SDS Table of Contents Click the desired link below to jump directly to that section in the SDS. THERMOFISHER SCIENTIFIC SAFETY DATA SHEET CREATION DATE: 07-AUG-2009 REVISION DATE: 11-APR-2018 REVISION NUMBER: 5
PRODUCT NAME: POTASSIUM CHLORIDE CAT NO.: BP366-1; BP366-500; P217-3; P217-10; P217-250LB; P217-500; P217-500LC; P330-3; P330-3LC; P330-250LB; P330-500; P333-3; P333-250LB; P333-500; P335-12; P335-12LC; P335-212; P335SAM-1; XXP333-25KG; NC1164159 CAS-NO: 7447-40-7 SYNONYMS: KCl (CRYSTALLINE/CERTIFIED ACS/USP/FCC/EP/BP/JP) RECOMMENDED USE: LABORATORY CHEMICALS. USES ADVISED AGAINST: FOOD, DRUG, PESTICIDE OR BIOCIDAL PRODUCT USE. DETAILS OF THE SUPPLIER OF THE SAFETY DATA SHEET: COMPANY: FISHER SCIENTIFIC ONE REAGENT LANE FAIR LAWN, NJ 07410 TEL: (201) 796-7100 EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBER: CHEMTREC(R*), INSIDE THE USA: 800-424-9300 CHEMTREC(R*), OUTSIDE THE USA: 001-703-527-3887
CLASSIFICATION: THIS CHEMICAL IS NOT CONSIDERED HAZARDOUS BY THE 2012 OSHA HAZARD COMMUNICATION STANDARD (29 CFR 1910.1200) THIS CHEMICAL IS NOT CONSIDERED HAZARDOUS BY THE 2012 OSHA HAZARD COMMUNICATION STANDARD (29 CFR 1910.1200) LABEL ELEMENTS: NONE REQUIRED HAZARDS NOT OTHERWISE CLASSIFIED (HNOC): NONE IDENTIFIED
COMPONENT CAS-NO WEIGHT % POTASSIUM CHLORIDE 7447-40-7 >95
EYE CONTACT: RINSE IMMEDIATELY WITH PLENTY OF WATER, ALSO UNDER THE EYELIDS, FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES. GET MEDICAL ATTENTION. SKIN CONTACT: WASH OFF IMMEDIATELY WITH PLENTY OF WATER FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES. GET MEDICAL ATTENTION IMMEDIATELY IF SYMPTOMS OCCUR. INHALATION: REMOVE TO FRESH AIR. GET MEDICAL ATTENTION IMMEDIATELY IF SYMPTOMS OCCUR. IF NOT BREATHING, GIVE ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION. INGESTION: DO NOT INDUCE VOMITING. GET MEDICAL ATTENTION IF SYMPTOMS OCCUR. MOST IMPORTANT SYMPTOMS AND EFFECTS: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE. NOTES TO PHYSICIAN: TREAT SYMPTOMATICALLY
UNSUITABLE EXTINGUISHING MEDIA: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE FLASH POINT: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE METHOD: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE AUTOIGNITION TEMPERATURE: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE EXPLOSION LIMITS: UPPER: NO DATA AVAILABLE LOWER: NO DATA AVAILABLE SENSITIVITY TO MECHANICAL IMPACT: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE SENSITIVITY TO STATIC DISCHARGE: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE SPECIFIC HAZARDS ARISING FROM THE CHEMICAL: KEEP PRODUCT AND EMPTY CONTAINER AWAY FROM HEAT AND SOURCES OF IGNITION. HAZARDOUS COMBUSTION PRODUCTS: POTASSIUM OXIDES. HYDROGEN CHLORIDE GAS. PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND PRECAUTIONS FOR FIREFIGHTERS: AS IN ANY FIRE, WEAR SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS PRESSURE-DEMAND, MSHA/NIOSH (APPROVED OR EQUIVALENT) AND FULL PROTECTIVE GEAR. NFPA: HEALTH 1 FLAMMABILITY 0 INSTABILITY 1 PHYSICAL HAZARDS N/A
PERSONAL PRECAUTIONS: ENSURE ADEQUATE VENTILATION. USE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AS REQUIRED. AVOID DUST FORMATION. ENVIRONMENTAL PRECAUTIONS: SHOULD NOT BE RELEASED INTO THE ENVIRONMENT. SEE SECTION 12 FOR ADDITIONAL ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION. METHODS FOR CONTAINMENT AND CLEAN UP: SWEEP UP AND SHOVEL INTO SUITABLE CONTAINERS FOR DISPOSAL. AVOID DUST FORMATION.
