MARSULEX INC -- SULFURIC ACID  -- 6810-00N081580
<pre>=====================  Product Identification  =====================

Product ID:SULFURIC ACID
MSDS Date:02/01/1996
FSC:6810
NIIN:00N081580
=== Responsible Party ===
Company Name:MARSULEX INC
Address:111 GORDON BAKER RD SUITE 300
City:NORTH YORK ONT
Info Phone Num:416-496-9655
Emergency Phone Num:416-496-9655;800-424-9300(CHEMTREC)
CAGE:MARSU
=== Contractor Identification ===
Company Name:MARSULEX INC
Address:40 RICHARDS AVE
Box:5453
City:NORWALK
State:CT
ZIP:06856-5453
Country:US
Phone:203-854-0300
CAGE:MARSU

=============  Composition/Information on Ingredients  =============

Ingred Name:SULFURIC ACID (SARA 302/313) (CERCLA)  VAP DENS: 3.4
CAS:7664-93-9
RTECS #:WS5600000
Fraction by Wt: 70-100%
OSHA PEL:1 MG/M3
ACGIH TLV:1 MG/M3; 3 STEL
EPA Rpt Qty:1000 LBS
DOT Rpt Qty:1000 LBS

Ingred Name:WATER
CAS:7732-18-5
RTECS #:ZC0110000
Fraction by Wt: 0-30%
OSHA PEL:N/K 
ACGIH TLV:N/K 

Ingred Name:EXTING MEDIA: REACTION W/WATER. DO NOT GET SOLID STREAM OF
    WATER ON SPILLED MATERIAL.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:FIRE FIGHT: UNAUTH ENTRY TO AREA. DIKE TO CNTN RUNOFF &
    PVNT CONTAM OF WATER SOURCES. NEUT RUNOFF W/LIME, SODA (ING 5)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 4: ASH OR OTHER SUITABLE NEUT. COOL CNTNRS EXPOS TO
    FLAME W/STREAMS OF WATER UNTIL FIRE IS OUT. FOLLOW NFPA CODES.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:EXPLO HAZ: W/MANY MATLS, ESP CARBIDES, CHLORATES,
    FULMINATES, NITRATES & PICRATES. SULFURIC ACID REACTS W/MOST (ING
    7)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 6: METALS ESP WHEN DILUTE TO GIVE FLAM, POTNTLY EXPLO
    HYDROGEN GAS; CAN ACCUM TO EXPLO CONCS IN CONFINED SPACES.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:EFTS OF OVEREXP:OF TEETH. CORR EFTS ON SKIN & EYES MAY BE
    DELAYED & DMG MAY OCCUR W/OUT SENSE/ONSET OF PAIN. RPTD(ING 9)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 8: OVEREXP MAY LEAD TO CNTCT DERM, MAY CAUSE BRONCH
    W/COUGH, PHLEGM, SHORTNESS OF BRTH & EMPHYSEMA, CAN (ING 10)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 9: CAUSE CHRONIC RUNNY NOSE, TEARING, NOSEBLEEDS & STOM
    UPSET. STRICT ADHERENCE TO FIRST AID MEASURES IS ESSNTL.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:FIRST AID: UNLESS RECOMD FLUSHING PERIOD COMPLETE/FLUSHING
    CAN BE CONTINUED DURING TRANSPORT. DURING TRANSPORT, (ING 12)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 11: APPLY ICE WATER COMPRESSES. IF MED TREATMENT MUST
    BE DELAYED, IMMERSE AFFECTED AREA IN ICE WATER; IF (ING 13)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 12:NOT PRACTICAL, ICE WATER COMPRESSES CAN BE APPLIED.
    AVOID FREEZING TISS. EYES:IMMED FLUSH W/RUNNING WATER(ING 14)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 13: FOR AT LST 20 MIN. HOLD LIDS OPEN. IF IRRIT
    PERSISTS, REPEAT FLUSHING. OBTAIN MED ATTN IMMED. DO NOT (ING 15)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 14: TRANSPORT UNTIL FLUSHING COMPLETE UNLESS IT CAN BE
    CONTINUED DURING TRANSPORT. INHAL:MOVE TO FRESH AIR. (ING 16)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 15:GIVE ARTF RESP ONLY IF BRTHG STOPS. GIVE CPR IF NOT
    BRTHG & NO PULSE. OBTAIN MED ATTN IMMED. INGEST:DO (ING 17)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 16: INDUCE VOMIT. IF ALERT & NOT CONVL, RINSE MOUTH &
    GIVE 1/2 - 1 GLASS WATER TO DILUTE. IF SPONT VOMIT (ING 18)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 17:OCCURS, LEAN FORWARD W/HEAD DOWN TO AVOID BRTHG IN
    VOMIT, RINSE MOUTH & ADMIN MORE WATER. IMMED CNTCT LOC(ING 19)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 18:POIS CTL CTR. VOMIT MAY NEED TO BE INDUCED BUT ONLY
    AT DIRECTION OF MD/POIS CTL CTR. IMMED TRANSPORT TO (ING 20)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 19: EMERGENCY FACILITY. NOTE TO MD: CONTACT NEHC FOR
    INFORMATION .
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:SPILL PROC:DISP. ENSURE ADEQ DECONTAM OF TOOLS & EQUIP
    AFTER CLEAN UP. COMPLY W/FED, STATE & LOC REGS ON REPORTING RELS.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:HNDLG/STOR: =/>93%. HOWEVER, EFT OF LOWER CONCS ON
    CONSTRUCTION MATLS CAN BE COMPLEX; CNTCT PROD SUPPLIER FOR (ING 23)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 22: RECS WHEN HNDLG SULFURIC ACID AT <77% STRENGTH.
    STORE IN DRY, WELL VENTD AREA AWAY FROM COMBUSTS, (ING 24)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 23: OXIDIZERS, BASES OR METALLIC POWDERS. CONTACT NEHC
    FOR MORE HANDLING/STORAGE INFO .
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:EYE PROT: & FULL LENGTH FACESHIELD .
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

