SDS Table of Contents Click the desired link below to jump directly to that section in the SDS. DORCY(R*) 2700 PORT ROAD COLUMBUS, OHIO 43217 (614) 497-5830 FAX: (614) 497-5822 MATERIAL DATA SHEET FOR 45-1035 SEALED LEAD ACID BATTERY
PRODUCT IDENTITY: SEALED LEAD BATTERY REVISION DATE: OCT. 10, 2007 SUPERSEDES: MAY 2, 2006
HAZARDOUS COMPONENTS CAS # APPROX. WT % OSHA PEL ACGIH TLV LEAD/LEAD COMPOUNDS 7439-92-1 60% - 75% 0.05 MG/M3 0.15 MG/M3 TIN 7440-31-5 <0.5% 2 MG/M3 2 MG/M3 CALCIUM 7440-70-2 <0.1% N/A N/A ELECTROLYTE 7664-93-9 15% - 20% 1 MG/M3 1 MG/M3 (DILUTE SULFURIC ACID) SEPARATOR (GLASS FIBER) 5% - 8% N/A N/A CASE MATERIALS (ABS) 9003-56-9 5% - 10% N/A N/A NOTE: INORGANIC LEAD IS THE MAIN COMPONENT OF EVERY SEALED LEAD BATTERY. OTHER INGREDIENTS MAY BE PRESENT DEPENDENT UPON THE SPECIFIC TYPE. THE SEALED BATTERIES ARE NON-SPILLABLE DESIGN. THERE ARE NO CONTACT WITH THE INTERNAL COMPONENTS OR THE CHEMICAL HAZARDS UNDER NORMAL USE AND HANDLING.
BOILING POINT: 203 F - 204 F (ELECTROLYTE) SPECIFIC GRAVITY (H2O = 1): 1.22 - 1.35 (ELECTROLYTE) VAPOR PRESSURE (MMHg.): 10 - 11 (ELECTROLYTE) MELTING POINT: N/A (ELECTROLYTE) SOLUBILITY IN WATER: 100% (ELECTROLYTE) APPEARANCE & COLOR: CLEAR COLORLESS LIQUID (ELECTROLYTE)
STABILITY: STABLE CONDITION TO AVOID: SHORT CIRCUIT, PROLONGED OVERCHARGE AND CHARGED IN GAS TIGHT CONTAINER OR IGNITION SOURCE. INCOMPATIBILITY (MATERIALS TO AVOID): SULFURIC ACID: CONTACT WITH COMBUSTIBLES AND ORGANIC MATERIALS MAY CAUSE FIRE AND EXPLOSION. ALSO REACTS VIOLENTLY WITH STRONG REDUCING AGENTS, METALS, SULFUR TRIOXIDE GAS, STRONG OXIDIZERS AND WATER. CONTACT WITH METALS MAY PRODUCE TOXIC SULFUR DIOXIDE FUMES AND MAY RELEASE FLAMMABLE HYDROGEN GAS. LEAD COMPOUNDS: AVOID CONTACT WITH STRONG ACIDS, BASES, HALIDES, HALOGENATES, POTASSIUM NITRATE, PERMANGANATE, PEROXIDES, NASCENT HYDROGEN AND REDUCING AGENTS. HAZARDOUS DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS: SULFURIC ACID: SULFUR TRIOXIDE, CARBON MONOXIDE, SULFURIC ACID MIST, SULFUR DIOXIDE AND HYDROGEN. LEAD COMPOUNDS: HIGH TEMPERATURES LIKELY TO PRODUCE TOXIC METAL FUME, VAPOR OR DUST. CONTACT WITH STRONG ACID OR BASE OR PRESENCE OF NASCENT HYDROGEN MAY GENERATE HIGHLY TOXIC ARSINE GAS. HAZARDOUS POLYMERIZATION: WILL NOT OCCUR.
UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS, THE INTERNAL MATERIAL WILL NOT BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH. ONLY INTERNALLY EXPOSED MATERIAL DURING PRODUCTION OR CASE BREAKAGE OR EXTREME HEAT (FIRE) MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH. ROUTES OF ENTRY: SULFURICE ACID: HARMFUL BY ALL ROUTES OF ENTRY. LEAD COMPOUNDS: HAZARDOUS EXPOSURE CAN OCCUR ONLY WHEN PRODUCT IS HEATED, OXIDIZIED OR OTHERWISE PROCESSED OR DAMAGED TO CREATE DUST, VAPOR OR FUME. INHALATION: SULFURICE ACID: BREATHING OF SULFURIC ACID VAPORS OR MISTS MAY CAUSE SEVERE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION. LEAD COMPOUNDS: INHALATION OF LEAD DUST OR FUMES MAY CAUSE IRRITATION OF UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT AND LUNGS. INGESTION: SULFURIC ACID: MAY CAUSE SEVERE IRRITATION OF MOUTH, THROAT, ESOPHAGUS AND STOMACH. LEAD COMPOUNDS: ACUTE INGESTION MAY CAUSE ABDOMINAL PAIN, NAUSEA, VOMITING, DIARRHEA AND SEVERE CRAMPING. THIS MAY LEAD RAPIDLY TO SYSTEMIC TOXICITY AND MUST BE TREATED BY A PHYSICIAN. SKIN CONTACT: SULFURIC ACID: SEVERE IRRITATION, BURNS AND ULCERATION. LEAD COMPOUNDS: NOT ABSORBED THROUGH THE SKIN. EYE CONTACT: SULFURIC ACID: SEVERE IRRITATION, BURNS, CORNEA DAMAGE AND BLINDNESS. LEAD COMPOUNDS: MAY CAUSE EYE IRRITATION. ACUTE HEALTH HAZARDS: SULFURIC ACID: SEVERE SKIN IRRITATION, CORNEA DAMAGE AND UPPER RESPIRATORY IRRITATION. LEAD COMPOUNDS: SYMPTOMS OF TOXICITY INCLUDING HEADACHE, FATIGUE, ABDOMINAL PAIN, LOSS OF APPETITE, MUSCULAR ACHES AND WEAKNESS, SLEEP DISTURBANCES AND IRRITABILITY. CHRONIC HEALTH HAZARDS: SULFURIC ACID: POSSIBLE EROSION OF TOOTH ENAMEL, INFLAMMATION OF NOSE, THROAT AND BRONCHIAL TUBES. LEAD COMPOUNDS: ANEMIA, NEUROPATHY, PARTICULARLY OF THE MOTOR NERVES, WITH WRIST DROP AND KIDNEY DAMAGE. CARCINOGENICITY: SULFURIC ACID: THE IARC HAS CLASSIFIED "STRONG INORGANIC ACID MIST CONTAINING SULFURIC ACID" AS A CATEGORY I CARCINOGEN, A SUBSTANCE THAT IS CARCINOGENIC TO HUMANS. THIS CLASSIFICATION DOES NOT APPLY TO LIQUID FORMS OF SULFURIC ACID OR SULFURIC ACID SOLUTIONS CONTAINED WITHIN A BATTERY. INORGANIC ACID MIST IS NOT GENERATED UNDER NORMAL USE OF THIS PRODUCT. MISUSE OF THE PRODUCT, SUCH AS OVERCHARGE, MAY CAUSE THE GENERATION OF ACID MIST.
INHALATION: SULFURIC ACID: REMOVE TO FRESH AIR, GIVE OXYGEN IF NEEDED, CONSULT A PHYSICIAN. LEAD COMPOUNDS: REMOVE FROM EXPOSURE, GARGLE, WASH NOSE AND LIPS, CONSULT A PHYSICIAN. EYE CONTACT: SULFURIC ACID: FLUSH WITH PLENTY OF WATER FOR 15 MINUTES, CONSULT A PHYSICIAN. LEAD COMPOUNDS: FLUSH WITH PLENTY OF WATER FOR 15 MINUTES, CONSULT A PHYSICIAN. SKIN CONTACT: SULFURIC ACID: REMOVE CONTAMINATED CLOTHING, FLUSH WITH PLENTY OF WATER FOR 15 MINUTES, CONSULT A PHYSICIAN. LEAD COMPOUNDS: WASH WITH SOAP AND WATER. INGESTION: SULFURIC ACID: DO NOT INDUCE VOMITING, GIVE PLENTY OF WATER, CONSULT A PHYSICIAN. LEAD COMPOUNDS: CONSULT A PHYSICIAN IMMEDIATELY.