HANDLING: WEAR PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT/FACE PROTECTION. ENSURE ADEQUATE VENTILATION. AVOID CONTACT WITH SKIN, EYES OR CLOTHING. AVOID INGESTION AND INHALATION. AVOID DUST FORMATION. STORAGE: KEEP CONTAINERS TIGHTLY CLOSED IN A DRY, COOL AND WELL-VENTILATED PLACE.
EXPOSURE GUIDELINES: THIS PRODUCT DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WITH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITSESTABLISHED BY THE REGION SPECIFIC REGULATORY BODIES. ENGINEERING MEASURES: NONE UNDER NORMAL USE CONDITIONS. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT: EYE/FACE PROTECTION: WEAR APPROPRIATE PROTECTIVE EYEGLASSES OR CHEMICAL SAFETY GOGGLES AS DESCRIBED BY OSHA'S EYE AND FACE PROTECTION REGULATIONS IN 29 CFR 1910.133 OR EUROPEAN STANDARD EN166. SKIN AND BODY PROTECTION: WEAR APPROPRIATE PROTECTIVE GLOVES AND CLOTHING TO PREVENT SKIN EXPOSURE. RESPIRATORY PROTECTION: NO PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT IS NEEDED UNDER NORMAL USE CONDITIONS. HYGIENE MEASURES: HANDLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOOD INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE AND SAFETY PRACTICE.
PHYSICAL STATE: SOLID APPEARANCE: WHITE ODOR: ODORLESS ODOR THRESHOLD: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE PH: 6 50G/L (20 DEG. C) MELTING POINT/RANGE: 770 DEG. C / 1418 DEG. F BOILING POINT/RANGE: 1420 DEG. C / 2588 DEG. F @ 760 MMHg FLASH POINT: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE EVAPORATION RATE: NOT APPLICABLE FLAMMABILITY (SOLID,GAS): NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE FLAMMABILITY OR EXPLOSIVE LIMITS: UPPER: NO DATA AVAILABLE LOWER: NO DATA AVAILABLE VAPOR PRESSURE: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE VAPOR DENSITY: NOT APPLICABLE DENSITY: 1.987 G/CM3 SPECIFIC GRAVITY: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE SOLUBILITY: PARTIALLY SOLUBLE PARTITION COEFFICIENT; N-OCTANOL/WATER: NO DATA AVAILABLE AUTOIGNITION TEMPERATURE: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE VISCOSITY: NOT APPLICABLE MOLECULAR FORMULA: Cl K MOLECULAR WEIGHT: 74.54
REACTIVE HAZARD: NONE KNOWN, BASED ON INFORMATION AVAILABLE STABILITY: HYGROSCOPIC. CONDITIONS TO AVOID: INCOMPATIBLE PRODUCTS. EXCESS HEAT. AVOID DUST FORMATION. EXPOSURE TO MOIST AIR OR WATER. INCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS: STRONG OXIDIZING AGENTS HAZARDOUS DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS: POTASSIUM OXIDES, HYDROGEN CHLORIDE GAS HAZARDOUS POLYMERIZATION: HAZARDOUS POLYMERIZATION DOES NOT OCCUR. HAZARDOUS REACTIONS: NONE UNDER NORMAL PROCESSING.
ACUTE TOXICITY: PRODUCT INFORMATION: COMPONENT INFORMATION: COMPONENT LD50 ORAL LD50 DERMAL LC50 INHALATION POTASSIUM CHLORIDE LD50 = 2600 MG/KG NOT LISTED NOT LISTED (RAT) TOXICOLOGICALLY SYNERGISTIC PRODUCTS: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE DELAYED AND IMMEDIATE EFFECTS AS WELL AS CHRONIC EFFECTS FROM SHORT AND LONG-TERM EXPOSURE: IRRITATION: MAY CAUSE SKIN, EYE, AND RESPIRATORY TRACT IRRITATION SENSITIZATION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE CARCINOGENICITY: THE TABLE BELOW INDICATES WHETHER EACH AGENCY HAS LISTED ANY INGREDIENT AS A CARCINOGEN. COMPONENT CAS-NO IARC NTP ACGIH OSHA MEXICO POTASSIUM CHLORIDE 7447-40-7 NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT LISTED LISTED LISTED LISTED LISTED MUTAGENIC EFFECTS: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE. DEVELOPMENTAL EFFECTS: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE. TERATOGENICITY: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE. STOT - SINGLE EXPOSURE: NONE KNOWN STOT - REPEATED EXPOSURE: NONE KNOWN ASPIRATION HAZARD: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE SYMPTOMS / EFFECTS,BOTH ACUTE AND DELAYED: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR INFORMATION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE OTHER ADVERSE EFFECTS: THE TOXICOLOGICAL PROPERTIES HAVE NOT BEEN FULLY INVESTIGATED.
