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PRODUCT NAME: XSORB(R*) OUTDOOR ALL-PURPOSE ABSORBENT CAS#: 93763-70-3 FORMULA: A SODIUM POTASSIUM ALUMINA SILICATE OF VARIOUS COMPOSITIONS. OTHER INERT INGREDIENTS ARE PROPRIETARY. CHEMICAL NAME: AMORPHOUS SILICEOUS MINERAL SILICATE HAZARD LABEL: NONE REQUIRED DATE PREPARED: 2/5/10
OSHA PEL: 10 MG/M3 5 MG/M3 A RESPIRABLE DUST ACGIH TLV: 10 MG/M3 OTHER: N/A CRYSTALLINE SILICA QUARTZ LESS THAN 0.10% CAS NO. 14808-60-7 CRISTOBALITE - NON-DETECTABLE CAS NO. 14464-46-1
HEALTH EFFECTS: ACUTE HEALTH EFFECTS: NONE KNOWN INHALATION: CONGESTION AND IRRITATION OF THROAT, NASAL PASSAGES AND UPPER RESPIRATORY SYSTEMS. PERSONS SENSITIVE TO INERT DUST MAY EXPERIENCE COUGHING WHEN EXPOSED TO HEAVY CONCENTRATION OF AIRBORNE MATERIAL. SKIN: NOT APPLICABLE ABSORPTION: NOT APPLICABLE INGESTION: NOT HAZARDOUS. GENERALLY REGARDED AS SAFE BY FDA. EYES: TEMPORARY IRRITATION AND INFLAMMATION. TARGET ORGANS: LUNGS PRIMARY ROUTES OF ENTRY (EXPOSURE): INHALATION MEDICAL CONDITIONS AGGRAVATED BY EXPOSURE: PRE-EXISTING UPPER RESPIRATORY AND LUNG DISEASE SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO BRONCHITIS, EMPHYSEMA AND ASTHMA.
INHALATION: IF A PERSON SENSITIVE TO INERT DUST EXPERIENCES COUGHING, REMOVE THE PERSON TO AN AREA CLEAR OF DUST. SKIN: NOT APPLICABLE INGESTION: NOT APPLICABLE EYES: IF DUST PARTICLES LODGE IN EYES, USE STANDARD EYE WASH SOLUTIONS OR WATER AND ALLOW EYES TO CLEAR. NOTES: INHALING OF HIGH AMOUNTS OF ANY NUISANCE DUST OVER LONG PERIODS MAY OVERLOAD LUNG CLEARANCE MECHANISM AND MAKE LUNGS MORE VULNERABLE TO RESPIRATORY DISEASE.
FLASH POINT: NON-FLAMMABLE METHOD USED: NOT DETERMINED UPPER FLAMMABLE LIMIT (UFL): N/A LOWER FLAMMABLE LIMIT (LFL): N/A AUTO IGNITION: N/A FLAMMABILITY CLASSIFICATION: NOT DETERMINED RATE OF BURNING: NOT DETERMINED GENERAL FIRE HAZARDS: NOT A FIRE HAZARD. EXTINGUISHING MEDIA: NONE APPLICABLE IF PRODUCT IS UNUSED. FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT/INSTRUCTIONS: NONE APPLICABLE IF PRODUCT IS UNUSED. IF USED TO ABSORB FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS, THEN CONSULT MSDS OF THE FLAMMABLE LIQUID.
CONTAINMENT PROCEDURES: SWEEP WITH BROOM. IF PRODUCT IS DRY AND DUSTY, ADD WATER TO SUPPRESS DUST. IF A WATER SPILL OCCURS SKIM OR NET MATERIAL FROM WATER. CLEAN-UP PROCEDURES: WASTES ARE NOT HAZARDOUS AS DEFINED BY THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA; 40 CFR 261). COMPLY WITH STATE AND LOCAL REGULATIONS FOR DISPOSAL OF THESE PRODUCTS. IF USED TO COLLECT LIQUID MATERIAL, DISPOSE IN COMPLIANCE WITH MSDS OF COLLECTED LIQUID.
HANDLING PROCEDURES: MAINTAIN GOOD HOUSEKEEPING PRACTICE. REMOVE MATERIAL AFTER ABSORPTION HAS TAKEN PLACE. RESEAL CONTAINER AFTER USE TO PREVENT EVAPORATION OF WETTING AGENT. STORAGE PROCEDURES: WAREHOUSE STORAGE SHOULD BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH PACKAGE DIRECTIONS, IF ANY. MATERIAL SHOULD BE KEPT DRY AND PROTECTED FROM THE ELEMENTS.
