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PRODUCT NAME: REGULAR DRY CHEMICAL EXTINGUISHANT OTHER IDENTIFIERS: SODIUM BICARBONATE, SDC PRODUCT CODE(S): CH 511, CH512, CH 541 MODEL CODES FOR FIRE EXTINGUISHERS: A620, 403, 408, 409, 412, 447, 451, 453, 457, 459, 462, 468, 471, 477, 482, 489, 492, 496, 568, 574, 582, 721, 761, 782 RECOMMENDED USE: FIRE SUPPRESSION OF CLASS B AND C FIRES NOT FOR HUMAN OR ANIMAL DRUG USE. MANUFACTURER: AMEREX CORPORATION INTERNET ADDRESS: WWW.AMEREX-FIRE.COM ADDRESS: 7595 GADSDEN HIGHWAY P.O. BOX 81 TRUSSVILLE, AL 35173-0081 COMPANY TELEPHONE: (205) 655-3271 E-MAIL ADDRESS: INFO@AMEREX-FIRE.COM EMERGENCY CONTACTS: CHEMTREC: 1(800) 424-9300 OR (703) 527-3887 REVISED: JULY 17, 2020 REVISION: F
GHS - CLASSIFICATION: HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSICAL ACUTE TOXICITY: CATEGORY 5 NONE NONE SKIN CORROSION/IRRITATION: CATEGORY 3 NONE NONE SKIN SENSITIZATION: NO NONE NONE EYE: CATEGORY 2A NONE WARNING STOT - CATEGORY 3 NONE WARNING CARCINOGEN: CATEGORY NONE NONE NONE GHS - LABEL SYMBOL(S): EXCLAMATION MARK GAS CYLINDER IF PRESSURIZED: GAS UNDER PRESSURE GHS - WORD(S): WARNING OTHER HAZARDS NOT RESULTING IN CLASSIFICATION: MICA MAY CONTAIN SMALL QUANTITIES OF QUARTZ (CRYSTALLINE SILICA). PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO RESPIRABLE CRYSTALLINE SILICA DUST AT CONCENTRATIONS EXCEEDING THE OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS MAY INCREASE THE RISK OF DEVELOPING A DISABLING LUNG DISEASE KNOWN AS SILICOSIS. IARC FOUND LIMITED EVIDENCE FOR PULMONARY CARCINOGENICITY OF CRYSTALLINE SILICA IN HUMANS. IN THE CASE OF NORMAL USE OF THIS PRODUCT, EXPOSURE TO SILICA SHOULD BE NIL. THE ATTAPULGITE CLAY USED IN THIS PRODUCT HAS A FIBER LENGTH OF LESS THAN 5UM; THEREFORE, THE CLAY IS NOT CONSIDERED TO BE CARCINOGENIC TO ANIMALS OR HUMANS. GHS - HAZARD PHRASES: GHS HAZARD GHS CODES(S) CODE PHRASE(S) PHYSICAL H229 *-CONTENTS UNDER PRESSURE; MAY EXPLODE IF HEATED. HEALTH H303 MAY BE HARMFUL IF SWALLOWED 315 CAUSES SKIN IRRITATION 319 CAUSES SERIOUS EYE IRRITATION 335 MAY CAUSE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION 373 MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO ORGANS THROUGH PROLONGED OR REPEATED EXPOSURE. ENVIRONMENTAL NONE PRECAUTIONARY: GENERAL P101 IF MEDICAL ADVICE IS NEEDED, HAVE PRODUCT CONTAINER OR LABEL AT HAND PREVENTION P261 AVOID BREATHING DUST 264 WASH HANDS AND FACE THOROUGHLY AFTER HANDLING 280 WEAR PROTECTIVE GLOVES/PROTECTIVE CLOTHING/EYE PROTECTION/FACE PROTECTION. [AS MODIFIED BY IV ATP] RESPONSE P312 CALL A POISON CENTER/ DOCTOR/.../IF YOU FEEL UNWELL. [AS MODIFIED BY IV ATP]. 321 SPECIFIC TREATMENT (SEE ... ON THIS LABEL). 362 TAKE OFF CONTAMINATED CLOTHING. [AS MODIFIED BY IV ATP] 304+340 IF INHALED: REMOVE PERSON TO FRESH AIR AND KEEP COMFORTABLE FOR BREATHING. [AS MODIFIED BY IV ATP]. 