=====================  Hazards Identification  =====================

LD50 LC50 Mixture:LD50: (ORAL, RAT) 2140 MG/KG
Routes of Entry: Inhalation:YES  Skin:YES  Ingestion:YES
Reports of Carcinogenicity:NTP:NO    IARC:YES	 OSHA:NO
Health Hazards Acute and Chronic:SKIN:CONCD SOLN MAY CAUSE PAIN & SEV
    BURNS TO SKIN & BROWNISH/YELLOW STAINS. PRLNGD & RPTD EXPOS TO
    DILUTE SOLNS MAY CAUSE IRRIT, REDNESS, PAIN & DRYING & CRACKING.
    EYES:IMMED PAIN, SEV BURNS & CORNEA L DMG; MAY RSLT IN PERM
    BLINDNESS. INHAL:MISTS & VAPS MAY CAUSE EYE, NOSE & RESP TRACT
    IRRIT. MAY CAUSE(EFTS OF OVEREXP)
Explanation of Carcinogenicity:SULFURIC ACID: IARC MONOGRAPHS, VOL 54,
    PG 41, 1992, GROUP 1.
Effects of Overexposure:HLTH HAZ: INCRD PULM RESISTANCE, TRANSIENT
    COUGH & BRONCHOCONSTRICTION. SEV OVEREXP MAY RSLT IN LUNG COLLAPSE
    & PULM EDEMA; CAN BE FATAL. INGEST:SEV BURNING & PAIN IN MOUTH,
    THROAT & ABDOMEN. VOMIT, D IARR & PERFORATION OF ESOPHAGUS & STOM
    LINING MAY OCCUR. CHRONIC: RPTD EXPOS MAY PRDCE EROSION &
    DISCOLORATION (ING 8)
Medical Cond Aggravated by Exposure:SKIN IRRIT MAY BE AGGRAVATED IN
    PERS W/EXISTING SKIN LESIONS. BRTHG OF VAPS OR SPRAYS (MISTS) MAY
    AGGRAVATE ACUTE OR CHRONIC ASTHMA & CHRONIC PULMONARY DISEASE SUCH
    AS EMPHYSEMA & BRONCHITIS.

=======================  First Aid Measures  =======================

First Aid:PROMPT REMOVAL OF MATL FROM CNTCT W/BODY IS OF UTMOST
    IMPORTANCE. START FIRST AID AT ONCE. PERS ATTENDING VICTIM SHOULD
    AVOID DIRECT CNTCT W/HEAVILY CONTAMD CLTHG & VOMITUS. WEAR
    IMPERVIOUS CLTHG WHIL E DECONTAM SKIN & HAIR. SKIN: FLUSH W/RUNNING
    WATER FOR MINIMUM 20 MIN. START FLUSHING WHILE REMOVING CONTAMD
    CLTHG. IF IRRIT PERSISTS, RPT FLUSH. OBTAIN MED ATTN IMMED. DO NOT
    TRANSPORT (ING 11)