EXPOSURE GUIDELINES: A: GENERAL PRODUCT INFORMATION: NO SPECIAL PROTECTIVE MEASURES ARE NECESSARY FOR USE OF THE PRODUCTS LISTED ON THIS MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEETS. UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS OF USE THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RELEASE OR OTHERWISE RESULT IN EXPOSURE TO HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS. B. COMPONENT EXPOSURE LIMITS: THIS MATERIAL HAS NO COMPONENTS LISTED. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT: EYES/FACE: SAFETY GLASSES/GOGGLES USUALLY NOT NECESSARY. SKIN: NOT APPLICABLE RESPIRATORY: EVEN THOUGH CLASSIFIED AS A NUISANCE DUST AND TREATED WITH ANTI-DUST WETTING AGENT, WE RECOMMEND USE OF NIOSH APPROVED DUST RESPIRATOR WHEN EXCESSIVE DUST CONCENTRATIONS ARE AIRBORNE. VENTILATION: NOT APPLICABLE
APPEARANCE: WHITE OR BUFF AGGREGATE OR POWDER ODOR: NO ODOR PHYSICAL STATE: SOLID PARTICLES PH: NOT APPLICABLE VAPOR PRESSURE: NEGLIGIBLE VAPOR DENSITY: NOT APPLICABLE BOILING POINT: NOT APPLICABLE MELTING POINT: 2400 DEGREES F SOLUBILITY (H2O): <1% SLIGHTLY SPECIFIC GRAVITY: NEUTRAL=2.28 FREEZING POINT: NOT APPLICABLE EVAPORATION RATE: NOT APPLICABLE PERCENT VOLATILE: NOT APPLICABLE VOC: NOT APPLICABLE
CHEMICAL STABILITY: THIS IS A STABLE MATERIAL. CONDITIONS TO AVOID: NONE IN DESIGNATED USE. HAZARDOUS POLYMERIZATION: WILL NOT OCCUR. INCOMPATIBILITY: HYDROFLUORIC ACID HAZARDOUS DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS: REACTS WITH HYDROFLUORIC ACID TO FORM TOXIC SILICON TETRA FLUORIDE GAS.
ACUTE TOXICITY: GENERAL PRODUCT INFORMATION: THIS PRODUCT IS NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE ANY ACUTE TOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS. COMPONENT ANALYSIS - LD50/LC50: THIS MATERIAL HAS NO COMPONENTS LISTED. CARCINOGENICITY: GENERAL PRODUCT INFORMATION: THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION (OSHA), NATIONAL TOXICOLOGY PROGRAM (NTP), INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER (IARC), AND AMERICAN CONFERENCE OF GOVERNMENTAL INDUSTRIAL HYGIENISTS (ACGIH) HAVE CLASSIFIED AMORPHOUS SILICEOUS MINERAL SILICATE AS A NON-CARCINOGEN. COMPONENT CARCINOGENICITY: CONTAINS LESS THAN 0.1% CRYSTALLINE SILICA. CHRONIC TOXICITY: NO CHRONIC HEALTH EFFECTS ARE EXPECTED FROM THE NORMAL USE OF THIS PRODUCT.
ECOTOXICITY: GENERAL PRODUCT INFORMATION: THIS MATERIAL IS NOT HARMFUL TO THE ENVIRONMENT. COMPONENT ANALYSIS - ECOTOXICITY - AQUATIC TOXICITY: THIS MATERIAL HAS NO AQUATIC TOXICITY AND HAS PASSED THE ABALONE LARVAL TOXICITY TEST SHOWING THAT IT WILL CAUSE NO HARM TO AQUATIC LIFE. ECOTOXICITY IS NOT APPLICABLE. THE PRINCIPAL INGREDIENT OF THIS PRODUCT IS COMMONLY USED AS A SOIL AMENDMENT.
US EPA WASTE NUMBER & DESCRIPTIONS: GENERAL PRODUCT INFORMATION: THIS PRODUCT IS NOT REGULATED AS A HAZARDOUS WASTE BY THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) UNDER RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA) REGULATIONS. COMPONENT WASTE NUMBERS: THIS MATERIAL HAS NO COMPONENTS LISTED. DISPOSAL INSTRUCTIONS: IF NOT CONTAMINATED, LANDFILL APPROVED AS DEFINED BY RCRA 40 CFR PART 261. IF USED TO COLLECT LIQUID MATERIAL, DISPOSE OF WASTE MATERIAL IN COMPLIANCE WITH MSDS OF COLLECTED LIQUID AND ACCORDING TO LOCAL, STATE, FEDERAL, AND PROVINCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS.
US DOT INFORMATION: SHIPPING NAME: NOT REGULATED FOR TRANSPORT.
US FEDERAL REGULATIONS: GENERAL PRODUCT INFORMATION: NO INFORMATION ON THIS PRODUCT AS A WHOLE. COMPONENT ANALYSIS: THIS MATERIAL HAS NO COMPONENTS LISTED. STATE REGULATIONS: GENERAL PRODUCT INFORMATION: NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE. COMPONENT ANALYSIS - STATE: THIS MATERIAL HAS NO COMPONENTS LISTED. OTHER REGULATIONS: TSCA STATUS: THIS MATERIAL HAS NO COMPONENTS LISTED. WHMIS IDL: NOT APPLICABLE, BELOW WHIMIS CLASSIFICATION OF 0.1 MG/M
OTHER INFORMATION: THE INFORMATION HEREIN IS PRESENTED IN GOOD FAITH AND BELIEVED TO BE ACCURATE AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE GIVEN. HOWEVER, NO WARRANTY, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, IS GIVEN. IT IS THE BUYER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT ITS ACTIVITIES COMPLY WITH FEDERAL, STATE OR PROVINCIAL AND LOCAL LAWS. CONTACT INFORMATION: IMPACT ABSORBENTS, INC. 805-466-4709 FAX: 805-466-7709 |