305+351+338 IF IN EYES: RINSE CAUTIOUSLY WITH WATER FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. REMOVE CONTACT LENSES IF PRESENT AND EASY TO DO - CONTINUE RINSING. 337+313 IF EYE IRRITATION PERSISTS GET MEDICAL ADVICE/ATTENTION STORAGE P403+233 STORE IN A WELL VENTILATED PLACE. KEEP CONTAINER TIGHTLY CLOSED. 410+403 *- PROTECT FROM SUNLIGHT. STORE IN WELL-VENTILATED PLACE. DISPOSAL P501 DISPOSE OF CONTENTS/CONTAINER TO ... [... IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOCAL/REGIONAL/NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL REGULATION (TO BE SPECIFIED)]. *- IF UNDER PRESSURE
CHEMICAL NAME EC NO. REACH REG. NO. CAS-NO. WEIGHT % SODIUM BICARBONATE 205-633-8 NOT AVAILABLE 144-55-8 >92 ATTAPULGITE CLAY SERICITE 601-805-5 NOT AVAILABLE 12174-11-7 <5 POTASSIUM ALUMINUM 310-127-6 NOT AVAILABLE 12001-26-2 <2.5 SILICATE SILICONE OIL METHYL NA NOT AVAILABLE 63148-57-2 <0.5 HYDROGEN POLYSILOXANE EMERGENCY OVERVIEW: WHITE FINE POWDER, ODORLESS. ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS AND SYMPTOMS: POSSIBLY A MILD IRRITANT TO THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM AND EYES; MILD IRRITANT TO THE SKIN. SYMPTOMS MAY INCLUDE COUGHING, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, AND IRRITATION OF THE LUNGS, EYES, AND SKIN. INGESTION, ALTHOUGH UNLIKELY, MAY CAUSE GASTROINTESTINAL IRRITATION AND EDEMA (FLUID RETENTION).
EYE EXPOSURE: CAUSES SERIOUS IRRITATION. IRRIGATE EYES WITH WATER AND REPEAT UNTIL PAIN FREE. SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION IF IRRITATION DEVELOPS, OR IF VISION CHANGES OCCUR. SKIN EXPOSURE: CAUSES SKIN IRRITATION. IN CASE OF CONTACT, WASH WITH PLENTY OF SOAP AND WATER. SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION IF IRRITATION PERSISTS. INHALATION: MAY CAUSE IRRITATION, ALONG WITH COUGHING. IF RESPIRATORY IRRITATION OR DISTRESS OCCURS REMOVE VICTIM TO FRESH AIR. SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION IF IRRITATION PERSISTS. INGESTION: OVERDOSE SYMPTOMS MAY INCLUDE THIRST, NAUSEA, AND SEVERE DIARRHEA AND VOMITING. IF VICTIM IS CONSCIOUS AND ALERT, GIVE 2-3 GLASSES OF WATER TO DRINK. IF CONSCIOUS, DO NOT INDUCE VOMITING. SEEK IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION. DO NOT LEAVE VICTIM UNATTENDED. TO PREVENT ASPIRATION OF SWALLOWED PRODUCT, LAY VICTIM ON SIDE WITH HEAD LOWER THAN WAIST. MEDICAL CONDITIONS POSSIBLY AGGRAVATED BY EXPOSURE: INHALATION OF PRODUCT MAY AGGRAVATE EXISTING CHRONIC RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS SUCH AS ASTHMA, EMPHYSEMA, OR BRONCHITIS. SKIN CONTACT MAY AGGRAVATE EXISTING SKIN DISEASE. CHRONIC OVEREXPOSURE MAY CAUSE PNEUMOCONIOSIS ("DUSTY LUNG" DISEASE).