FLASH POINT: N/A FLAMMABLE LIMITS: LOWER: 4.10% (HYDROGEN GAS) UPPER: 74.2% EXTINGUISHING MEDIA: MULTIPURPOSE DRY CHEMICAL, FOAM OR CO2. SPECIAL FIRE FIGHTING PROCEDURES: COOL BATTERY EXTERIOR TO PREVENT RUPTURE. ACID MISTS AND VAPORS IN A FIRE ARE TOXIC AND CORROSIVE, THEREFORE WEAR ACID-RESISTANT CLOTHING AND SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS. UNUSUAL FIRE AND EXPLOSION HAZARDS: HYDROGEN GAS MAY BE PRODUCED AND MAY EXPLODE IF IGNITED. REMOVE ALL SOURCES OF IGNITION.
WEAR ACID-RESISTANT CLOTHING, GLOVES, BOOTS AND SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS. USE MULTIPURPOSE DRY CHEMICAL, FOAM OR CO2 AS EXTINGUISHING MEDIA.
STEPS TO BE TAKEN IN CASE OF BROKEN BATTERY CASE OR ELECTROLYTE LEAKAGE: WEAR ACID-RESISTANT CLOTHING, GLOVES, BOOTS AND FACE SHIELD. STOP FLOW OF MATERIAL BY CONTAIN OR ABSORB SMALL SPILLS WITH DRY SAND, EARTH OR VERMICULITE. DO NOT USE COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS. IF POSSIBLE, NEUTRALIZE ANY ELECTROLYTE WITH SODA ASH (SODIUM BICARBONATE) UNTIL FIZZING STOP. PLACE BROKEN BATTERY AND CLEAN-UP MATERIALS IN A NON-METALLIC CONTAINER. DISPOSE OF CLEAN-UP MATERIALS AS A HAZARDOUS WASTE. VENTILATE AREA AS HYDROGEN GAS MAY BE GIVEN OFF DURING NEUTRALIZATION.
STORE BATTERIES IN COOL, DRY, WELL-VENTILATED AREAS WITH IMPERVIOUS AND ADEQUATE CONTAINMENT IN THE EVENT OF SPILLS. BATTERIES SHOULD ALSO BE STORED UNDER ROOF FOR PROTECTION AGAINST ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS. SEPARATE FROM INCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS. STORE AND HANDLE ONLY IN AREAS WITH ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY AND SPILL CONTROL. AVOID DAMAGE TO CONTAINERS AND PROTECT AGAINST SHORTING CIRCUIT. KEEP AWAY FROM FIRE, SPARKS AND HEAT.
VENTILATION: NORMAL ROOM VENTILATION IS SUFFICIENT DURING NORMAL USE AND HANDLING, RECOMMEND 2 TO 3 ROOM AIR EXCHANGES PER HOURS. WORK / HYGIENIC PRACTICES: ALL TOOLS SHOULD BE ADEQUATEDLY INSULATED TO AVOID SHORT CIRCUIT. DO NOT LAY METALLIC TOOL ON TOP OF BATTERIES. INJURY CAN RESULT FROM IMPORER LIFTING OR HANDLING BECAUSE BATTERIES ARE HEAVY. DO NOT LIFT, CARRY THE BATTERY BY LIFTING OR PULLING THE TERMINAL POSTS. WASH HANDS THOROUGHLY AFTER WORKING WITH THE BATTERIES. RESPIRATORY PROTECTION: N/A PROTECTIVE GLOVES: N/A EYE PROTECTION: N/A
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DISPOSE OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL, STATE & LOCAL REGULATIONS. DO NOT INCINERATE. BATTERIES SHOULD BE SHIPPED TO A RECLAMATION FACILITY FOR RECOVERY OF THE METAL AND PLASTIC COMPONENTS AS THE PROPER METHOD OF WASTE MANAGEMENT. CONTACT DISTRIBUTOR FOR APPROPRIATE PRODUCT RETURN PROCEDURES.
