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PRODUCT NAME: THERMO-TRAP GEL (4371-32) CAS #: MIXTURE PRODUCT USE: HEAT ABSORBENT GEL MANUFACTURER: NU-CALGON 2008 ALTOM COURT ST. LOUIS, MO 63146 US PHONE: 314-469-7000 800-554-5499 EMERGENCY PHONE: 1-800-424-9300 (CHEMTREC) LEGEND: SEVERE: 4 SERIOUS: 3 MODERATE: 2 SLIGHT: 1 MINIMAL: 0 HMIS: HEALTH /0 FLAMMABILITY 0 PHYSICAL HAZARD 0 PERSONAL PROTECTION NFPA: 0 0 0
EMERGENCY OVERVIEW: HEALTH INJURIES ARE NOT KNOWN OR EXPECTED UNDER NORMAL USE. POTENTIAL SHORT TERM HEALTH EFFECTS: ROUTES OF EXPOSURE: EYE, SKIN CONTACT, INHALATION, INGESTION. EYES: NON-IRRITATING BY WHMIS/OSHA CRITERIA. SKIN: NOT EXPECTED TO BE A PRIMARY SKIN IRRITANT. INHALATION: MAY CAUSE RESPIRATORY TRACT IRRITATION. INGESTION: MAY CAUSE STOMACH DISTRESS, NAUSEA OR VOMITING. TARGET ORGANS: EYES. SKIN. CHRONIC EFFECTS: PROLONGED OR REPEATED EXPOSURE CAN CAUSE DRYING, DEFATTING AND DERMATITIS. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS: SYMPTOMS OF OVEREXPOSURE MAY BE HEADACHE, DIZZINESS, TIREDNESS, NAUSEA AND VOMITING.
COMPOSITION COMMENTS: THIS PRODUCT IS CONSIDERED NON HAZARDOUS BY WHMIS/OSHA CRITERIA.
FIRST AID PROCEDURES: EYE CONTACT: FLUSH WITH COOL WATER. REMOVE CONTACT LENSES, IF APPLICABLE, AND CONTINUE FLUSHING. OBTAIN MEDICAL ATTENTION IF IRRITATION PERSISTS. SKIN CONTACT: FLUSH WITH COOL WATER. WASH WITH SOAP AND WATER. OBTAIN MEDICAL ATTENTION IF IRRITATION PERSISTS. INHALATION: NOT A NORMAL ROUTE OF HARMFUL EXPOSURE. IF SYMPTOMS DEVELOP MOVE VICTIM TO FRESH AIR. IF SYMPTOMS PERSIST, OBTAIN MEDICAL ATTENTION. INGESTION: DO NOT INDUCE VOMITING. RINSE MOUTH WITH WATER, THEN DRINK ONE OR TWO GLASSES OF WATER. OBTAIN MEDICAL ATTENTION. NEVER GIVE ANYTHING BY MOUTH IF VICTIM IS UNCONSCIOUS, OR IS CONVULSING. NOTES TO PHYSICIAN: SYMPTOMS MAY BE DELAYED. GENERAL ADVICE: IF YOU FEEL UNWELL, SEEK MEDICAL ADVICE (SHOW THE LABEL WHERE POSSIBLE). ENSURE THAT MEDICAL PERSONNEL ARE AWARE OF THE MATERIAL(S) INVOLVED, AND TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES. SHOW THIS SAFETY DATA SHEET TO THE DOCTOR IN ATTENDANCE. AVOID CONTACT WITH EYES AND SKIN. KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN.
FLAMMABLE PROPERTIES: NOT FLAMMABLE BY WHMIS/OSHA CRITERIA. EXTINGUISHING MEDIA: SUITABLE EXTINGUISHING MEDIA: TREAT FOR SURROUNDING MATERIAL. UNSUITABLE EXTINGUISHING MEDIA: NOT AVAILABLE PROTECTION OF FIREFIGHTERS: SPECIFIC HAZARDS ARISING FROM THE CHEMICAL: NOT AVAILABLE PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR FIREFIGHTERS: FIREFIGHTERS SHOULD WEAR FULL PROTECTIVE CLOTHING INCLUDING SELF CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS. HAZARDOUS COMBUSTION PRODUCTS: MAY INCLUDE AND ARE NOT LIMITED TO: OXIDES OF CARBON. EXPLOSION DATA: SENSITIVITY TO MECHANICAL IMPACT: NOT AVAILABLE SENSITIVITY TO STATIC DISCHARGE: NOT AVAILABLE
PERSONAL PRECAUTIONS: KEEP UNNECESSARY PERSONNEL AWAY. DO NOT TOUCH OR WALK THROUGH SPILLED MATERIAL. DO NOT TOUCH DAMAGED CONTAINERS OR SPILLED MATERIAL UNLESS WEARING APPROPRIATE PROTECTIVE CLOTHING. KEEP PEOPLE AWAY FROM AND UPWIND OF SPILL/LEAK. METHODS FOR CONTAINMENT: STOP LEAK IF YOU CAN DO SO WITHOUT RISK. PREVENT ENTRY INTO WATERWAYS, SEWERS, BASEMENTS OR CONFINED AREAS. METHODS FOR CLEANING UP: BEFORE ATTEMPTING CLEAN UP, REFER TO HAZARD DATA GIVEN ABOVE. SMALL SPILLS MAY BE ABSORBED WITH NON-REACTIVE ABSORBENT AND PLACED IN SUITABLE, COVERED, LABELED CONTAINERS. PREVENT LARGE SPILLS FROM ENTERING SEWERS OR WATERWAYS. CONTACT EMERGENCY SERVICES AND SUPPLIER FOR ADVICE. NEVER RETURN SPILLS IN ORIGINAL CONTAINERS FOR RE-USE.