FLAMMABLE PROPERTIES: NOT FLAMMABLE FLASH POINT: NOT DETERMINED SUITABLE EXTINGUISHING MEDIA: NON-COMBUSTIBLE. CO2, EXTINGUISHING POWDER OR WATER JET. FIGHT LARGER FIRES WITH WATER JET OR ALCOHOL-RESISTANT FOAM. HAZARDOUS COMBUSTION PRODUCTS: CARBON OXIDES (INCLUDING CO2 AND CO) EXPLOSION DATA: SENSITIVITY TO MECHANICAL IMPACT: NOT SENSITIVE SENSITIVITY TO STATIC DISCHARGE: NOT SENSITIVE UNUSUAL FIRE/EXPLOSION HAZARDS: IN A FIRE THIS MATERIAL MAY DECOMPOSE, RELEASING OXIDES OF CARBON, POTASSIUM AND NITROGEN (SEE SECTION 10). PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND PRECAUTIONS FOR FIREFIGHTERS: AS IN ANY FIRE, WEAR SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS PRESSURE-DEMAND. NIOSH (APPROVED OR EQUIVALENT) AND FULL PROTECTIVE GEAR.
PERSONAL PRECAUTIONS: AVOID CONTACT WITH SKIN, EYES, AND CLOTHING. ENSURE ADEQUATE VENTILATION. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT: MINIMUM - SAFETY GLASSES, GLOVES, AND A DUST RESPIRATOR. EMERGENCY PROCEDURES: NA METHODS FOR CONTAINMENT: PREVENT FURTHER LEAKAGE OR SPILLAGE IF SAFE TO DO SO. METHODS FOR CLEAN UP: AVOID DUST FORMATION. CLEAN UP RELEASED MATERIAL USING VACUUM OR WET SWEEP AND SHOVEL TO MINIMIZE GENERATION OF DUST. BAG AND TRANSFER TO PROPERLY LABELED CONTAINERS. VENTILATE AREA AND WASH SPILL SITE AFTER MATERIAL PICKUP IS COMPLETE. OTHER: IF PRODUCT IS CONTAMINATED, USE PPE AND CONTAINMENT APPROPRIATE TO THE NATURE OF THE MOST TOXIC CHEMICAL/MATERIAL IN THE MIXTURE.
PERSONAL PRECAUTIONS: USE APPROPRIATE PPE WHEN HANDLING OR MAINTAINING EQUIPMENT AND WASH THOROUGHLY AFTER HANDLING (SEE SECTION 8). CONDITIONS FOR SAFE STORAGE/HANDLING: KEEP PRODUCT IN ORIGINAL CONTAINER OR EXTINGUISHER. PREVENT FALLING. DO NOT ALLOW NEAR HEAT SOURCES. CONTENTS MAY BE UNDER PRESSURE - INSPECT EXTINGUISHER CONSISTENT WITH PRODUCT LABELING TO ENSURE CONTAINER INTEGRITY. INCOMPATIBLE PRODUCTS: DO NOT MIX WITH OTHER EXTINGUISHING AGENTS, INCOMPATIBLE WITH STRONG OXIDIZING AGENTS AND STRONG ACIDS. DO NOT STORE IN HIGH HUMIDITY. HAZARDOUS DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS: CARBON AND SODIUM OXIDES. HAZARDOUS POLYMERIZATION: WILL NOT OCCUR.