THE BATTERIES ARE STARVED ELECTROLYTE BATTERIES WHICH MEANS THE ELECTROLYTE IS ABSORBED IN THE SEPARATOR MATERIAL. THE BATTERIES ARE ALSO SEALED WERE CLASSIFIED AS "NON-SPILLABLE BATTERIES", AND AS SUCH ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE FULL REQUIREMENTS OF CFR 49, 173.159. THE PREVIOUS EXEMPT CLASSIFICATION, "DRY BATTERIES. NOT RESTRICTED" WAS DISCONTINUED EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 30, 1995. "NON-SPILLABLE" BATTERIES ARE EXCEPTED FROM THE REGULATION'S COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGING REQUIREMENTS IF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE SATISFIED: (1) THE BATTERY IS PROTECTED AGAINST SHORT CIRCUITS AND IS SECURELY PACKAGED. (2) FOR BATTERIES MANUFACTURED AFTER SEPTEMBER 30, 1995, THE BATTERY AND OUTER PACKAGING MUST BE PLAINLY AND DURABLY MARKED "NON-SPILLABLE" OR "NON-SPILLABLE BATTERY". (3) THE BATTERY IS CAPABLE OF WITHSTANDING VIBRATION AND PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL TESTS SPECIFIED IN CFR 49, 173.159 (D). (4) AT A TEMPERATURE OF 55 DEG. C (131 DEG. F), THE BATTERY MUST NOT CONTAIN ANY UNABSORBED FREE-FLOWING LIQUIDS, AND IS DESIGNED SO THAT ELECTROLYTE WILL NOT FLOW FROM A RUPTURED OR CRACKED CASE. THE BATTERIES HAVE BEEN TESTED BY INSPECTION & QUARANTINE TECHNICAL CENTER OF CIQ JIANGMAN AND DETERMINED TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE VIBRATION AND PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL TESTS CONTAINED IN CFR 49, 173.159 (D), AND THEREFORE AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 1995, EXCEPTED FROM THE DOT REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN CFR 49, 173.159, OTHER THAN PARAGRAPH (D). BATTERY SHIPMENTS FROM US WILL BE PROPERLY LABELED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE DOT REGULATIONS. PACKAGING CHANGES PERFORMED AT OTHER LOCATIONS MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL LABELING, SINCE IN ADDITION TO THE BATTERY ITSELF CONTAINING THE REQUIRED MARKING, THE OUTER PACKAGING OF THE BATTERY MUST ALSO CONTAIN THE REQUIRED MARKING: "NON-SPILLABLE" OR "NON-SPILLABLE BATTERY". BECAUSE THE BATTERIES ARE CLASSIFIED AS "NON-SPILLABLE" AND MEET THE THREE CONDITIONS ABOVE, (FROM CFR 49, 173.159 (D)) THEY DO NOT HAVE AN ASSIGNED UN NUMBER NOR DO THEY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL DOT HAZARD LABELING. THE NON-SPILLABLE BATTERIES HAVE BEEN TESTED AND MEET THE NON-REGULATED CRITERIA LISTED IN THE IMDG (INTERNATIONAL MARITIME DANGEROUS GOODS). THESE BATTERIES ARE EXCEPTED FROM ALL IMGD CODE PROVIDED THAT THE BATTERIES' TERMINALS ARE PROTECTED AGAINST SHORT CIRCUITS.
NFPA HAZARD RATING FOR SULFURIC ACID: HEALTH 3 FLAMMABILITY 0 REACTIVITY 2 THE BATTERIES HAVE BEEN TESTED AND MEET THE NON-SPILLABLE CRITERIA IN CFR 49, 173.159 (D). NON-SPILLABLE BATTERIES ARE EXPECTED FROM CFR 49, SUBCHAPTER C REQUIREMENTS, PROVIDED THAT THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA ARE MET: 1. THE BATTERIES MUST BE PROTECTED AGAINST SHORT CIRCUITS AND SECURELY PACKAGED. 2. THE BATTERIES AND THEIR OUTER PACKAGING MUST BE PLAINLY AND DURABLY MARKED "NON-SPILLABLE" OR "NON-SPILLABLE BATTERY". THE EXCEPTION FROM CFR 49, SUBCHAPTER C TRANSLATES TO NO PROPER SHIPPING NAME, NO HAZARDOUS CLASS, NO UN NUMBER, NO PACKING GROUP AND NO HAZARDOUS LABELS WHEN TRANSPORTING A NON-SPILLABLE BATTERY.
CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 65 INFORMATION: WARNING: BATTERY POSTS, TERMINALS AND RELATED ACCESSORIES CONTAIN LEAD AND LEAD COMPOUNDS, CHEMICALS KNOWN TO CAUSE CANCER AND REPRODUCTIVE HARM. BATTERIES ALSO CONTAIN OTHER CHEMICALS KNOWN TO CAUSE CANCER. WASH HANDS AFTER HANDLING. N/A OR NOT APPLICABLE - NOT APPLICABLE FOR FINISHED PRODUCT USED IN NORMAL CONDITIONS. |