HANDLING: USE GOOD INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE PRACTICES IN HANDLING THIS MATERIAL. STORAGE: KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN. STORE IN A CLOSED CONTAINER AWAY FROM INCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS.
ENGINEERING CONTROLS: GENERAL VENTILATION NORMALLY ADEQUATE. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT: EYE / FACE PROTECTION: HELPFUL IN AVOIDING UNNECESSARY CONTACT. HAND PROTECTION: HELPFUL IN AVOIDING UNNECESSARY CONTACT. SKIN AND BODY PROTECTION: AS REQUIRED BY EMPLOYER CODE. RESPIRATORY PROTECTION: WHERE EXPOSURE GUIDELINE LEVELS MAY BE EXCEEDED, USE AN APPROVED NIOSH RESPIRATOR. GENERAL HYGIENE CONSIDERATIONS: HANDLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOOD INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE AND SAFETY PRACTICE. WHEN USING DO NOT EAT OR DRINK. WASH HANDS BEFORE BREAKS AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER HANDLING THE PRODUCT.
APPEARANCE: GEL COLOR: TRANSLUCENT FORM: GEL ODOR: MILD ODOR THRESHOLD: NOT AVAILABLE PHYSICAL STATE: LIQUID pH: 9.5 MELTING POINT: NOT AVAILABLE FREEZING POINT: NOT AVAILABLE BOILING POINT: NOT AVAILABLE FLASH POINT: NONE EVAPORATION RATE: NOT AVAILABLE FLAMMABILITY LIMITS IN AIR, LOWER, % BY VOLUME: NOT AVAILABLE FLAMMABILITY LIMITS IN AIR, UPPER, % BY VOLUME: NOT AVAILABLE VAPOR PRESSURE: NOT AVAILABLE VAPOR DENSITY: NOT AVAILABLE SPECIFIC GRAVITY: 1 @ 60 DEG. F (15.6 DEG. C) OCTANOL/WATER COEFFICIENT: NOT AVAILABLE SOLUBILITY (H2O): >95 % AUTO-IGNITION TEMPERATURE: NOT AVAILABLE VOC (WEIGHT %): NOT AVAILABLE VISCOSITY: NOT AVAILABLE PERCENT VOLATILE: NOT AVAILABLE
CHEMICAL STABILITY: STABLE UNDER RECOMMENDED STORAGE CONDITIONS. CONDITIONS TO AVOID: DO NOT MIX WITH OTHER CHEMICALS. INCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS: CAUSTICS. ACIDS. HAZARDOUS DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS: MAY INCLUDE AND ARE NOT LIMITED TO: OXIDES OF CARBON. POSSIBILITY OF HAZARDOUS REACTIONS: HAZARDOUS POLYMERIZATION DOES NOT OCCUR.
ACUTE EFFECTS: ACUTE LD50: >8000 MG/KG, RAT, ORAL EFFECTS OF ACUTE EXPOSURE: EYE: NON-IRRITATING BY WHMIS/OSHA CRITERIA. SKIN: NOT EXPECTED TO BE A PRIMARY SKIN IRRITANT. INHALATION: MAY CAUSE RESPIRATORY TRACT IRRITATION. INGESTION: MAY CAUSE STOMACH DISTRESS, NAUSEA OR VOMITING. SENSITIZATION: NON-HAZARDOUS BY WHMIS/OSHA CRITERIA. CHRONIC EFFECTS: NON-HAZARDOUS BY WHMIS/OSHA CRITERIA. CARCINOGENICITY: NON-HAZARDOUS BY WHMIS/OSHA CRITERIA. MUTAGENICITY: NON-HAZARDOUS BY WHMIS/OSHA CRITERIA. REPRODUCTIVE: EFFECTS NON-HAZARDOUS BY WHMIS/OSHA CRITERIA. TERATOGENICITY: NON-HAZARDOUS BY WHMIS/OSHA CRITERIA.