CHEMICAL NAME OSHA PEL ACGIH TLV DFG MAK* EU BLV SODIUM BICARBONATE PNOC** PNOC** PNOC** NA TOTAL DUST, TOTAL DUST, TOTAL DUST, 15 MG/M3 10 MG/M3 4 MG/M3 RESPIRABLE RESPIRABLE RESPIRABLE FRACTION, FRACTION, FRACTION, 5 MG/M3 3 MG/M3 1.5 MG/M3 ATTAPULGITE CLAY PNOC** PNOC** PNOC** NA TOTAL DUST, TOTAL DUST, TOTAL DUST, 15 MG/M3 10 MG/M3 4 MG/M3 RESPIRABLE RESPIRABLE RESPIRABLE FRACTION, FRACTION, FRACTION, 5 MG/M3 3 MG/M3 1.5 MG/M3 SERICITE POTASSIUM PNOC** PNOC** PNOC** NA ALUMINUM SILICATE TOTAL DUST, TOTAL DUST, TOTAL DUST, 15 MG/M3 15 MG/M3 4 MG/M3 RESPIRABLE RESPIRABLE RESPIRABLE FRACTION FRACTION FRACTION, 50 (MICRO) 25 (MICRO) 1.5 MG/M3 G/M3 SILICA G/M3 SILICA SILICONE OIL NR*** NR*** NR*** NA METHYL HYDROGEN POLYSILOXANE *GERMAN REGULATORY LIMITS **PNOC = PARTICULATES NOT OTHERWISE CLASSIFIED (ACGIH) ALSO KNOWN AS PARTICULATES NOT OTHERWISE REGULATED (OSHA) *** NR = NOT REGULATED. ALL VALUES ARE 8 HOUR TIME WEIGHTED AVERAGE CONCENTRATIONS. ENGINEERING CONTROLS: SHOWERS EYEWASH STATIONS VENTILATION SYSTEMS PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT - PPE CODE E: THE NEED FOR RESPIRATORY PROTECTION IS NOT PROBABLE DURING SHORT-TERM EXPOSURE. PPE USE DURING PRODUCTION PROCESS MUST BE INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATED. GOGGLES GLOVES FULL SUIT DUST RESPIRATOR EYE/FACE PROTECTION: TIGHTLY FITTING CHEMICAL GOGGLES SKIN AND BODY PROTECTION: WEAR PROTECTIVE GLOVES/COVERALLS RESPIRATORY PROTECTION: IF EXPOSURE LIMITS ARE EXCEEDED OR IRRITATION IS EXPERIENCED, NIOSH APPROVED RESPIRATORY PROTECTION SHOULD BE WORN. USE P100 RESPIRATORS FOR LIMITED EXPOSURE, USE AIR-PURIFYING RESPIRATOR (APR) WITH HIGH EFFICIENCY PARTICULATE AIR (HEPA) FILTERS FOR PROLONGED EXPOSURE. POSITIVE-PRESSURE SUPPLIED AIR RESPIRATORS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR HIGH AIRBORNE CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS. RESPIRATORY PROTECTION MUST BE PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CURRENT SAFETY AND HEALTH REQUIREMENTS. THE NEED FOR RESPIRATORY PROTECTION IS NOT LIKELY FOR SHORT-TERM USE IN WELL VENTILATED AREAS. HYGIENE MEASURES: GOOD PERSONAL HYGIENE PRACTICE IS ESSENTIAL, SUCH AS AVOIDING FOOD, TOBACCO PRODUCTS, OR OTHER HAND-TO-MOUTH CONTACT WHEN HANDLING. WASH THOROUGHLY AFTER HANDLING.