ECOTOXICITY: COMPONENT FRESHWATER FRESHWATER FISH MICROTOX WATER FLEA ALGAE POTASSIUM EC50: 2500 LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS: NOT LISTED EC50: 825 CHLORIDE MG/L/72H LC50: 1060 MG/L /96H MG/L/48H PIMEPHALES PROMELAS: LC50: 750 - 1020 MG/L /96H PERSISTENCE AND DEGRADABILITY: SOLUBLE IN WATER PERSISTENCE IS UNLIKELY BASED ON INFORMATION AVAILABLE. BIOACCUMULATION/ ACCUMULATION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE. MOBILITY: WILL LIKELY BE MOBILE IN THE ENVIRONMENT DUE TO ITS WATER SOLUBILITY.
WASTE DISPOSAL METHODS: CHEMICAL WASTE GENERATORS MUST DETERMINE WHETHER A DISCARDED CHEMICAL IS CLASSIFIED AS A HAZARDOUS WASTE. CHEMICAL WASTE GENERATORS MUST ALSO CONSULT LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND NATIONAL HAZARDOUS WASTE REGULATIONS TO ENSURE COMPLETE AND ACCURATE CLASSIFICATION.
DOT: NOT REGULATED TDG: NOT REGULATED IATA: NOT REGULATED IMDG/IMO: NOT REGULATED
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INVENTORY: COMPONENT CAS-NO TSCA TSCA INVENTORY TSCA - EPA NOTIFICATION - REGULATORY FLAGS ACTIVE/INACTIVE POTASSIUM CHLORIDE 7447-40-7 X ACTIVE - LEGEND: TSCA: TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT, (40 CFR PART 710) X: LISTED '-': NOT LISTED TSCA 12(B) - NOTICES OF EXPORT: NOT APPLICABLE INTERNATIONAL INVENTORIES: CANADA (DSL/NDSL), EUROPE (EINECS/ELINCS/NLP), PHILIPPINES (PICCS), JAPAN (ENCS), AUSTRALIA (AICS), CHINA (IECSC), KOREA (ECL). COMPONENT CAS-NO DSL NDSL EINECS PICCS POTASSIUM CHLORIDE 7447-40-7 X 231-211-8 X COMPONENT ENCS AICS IECSC KECL POTASSIUM CHLORIDE X X X KE-29086 U.S. FEDERAL REGULATIONS: SARA 313: NOT APPLICABLE SARA 311/312 HAZARD CATEGORIES: SEE SECTION 2 FOR MORE INFORMATION CWA (CLEAN WATER ACT): NOT APPLICABLE CLEAN AIR ACT: NOT APPLICABLE OSHA - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION: NOT APPLICABLE CERCLA: NOT APPLICABLE CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 65: THIS PRODUCT DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY PROPOSITION 65 CHEMICALS. U.S. STATE RIGHT-TO-KNOW REGULATIONS: NOT APPLICABLE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: REPORTABLE QUANTITY (RQ): N DOT MARINE POLLUTANT: N DOT SEVERE MARINE POLLUTANT: N U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY: THIS PRODUCT DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY DHS CHEMICALS. OTHER INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS: MEXICO - GRADE: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
PREPARED BY REGULATORY AFFAIRS THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC EMAIL: EMSDS.RA@THERMOFISHER.COM CREATION DATE: 07-AUG-2009 REVISION DATE: 11-APR-2018 PRINT DATE: 11-APR-2018 REVISION SUMMARY: THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN UPDATED TO COMPLY WITH THE US OSHA HAZCOM 2012 STANDARD REPLACING THE CURRENT LEGISLATION UNDER 29 CFR 1910.1200 TO ALIGN WITH THE GLOBALLY HARMONIZED SYSTEM OF CLASSIFICATION AND LABELING OF CHEMICALS (GHS). DISCLAIMER: THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS SAFETY DATA SHEET IS CORRECT TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE, INFORMATION AND BELIEF AT THE DATE OF ITS PUBLICATION. THE INFORMATION GIVEN IS DESIGNED ONLY AS A GUIDANCE FOR SAFE HANDLING, USE, PROCESSING, STORAGE, TRANSPORTATION, DISPOSAL AND RELEASE AND IS NOT TO BE CONSIDERED A WARRANTY OR QUALITY SPECIFICATION. THE INFORMATION RELATES ONLY TO THE SPECIFIC MATERIAL DESIGNATED AND MAY NOT BE VALID FOR SUCH MATERIAL USED IN COMBINATION WITH ANY OTHER MATERIALS OR IN ANY PROCESS, UNLESS SPECIFIED IN THE TEXT |