELSEWHERE IN THIS ANNEX) ACUTE TOXICITY - DERMAL - ACUTE TOX. 1: H310: FATAL IN CONTACT WITH SKIN. (EXCEPT COMPLEX CYANIDES SUCH AS FERROCYANIDES, FERRICYANIDES, MERCURIC OXYCYANIDE, AND THOSE SPECIFIED ELSEWHERE IN THIS ANNEX) ACUTE TOXICITY - INHALATION - ACUTE TOX. 2: H330: FATAL IF INHALED. (MINIMUM CLASSIFICATION, EXCEPT COMPLEX CYANIDES SUCH AS FERROCYANIDES, FERRICYANIDES, MERCURIC OXYCYANIDE, AND THOSE SPECIFIED ELSEWHERE IN THIS ANNEX) HAZARDOUS TO AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT - ACUTE HAZARD - AQUATIC ACUTE 1: H400: VERY TOXIC TO AQUATIC LIFE. (EXCEPT COMPLEX CYANIDES SUCH AS FERROCYANIDES, FERRICYANIDES, MERCURIC OXYCYANIDE AND THOSE SPECIFIED ELSEWHERE IN THIS ANNEX) HAZARDOUS TO AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT - CHRONIC HAZARD - AQUATIC CHRONIC 1: H410: VERY TOXIC TO AQUATIC LIFE WITH LONG LASTING EFFECTS. (EXCEPT COMPLEX CYANIDES SUCH AS FERROCYANIDES, FERRICYANIDES, MERCURIC OXYCYANIDE AND THOSE SPECIFIED ELSEWHERE IN THIS ANNEX) SUPPLEMENTAL HAZARDS: EUH032: CONTACT WITH ACIDS LIBERATES VERY TOXIC GAS. 006-007-00-5 EU - CLP (1272/2008): R-PHRASE(S): R32: CONTACT WITH ACIDS LIBERATES VERY TOXIC GAS. R26/27/28: VERY TOXIC BY INHALATION, IN CONTACT WITH SKIN AND IF SWALLOWED. R50/53: VERY TOXIC TO AQUATIC ORGANISMS, MAY CAUSE LONG-TERM ADVERSE EFFECTS IN THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT. S-PHRASE(S): S 7: KEEP CONTAINER TIGHTLY CLOSED. 528: AFTER CONTACT WITH SKIN, WASH IMMEDIATELY WITH PLENTY OF WATER 529: DO NOT EMPTY INTO DRAINS. S45: IN CASE OF ACCIDENT OR IF YOU FEEL UNWELL, SEEK MEDICAL ADVICE IMMEDIATELY (SHOW THE LABEL WHERE POSSIBLE). 560: THIS MATERIAL AND ITS CONTAINER MUST BE DISPOSED OF AS HAZARDOUS WASTE. 561: AVOID RELEASE TO THE ENVIRONMENT. REFER TO SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS/SAFETY DATA SHEETS. S 1/2: KEEP LOCKED UP AND OUT OF THE REACH OF CHILDREN. COMPONENTS CAS-NO. CLASSIFICATION CONCENTRATION SAFETY PHRASES LIMITS SODIUM 143-33-9 T+; R26/27/28 NO INFORMATION S: CYANIDE R32 (1/2)-7-28-29- N; R50-53 45-60-61 (EXCEPT FERROCYANIDES, FERRICYANIDES, MERCURIC OXYCYANIDE AND THOSE SPECIFIED ELSEWHERE IN THE ANNEX) THE PRODUCT IS CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANNEX VI TO DIRECTIVE 67/548/EEC: INDICATION OF DANGER: T+: VERY TOXIC. N: DANGEROUS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. T+: TOXIC OR VERY TOXIC N: DANGEROUS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
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