APPEARANCE: WHITE POWDER, FINELY DIVIDED ODORLESS SOLID MOLECULAR WEIGHT: NaHCO3: 84.01 ODOR: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE ODOR THRESHOLD: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE DEG. C: NaHCO3: 50 FREEZING POINT DEG. C: APPROXIMATELY 50 (DECOMPOSES TO SODIUM CARBONATE) INITIAL BOILING POINT DEG. C: 851 PHYSICAL STATE: CRYSTALLINE POWDER PH: APPROXIMATELY 8.3 FLASH POINT DEG. C: NONE AUTOIGNITION TEMPERATURE DEG. C: NONE BOILING POINT/RANGE DEG. C: NOT APPLICABLE. WILL DECOMPOSE MELTING POINT/RANGE DEG. C: NOT APPLICABLE FLAMMABILITY: NOT FLAMMABLE FLAMMABILITY LIMITS IN AIR DEG. C: UPPER: NOT FLAMMABLE LOWER: NOT FLAMMABLE EXPLOSIVE PROPERTIES: NONE OXIDIZING PROPERTIES: NONE VOLATILE COMPONENT (%VOL): NOT APPLICABLE EVAPORATION RATE: NOT APPLICABLE VAPOR DENSITY: NOT APPLICABLE VAPOR PRESSURE: LOW; EST: 3.73E-09 MMHg SPECIFIC GRAVITY: NaHCO3: APPROXIMATELY 1.2 AS POWDER SOLUBILITY: PRODUCT IS COATED - NOT IMMEDIATELY SOLUBLE IN WATER. PARTITION COEFFICIENT: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE VISCOSITY: NOT APPLICABLE NOTE: NaHCO3 - SODIUM BICARBONATE
STABILITY: STABLE UNDER RECOMMENDED STORAGE AND HANDLING CONDITIONS. REACTIVITY: REACTS EXOTHERMICALLY WITH ACIDS TO GENERATE CARBON MONOXIDE AND CARBON DIOXIDE GAS. DANGEROUS REACTION WITH MONO-AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE AND SODIUM POTASSIUM ALLOYS. INCOMPATIBLES: AVOID CONTACT WITH OXIDIZING AGENTS AND STRONG ACIDS. CONTACT WITH MONO-AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE, ESPECIALLY IN THE PRESENCE OF WATER, MAY CAUSE PRESSURE TO BUILD DUE TO THE GENERATION OF AMMONIA AND CARBON DIOXIDE GAS; MOISTURE WILL ACCELERATE THIS REACTION. SODIUM POTASSIUM ALLOY CAN RESULT IN A VIOLENT REACTION WITH CERTAIN EXTINGUISHING AGENTS, SUCH AS SODIUM BICARBONATE. MIXTURES OF SODIUM BICARBONATE WITH 2-FURALDEHYDE CAN SPONTANEOUSLY IGNITE WHEN EXPOSED TO AIR. SODIUM BICARBONATE IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH DOPAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE, PENTAZOCINE LACTATE, ASPIRIN AND BISMUTH SALICYLATE, AND MANY ALKALI SALTS. CONDITIONS TO AVOID: STORAGE OR HANDLING NEAR INCOMPATIBLES. HAZARDOUS DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS: CARBON, NITROGEN, AND POTASSIUM OXIDES. HEAT OF FIRE MAY RELEASE CARBON MONOXIDE. POSSIBILITY OF HAZARDOUS REACTIONS: NONE HAZARDOUS POLYMERIZATION: DOES NOT OCCUR
