Synonyms: Acid spill clean-up
CAS No.: Not applicable to mixtures.
Molecular Weight: Not applicable to mixtures.
Chemical Formula: Not applicable to mixtures.
Product Codes: 4442, 4456
Ingredient CAS No Percent Hazardous --------------------------------------- ------------ ------------ --------- Bromocresol Purple Indicator grade 115-40-2 < 0.1% No Calcium Carbonate 471-34-1 5 - 25% Yes Magnesium Oxide 1309-48-4 25 - 45% Yes Sodium Carbonate 497-19-8 35 - 55% Yes
Emergency Overview
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DANGER! MAY CAUSE EYE BURNS. HARMFUL IF SWALLOWED OR INHALED. CAUSES IRRITATION TO SKIN AND RESPIRATORY TRACT.
SAF-T-DATA(tm) Ratings (Provided here for your convenience)
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Health Rating: 3 - Severe
Flammability Rating: 1 - Slight
Reactivity Rating: 2 - Moderate
Contact Rating: 3 - Severe (Life)
Lab Protective Equip: GOGGLES & SHIELD; LAB COAT & APRON; VENT HOOD; PROPER GLOVES
Storage Color Code: Green (General Storage)
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Potential Health Effects
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Inhalation:
Inhalation of dust may cause irritation to the respiratory tract. Symptoms from excessive inhalation of dust may include coughing and difficult breathing. Excessive contact is known to cause damage to the nasal septum. Inhalation can cause a flu-like illness (metal fume fever). This 24- to 48-hour illness is characterized by chills, fever, aching muscles, dryness in the mouth and throat and headache.
Ingestion:
Sodium carbonate is only slightly toxic, but large doses may be corrosive to the gastro-intestinal tract where symptoms may include severe abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, collapse and death. Magnesium oxide is slowly absorbed. Ingestion may cause rapid bowel evacuation.
Skin Contact:
Excessive contact may cause irritation with blistering and redness. Solutions may cause severe irritation or burns.
Eye Contact:
Contact may be corrosive to eyes and cause conjuctival edema and corneal destruction. Risk of serious injury increases if eyes are kept tightly closed. Other symptoms may appear from absorption of sodium carbonate into the bloodstream via the eyes.
Chronic Exposure:
Prolonged or repeated skin exposure may cause sensitization. Excessive oral doses of calcium carbonate may produce alkalosis and hypercalcemia.
Aggravation of Pre-existing Conditions:
No information found.
Inhalation:
Remove to fresh air. If not breathing, give artificial respiration. If breathing is difficult, give oxygen. Get medical attention.
Ingestion:
If swallowed, DO NOT INDUCE VOMITING. Give large quantities of water. Never give anything by mouth to an unconscious person. Get medical attention immediately.
Skin Contact:
Immediately flush skin with plenty of soap and water for at least 15 minutes. Remove contaminated clothing and shoes. Get medical attention. Wash clothing before reuse. Thoroughly clean shoes before reuse.
Eye Contact:
Immediately flush eyes with plenty of water for at least 15 minutes, lifting lower and upper eyelids occasionally. Get medical attention immediately.
Note to Physician:
Consider endoscopy in all suspected cases of sodium carbonate poisoning. Perform blood analysis to determine if dehydration, acidosis, or other electrolyte imbalances occurred.
Fire:
Not considered to be a fire hazard.
Explosion:
Not considered an explosion hazard, but sodium carbonate may explode when applied to red-hot aluminum. Magnesium oxide reacts violently or ignites with interhalogens such as chlorine trifluoride (ClF3) or bromine pentafluoride (BrF5), and incandescently with phosphorus pentachloride (PCl5).
Fire Extinguishing Media:
Use any means suitable for extinguishing surrounding fire.
Special Information:
In the event of a fire, wear full protective clothing and NIOSH-approved self-contained breathing apparatus with full facepiece operated in the pressure demand or other positive pressure mode.
Ventilate area of leak or spill. Wear appropriate personal protective equipment as specified in Section 8. Spills: Sweep up and containerize for reclamation or disposal. Vacuuming or wet sweeping may be used to avoid dust dispersal.
Keep in a tightly closed container, stored in a cool, dry, ventilated area. Protect against physical damage. Isolate from incompatible substances. Containers of this material may be hazardous when empty since they retain product residues (dust, solids); observe all warnings and precautions listed for the product.
NEUTRASORB is NOT recommended for spills of hydrofluoric acid, fuming sulfuric acid, fuming nitric acid, or peroxy(per-) organic acids.
Airborne Exposure Limits:
Magnesium Oxide:
- OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) -
15 mg/m3 (TWA).
- ACGIH Threshold Limit Value (TLV) -
10 mg/m3 (TWA), Inhalable fraction, A4 Not classifiable as a human carcinogen.
Ventilation System:
A system of local and/or general exhaust is recommended to keep employee exposures below the Airborne Exposure Limits. Local exhaust ventilation is generally preferred because it can control the emissions of the contaminant at its source, preventing dispersion of it into the general work area. Please refer to the ACGIH document, Industrial Ventilation, A Manual of Recommended Practices, most recent edition, for details.
Personal Respirators (NIOSH Approved):
If the exposure limit is exceeded, a half-face dust/mist respirator may be worn for up to ten times the exposure limit or the maximum use concentration specified by the appropriate regulatory agency or respirator supplier, whichever is lowest. A full-face piece dust/mist respirator may be worn up to 50 times the exposure limit, or the maximum use concentration specified by the appropriate regulatory agency, or respirator supplier, whichever is lowest. For emergencies or instances where the exposure levels are not known, use a full-facepiece positive-pressure, air-supplied respirator. WARNING: Air-purifying respirators do not protect workers in oxygen-deficient atmospheres.