ECOTOXICITY: THIS MATERIAL IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE HARMFUL TO AQUATIC LIFE. ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS: NOT AVAILABLE AQUATIC TOXICITY: NOT AVAILABLE PERSISTENCE / DEGRADABILITY: NOT AVAILABLE BIOACCUMULATION / ACCUMULATION: NOT AVAILABLE PARTITION COEFFICIENT: NOT AVAILABLE MOBILITY IN ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA: NOT AVAILABLE CHEMICAL FATE INFORMATION: NOT AVAILABLE OTHER ADVERSE EFFECTS: NOT AVAILABLE
WASTE CODES: NOT AVAILABLE DISPOSAL INSTRUCTIONS: DISPOSE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE REGULATIONS. WASTE FROM RESIDUES / UNUSED PRODUCTS: NOT AVAILABLE CONTAMINATED PACKAGING: NOT AVAILABLE
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT): NOT REGULATED AS DANGEROUS GOODS. TRANSPORTATION OF DANGEROUS GOODS (TDG - CANADA): NOT REGULATED AS DANGEROUS GOODS.
CANADIAN FEDERAL REGULATIONS: THIS PRODUCT HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE HAZARD CRITERIA OF THE CONTROLLED PRODUCTS REGULATIONS AND THE MSDS CONTAINS ALL THE INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE CONTROLLED PRODUCTS REGULATIONS. US FEDERAL REGULATIONS: THIS PRODUCT IS NOT KNOWN TO BE A "HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL" AS DEFINED BY THE OSHA HAZARD COMMUNICATION STANDARD, 29 CFR 1910.1200. ALL COMPONENTS ARE ON THE U.S. EPA TSCA INVENTORY LIST. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION (OSHA): 29 CFR 1910.1200 HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL: NO CERCLA (SUPERFUND) REPORTABLE QUANTITY: SODIUM NITRITE: 100.0000 SUPERFUND AMENDMENTS AND REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1986 (SARA): HAZARD CATEGORIES: IMMEDIATE HAZARD: NO DELAYED HAZARD: NO FIRE HAZARD: NO PRESSURE HAZARD: NO REACTIVITY HAZARD: NO SECTION 302 EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE: NO SECTION 311 HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL: NO CLEAN AIR ACT (CAA): NOT AVAILABLE CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA): NOT AVAILABLE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (SDWA): NOT AVAILABLE DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY (DEA): NOT AVAILABLE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION (FDA): NOT AVAILABLE WHMIS STATUS: NOT CONTROLLED STATE REGULATIONS: THIS PRODUCT DOES NOT CONTAIN A CHEMICAL KNOWN TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO CAUSE CANCER, BIRTH DEFECTS OR OTHER REPRODUCTIVE HARM. INVENTORY NAME: COUNTRY(S) OR REGION INVENTORY NAME ON INVENTORY (YES/NO)* CANADA DOMESTIC SUBSTANCES YES LIST (DSL) CANADA NON-DOMESTIC SUBSTANCES NO LIST (NDSL) UNITED STATES & PUERTO TOXIC SUBSTANCES YES RICO CONTROL ACT (TSCA) INVENTORY A "YES" INDICATES THAT ALL COMPONENTS OF THIS PRODUCT COMPLY WITH THE INVENTORY REQUIREMENTS ADMINISTERED BY THE GOVERNING COUNTRY(S)
DISCLAIMER: INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN WAS OBTAINED FROM SOURCES CONSIDERED TECHNICALLY ACCURATE AND RELIABLE. WHILE EVERY EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE TO ENSURE FULL DISCLOSURE OF PRODUCT HAZARDS, IN SOME CASES DATA IS NOT AVAILABLE AND IS SO STATED. SINCE CONDITIONS OF ACTUAL PRODUCT USE ARE BEYOND CONTROL OF THE SUPPLIER, IT IS ASSUMED THAT USERS OF THIS MATERIAL HAVE BEEN FULLY TRAINED ACCORDING TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF ALL APPLICABLE LEGISLATION AND REGULATORY INSTRUMENTS. NO WARRANTY, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, IS MADE AND SUPPLIER WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSSES, INJURIES OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHICH MAY RESULT FROM THE USE OF OR RELIANCE ON ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT. ISSUE DATE: 19-DEC-2008 EFFECTIVE DATE: 15-DEC-2008 EXPIRY DATE: 15-DEC-2011 PREPARED BY: NU-CALGON TECHNICAL SERVICE (314) 469-7000 #18769 |