LIKELY ROUTES OF EXPOSURE: INHALATION, SKIN, AND EYE CONTACT. SYMPTOMS: IMMEDIATE: INHALATION: IRRITATION, COUGHING. EYES: IRRITATION. SKIN: IRRITATION. DELAYED: SYMPTOMS APPEAR TO BE RELATIVELY IMMEDIATE ACUTE TOXICITY: RELATIVELY NON-TOXIC. CHRONIC TOXICITY: SHORT-TERM EXPOSURE: NONE KNOWN. LONG-TERM EXPOSURE: AS WITH ALL DUSTS, PNEUMOCONIOSIS, OR "DUSTY LUNG" DISEASE, MAY RESULT FROM CHRONIC EXPOSURE. ACUTE TOXICITY VALUES - HEALTH: CHEMICAL NAME LD50 LC50 (INHALATION) ORAL DERMAL SODIUM BICARBONATE 4220 MG/KG >2000 MG/KG 900 MG/M3 (RAT) (RAT) (RABBIT) ATTAPULGITE CLAY NONE NONE NONE SERICITE POTASSIUM NONE NONE NONE ALUMINUM SILICATE SILICONE OIL METHYL NONE NONE NONE HYDROGEN POLYSILOXANE REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY: THIS PRODUCT'S INGREDIENTS ARE NOT KNOWN TO HAVE REPRODUCTIVE OR TERATOGENIC EFFECTS. TARGET ORGANS AND EFFECTS (TOST): RESPIRATORY SYSTEM (MILD IRRITANT). THIS PRODUCT IS A MILD IRRITANT TO EPITHELIAL TISSUE, (EYES, MUCOUS MEMBRANES, SKIN) AND MAY AGGRAVATE DERMATITIS. NO INFORMATION WAS FOUND INDICATING THE PRODUCT CAUSES SENSITIZATION. OTHER TOXICITY CATEGORIES: CHEMICAL NAME GERM CELL CARCINO- REPRO- TOST TOST ASPIR- MUTAGENI- GENICITY DUCTIVE SINGLE REPEATED ATION CITY EXP EXP SODIUM BICARBONATE NONE NONE NONE 3 NONE NONE ATTAPULGITE CLAY NONE NONE NONE NONE KIDNEY NONE SERICITE POTASSIUM NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE ALUMINUM SILICATE SILICONE OIL NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE METHYL HYDROGEN POLYSILOXANE
ECOTOXICITY: LOW. PERSISTENCE/DEGRADABILITY: SOLUBLE IN WATER; NaHCO3: 96 G/L AT 20 DEG. C. PROBABILITY OF RAPID BIODEGRADATION: NaHCO3 EST: 0.718 (RAPID) ANAEROBIC BIODEGRADATION PROBABILITY: NaHCO3 EST: 0.836 (RAPID) BIOACCUMMULATION POTENTIAL: LOW. BIOCONCENTRATION FACTOR: NaHCO3 EST: 3.16 L/KG MOBILITY IN SOIL: SLOW EVAPORATION RATE; WATER SOLUBLE, MAY LEACH TO GROUNDWATER LOG KOC: NaHCO3 EST: -2.06 NOTE: NaHCO3 - SODIUM BICARBONATE OTHER ADVERSE ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS: NO OTHER KNOWN EFFECTS AT THIS TIME AQUATIC TOXICITY VALUES - ENVIRONMENT: CHEMICAL NAME ACUTE (LC50) CHRONIC (LC50) SODIUM BICARBONATE 7700 MG/L (RAINBOW TROUT) 4100 MG/L (WATER FLEA) ATTAPULGITE CLAY N/A N/A SERICITE POTASSIUM N/A N/A ALUMINUM SILICATE SILICONE OIL METHYL N/A N/A HYDROGEN POLYSILOXANE AQUATIC TOXICITY VALUES - CALCULATED ESTIMATES: CHEMICAL NAME ACUTE (LC50) EC50 SODIUM BICARBONATE 8259 MG/L FISH 96 HR; 1088 MG/L GR. ALGAE 96 HR 3737 MG/L DAPHNID 48 HR; ATTAPULGITE CLAY N/A N/A SERICITE POTASSIUM ALUMINUM N/A N/A SILICATE SILICONE OIL METHYL N/A N/A HYDROGEN POLYSILOXANE
SAFE HANDLING: USE APPROPRIATE PPE WHEN HANDLING AND WASH THOROUGHLY AFTER HANDLING (SEE SECTION 8). WASTE DISPOSAL CONSIDERATIONS: DISPOSE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL REGULATIONS. CONTAMINATED PACKAGING: DISPOSE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL REGULATIONS. NOTES: THIS PRODUCT IS NOT A RCRA CHARACTERISTICALLY HAZARDOUS OR LISTED HAZARDOUS WASTE. DISPOSE OF ACCORDING TO STATE OR LOCAL LAWS, WHICH MAY BE MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN FEDERAL LAWS OR REGULATIONS. USED PRODUCT MAY BE ALTERED OR CONTAMINATED, CREATING DIFFERENT DISPOSAL CONSIDERATIONS.