Skin Protection:
Wear protective gloves and clean body-covering clothing.
Eye Protection:
Use chemical safety goggles and/or full face shield where dusting or splashing of solutions is possible. Maintain eye wash fountain and quick-drench facilities in work area.
Appearance:
Purple granules.
Odor:
Odorless.
Solubility:
Slightly soluble in water (0.1 - 1%).
Specific Gravity:
No information found.
pH:
No information found.
% Volatiles by volume @ 21C (70F):
0
Boiling Point:
Not applicable.
Melting Point:
Not applicable.
Vapor Density (Air=1):
Not applicable.
Vapor Pressure (mm Hg):
Not applicable.
Evaporation Rate (BuAc=1):
Not applicable.
Stability:
Stable under ordinary conditions of use and storage. Hygroscopic. Readily absorbs moisture from the air. Solutions are strong bases.
Hazardous Decomposition Products:
Oxides of carbon, sodium oxide and calcium oxide..
Hazardous Polymerization:
Will not occur.
Incompatibilities:
For sodium carbonate: fluorine, aluminum, phosphorous pentoxide, sulfuric acid, zinc, lithium, moisture, calcium hydroxide and 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene. Reacts violently with acids to form carbon dioxide. For magnesium oxide: acids, interhalogens, phosphorus pentachloride, and chlorine trifluoride. For calcium carbonate: acids, fluorine, magnesium with hydrogen.
Conditions to Avoid:
Moisture, heat, dusting and incompatibles.
For Sodium Carbonate:
Oral rat LD50: 4090 mg/kg; inhalation rat LC50: 2300 mg/m3/2H; irritation eye rabbit: 50 mg severe; investigated as a mutagen, reproductive effector. Magnesium oxide: investigated as a tumorigen.
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---NTP Carcinogen---
Ingredient Known Anticipated IARC Category
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Bromocresol Purple Indicator grade No No None
(115-40-2)
Calcium Carbonate (471-34-1) No No None
Magnesium Oxide (1309-48-4) No No None
Sodium Carbonate (497-19-8) No No None
Environmental Fate:
No information found.
Environmental Toxicity:
No information found.
Whatever cannot be saved for recovery or recycling should be managed in an appropriate and approved waste disposal facility. Processing, use or contamination of this product may change the waste management options. State and local disposal regulations may differ from federal disposal regulations. Dispose of container and unused contents in accordance with federal, state and local requirements.
Not regulated.
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Ingredient TSCA EC Japan Australia
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Bromocresol Purple Indicator grade (115-40-2) Yes Yes Yes Yes
Calcium Carbonate (471-34-1) Yes Yes Yes Yes
Magnesium Oxide (1309-48-4) Yes Yes Yes Yes
Sodium Carbonate (497-19-8) Yes Yes Yes Yes
--------\Chemical Inventory Status - Part 2\---------------------------------
--Canada--
Ingredient Korea DSL NDSL Phil.
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Bromocresol Purple Indicator grade (115-40-2) No Yes No Yes
Calcium Carbonate (471-34-1) Yes Yes No Yes
Magnesium Oxide (1309-48-4) Yes Yes No Yes
Sodium Carbonate (497-19-8) Yes Yes No Yes
--------\Federal, State & International Regulations - Part 1\----------------
-SARA 302- ------SARA 313------
Ingredient RQ TPQ List Chemical Catg.
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Bromocresol Purple Indicator grade No No No No
(115-40-2)
Calcium Carbonate (471-34-1) No No No No
Magnesium Oxide (1309-48-4) No No No No
Sodium Carbonate (497-19-8) No No No No
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-RCRA- -TSCA-
Ingredient CERCLA 261.33 8(d)
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Bromocresol Purple Indicator grade No No No
(115-40-2)
Calcium Carbonate (471-34-1) No No No
Magnesium Oxide (1309-48-4) No No No
Sodium Carbonate (497-19-8) No No No
Chemical Weapons Convention: No TSCA 12(b): No CDTA: No
SARA 311/312: Acute: Yes Chronic: No Fire: No Pressure: No
Reactivity: No (Mixture / Solid)
Australian Hazchem Code: None allocated.
Poison Schedule: None allocated.
WHMIS:
This MSDS has been prepared according to the hazard criteria of the Controlled Products Regulations (CPR) and the MSDS contains all of the information required by the CPR.
NFPA Ratings: Health: 2 Flammability: 0 Reactivity: 0
Label Hazard Warning:
DANGER! MAY CAUSE EYE BURNS. HARMFUL IF SWALLOWED OR INHALED. CAUSES IRRITATION TO SKIN AND RESPIRATORY TRACT.
Label Precautions:
Do not get in eyes, on skin, or on clothing.
Avoid breathing dust.
Keep container closed.
Use with adequate ventilation.
Wash thoroughly after handling.
Label First Aid:
In case of contact, immediately flush eyes or skin with plenty of water for at least 15 minutes while removing contaminated clothing and shoes. Wash clothing before reuse. If swallowed, DO NOT INDUCE VOMITING. Give large quantities of water. Never give anything by mouth to an unconscious person. If inhaled, remove to fresh air. Get medical attention for any breathing difficulty. In all cases, get medical attention.
Product Use:
Spill Clean-Up
Revision Information:
No Changes.
Disclaimer:
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