UN NUMBER: NA UN PROPER SHIPPING NAME: NA TRANSPORT HAZARD CLASS: NA PACKING GROUP: NA MARINE POLLUTANT?: NO IATA: NOT REGULATED DOT: NOT REGULATED NOTES: THIS PRODUCT IS NOT DEFINED AS A HAZARDOUS MATERIAL UNDER U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) 49 CFR 172, OR BY TRANSPORT CANADA "TRANSPORTATION OF DANGEROUS GOODS" REGULATIONS. SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS FOR SHIPPING: THE TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION ABOVE COVERS THE REGULAR DRY CHEMICAL EXTINGUISHER AS SHIPPED IN BULK CONTAINERS AND NOT WHEN CONTAINED IN FIRE EXTINGUISHERS OR FIRE EXTINGUISHER SYSTEMS. IF SHIPPED IN A STORED PRESSURE-TYPE FIRE EXTINGUISHER, AND PRESSURIZED WITH A NON-FLAMMABLE, NON-TOXIC INERT EXPELLANT GAS, THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER IS CONSIDERED A HAZARDOUS MATERIAL BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND TRANSPORT CANADA. THE PROPER SHIPPING NAME SHALL BE FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND THE UN DESIGNATION IS UN 1044. THE DOT HAZARD CLASS/DIVISION IS LIMITED QUANTITY WHEN PRESSURIZED TO LESS THAN 241 PSIG AND WHEN SHIPPED VIA HIGHWAY OR RAIL. UN CLASS: 2.2. NON-FLAMMABLE GAS, WHEN SHIPPING VIA AIR. PACKING GROUP: N/A
INTERNATIONAL INVENTORY STATUS: ALL INGREDIENTS ARE ON THE FOLLOWING INVENTORIES COUNTRY(IES) AGENCY STATUS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TSCA YES CANADA DSL YES EUROPE EINECS/ELINCS YES AUSTRALIA AICS YES JAPAN MITI YES SOUTH KOREA KECL YES REACH TITLE VII RESTRICTIONS: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE CHEMICAL NAME DANGEROUS ORGANIC HARMFUL SUBSTANCES SUBSTANCES SOLVENTS WHOSE NAMES ARE TO BE INDICATED ON LABEL SODIUM BICARBONATE NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE ATTAPULGITE CLAY NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE SERICITE POTASSIUM NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE ALUMINUM SILICATE SILICONE OIL METHYL NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE HYDROGEN POLYSILOXANE CHEMICAL NAME POLLUTION POLLUTION POISON AND RELEASE AND RELEASE AND DELETERIOUS TRANSFER TRANSFER SUBSTANCES REGISTRY REGISTRY CONTROL LAW (CLASS II) (CLASS I) SODIUM BICARBONATE NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE ATTAPULGITE CLAY NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE SERICITE POTASSIUM NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE ALUMINUM SILICATE SILICONE OIL METHYL NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE HYDROGEN POLYSILOXANE COMPONENT ISHA - HARMFUL ISHA - HARMFUL TOXIC CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES SUBSTANCES CLASSIFICATION PROHIBITED FOR REQUIRING LISTING (TCCL) - MANUFACTURING, PERMISSION TOXIC CHEMICALS IMPORTING, TRANSFERRING, OR SUPPLYING SODIUM BICARBONATE NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE ATTAPULGITE CLAY NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE SERICITE POTASSIUM NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE ALUMINUM SILICATE SILICONE OIL METHYL NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE HYDROGEN POLYSILOXANE COMPONENT TOXIC RELEASE TOXIC RELEASE INVENTORY (TRI) - INVENTORY (TRI) - GROUP I GROUP II SODIUM BICARBONATE NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE ATTAPULGITE CLAY NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE SERICITE POTASSIUM NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE ALUMINUM SILICATE SILICONE OIL METHYL NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE HYDROGEN POLYSILOXANE EUROPEAN RISK AND SAFETY PHRASES: EU CLASSIFICATION: XN: IRRITANT R PHRASES: 20: HARMFUL BY INHALATION. 36/37: IRRITATING TO EYES, RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. S PHRASES: 22: DO NOT BREATH DUST. 24/25: AVOID CONTACT WITH SKIN AND EYES 26: IN CASE OF CONTACT WITH EYES, RINSE IMMEDIATELY WITH PLENTY OF WATER AND SEEK MEDICAL ADVICE. 36: WEAR SUITABLE PROTECTIVE CLOTHING. U.S. FEDERAL REGULATORY INFORMATION: SARA 313: SECTION 313 OF TITLE III OF THE SUPERFUND AMENDMENTS AND REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1986 (SARA) - THIS PRODUCT DOES NOT CONTAIN AND CHEMICALS WHICH ARE SUBJECT TO THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT AND TITLE 40 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, PART 372. NONE OF THE CHEMICALS IN THIS PRODUCT ARE UNDER SARA REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OR HAVE SARA THRESHOLD PLANNING QUANTITIES (TPQS) OR CERCLA REPORTABLE QUANTITIES (RQS), OR ARE REGULATED UNDER TSCA 8(D). SARA 311/312 HAZARD CATEGORIES: ACUTE HEALTH HAZARD: NO CHRONIC HEALTH HAZARD: NO FIRE HAZARD: NO SUDDEN RELEASE OF PRESSURE HAZARD-*: YES REACTIVE HAZARD: NO * - ONLY APPLICABLE IF MATERIAL IS IN A PRESSURIZED EXTINGUISHER. CLEAN WATER/CLEAN AIR ACTS: THIS PRODUCT DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY SUBSTANCES REGULATED AS POLLUTANTS PURSUANT TO THE CLEAN WATER ACT (40 CFR 122.21 AND 40 CFR 122.42) OR CLEAN AIR ACT, SECTION 112 HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS (HAPS) (SEE 40 CFR 61) AND SECTION 112 OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1990. U.S. STATE REGULATORY INFORMATION: CHEMICALS IN THIS PRODUCT ARE COVERED UNDER SPECIFIC STATE REGULATIONS, AS DENOTED BELOW: ALASKA - DESIGNATED TOXIC AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES: NONE CALIFORNIA - PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE LIMITS FOR CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS: NONE FLORIDA - SUBSTANCE LIST: MICA DUST ILLINOIS - TOXIC SUBSTANCE LIST: NONE KANSAS - SECTION 302/303 LIST: NONE MASSACHUSETTS - SUBSTANCE LIST: MICA DUST MINNESOTA - LIST OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES: NONE MISSOURI - EMPLOYER INFORMATION/TOXIC SUBSTANCE LIST: NONE NEW JERSEY - RIGHT TO KNOW HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE LIST: NONE NORTH DAKOTA - LIST OF HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS, REPORTABLE QUANTITIES: NONE PENNSYLVANIA - HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE LIST: NONE RHODE ISLAND - HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE LIST: MICA DUST TEXAS - HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE LIST: NONE WEST VIRGINIA - HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE LIST: NONE WISCONSIN - TOXIC AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES: NONE CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 65: NO COMPONENT IS LISTED ON THE CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 65 LIST. OTHER: MEXICO - GRADE: NO COMPONENT LISTED CANADA - WHMIS HAZARD CLASS: NO COMPONENT LISTED
THIS INFORMATION SHEET COMPLIES WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF US, UK, CANADIAN, AUSTRALIAN AND EUROPEAN REGULATIONS OR STANDARDS, AND CONFORMS TO THE PROPOSED FORMAT, ANSI Z400.1, 2003. NO MODIFICATION OF THIS SAFETY DATA SHEET IS PERMITTED BY AMEREX CORPORATION. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO AMEREX CORPORATION (SEE SECTION 1). ISSUING DATE: 17-JUNE-2012 REVISION DATE: 17-JULY-2020; REVISION F REVISION NOTES: NONE THE INFORMATION HEREIN IS GIVEN IN GOOD FAITH BUT NO WARRANTY, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, IS MADE. UPDATED BY WILLIAM F. GARVIN, CIH. SDS PART NUMBER: 27012 |