=====================  Fire Fighting Measures  =====================

Flash Point:NONFLAMMABLE
Extinguishing Media:FOR SM FIRES USE DRY CHEM OR CARBON DIOXIDE. FOR LG
    FIRES, FLOOD FIRE AREA W/WATER FROM DIST. EXPECT VIOLENT (ING 3)
Fire Fighting Procedures:NIOSH APPRVD SCBA & FULL PROT EQUIP . FOR
    FIGHTING FIRES IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SPILL/VAPS, USE ACID-RESIST
    PPE. EVACUATE DOWNWIND RESIDENTS. PVNT (ING 4)
Unusual Fire/Explosion Hazard:HIGHLY REACTIVE. CAPABLE OF IGNIT FINELY
    DIVIDED COMBUST MATLS ON CNTCT. REACTS VIOLENTLY W/H*2O & ORG MATLS
    W/EVOLUTION OF HEAT. EXTREMELY HAZ IN CNTCT (ING 6)

==================  Accidental Release Measures  ==================

Spill Release Procedures:REMOVE ALL IGNIT SOURCES. VENT AREA. USE
    APPROP PPE. PVNT LIQ FROM ENTERING SEWERS/WATERWAYS. DIKE W/INERT
    MATL. STOP/REDUCE LEAK IF SAFE. COLLECT INTO CNTNRS FOR
    RECLAMATION/DISP ONLY IF CNTNR SUITAB LE TO W/STAND MATL. CONSIDER
    INSITU NEUT &(ING 21)
Neutralizing Agent:LIME, LIMESTONE, SODIUM CARBONATE, SODIUM
    BICARBONATE, DILUTE SODIUM HYDROXIDE.

======================	Handling and Storage  ======================

Handling and Storage Precautions:KEEP IGNIT SOURCES AWAY FROM SULFURIC
    ACID STOR, HNDLG & TRANSPORT EQUIP. CARBON STEEL/STAINLESS STEEL
    MATLS SUITABLE FOR USE FOR ACID CONCS (ING 22)
Other Precautions:SULFURIC ACID ATTACKS SOME PLASTICS & COATINGS.
    ALWAYS ADD ACID TO H*2O-NOT H*2O TO ACID. IF KEPT IN UPPER FLOORS
    OF BLDG, FLOORS SHOULD BE ACID PROOF W/DRAINS TO RECOVERY TANK.
    STORE ABOVE FREEZING.  ELEVATED TEMPS INCR CORR RATE OF METALS.

=============  Exposure Controls/Personal Protection  =============

Respiratory Protection:NIOSH APPROVED AIR-PURIFYING RESPIRATOR EQUIPPED
    WITH ACID GAS/FUME, DUST, MIST CARTRIDGES FOR CONCENTRATIONS UP TO
    10 MG/M3. NIOSH APPROVED AIR-SUPPLIED RESPIRATOR IF CONCENTRATIONS
    ARE HIGHER OR UNK NOWN.
Ventilation:LOCAL EXHAUST VENTILATION REQUIRED.
Protective Gloves:IMPERVIOUS (IE NEOPRENE, PVC) GLOVES.
Eye Protection:ANSI APPRVD CHEM WORKERS GOGGS (ING 25)
Other Protective Equipment:ANSI APPROVED EYE WASH & DELUGE SHOWER .
    COVERALLS, BOOTS &/OR OTHER ACID RESIST PROT CLTHG.
Work Hygienic Practices:WEAR APPROP PERSONAL PROT EQUIP. DO NOT BREATHE
    SPRAY/MIST. DO NOT INGEST. DO NOT GET IN EYES, ON SKIN, ON CLTHG.
Supplemental Safety and Health
BP: 77.67%: 380F(193C); 93.19%: 529F(276C); 98%: 626F(300C). SPEC GRAV:
    77.67%: 1.7059; 93.19%: 1.8354; 98%: 1.8437. VP @ 40C: 77.67%: 1.2;
    93.19%: 0.0016; 98%: 0.002. MP: 77.67%: 11.6F(-11.2C); 93.19 %:
    21.1F(-29.5C); 98%: 30F(-1.1C). PH: 0.3 (1N SOLUTION AT 25C/78F).
    APPEAR/ODOR: SHARP PENETRATING ODOR.

==================  Physical/Chemical Properties  ==================

Boiling Pt:B.P. Text:SUPDAT
Melt/Freeze Pt:M.P/F.P Text:SUPDAT
Vapor Pres:SUPDAT
Vapor Density:SEE ING 1
Spec Gravity:SUPDAT
pH:SUPDAT
Solubility in Water:MISCIBLE
Appearance and Odor:SULFURIC ACID IS CLEAR TO AMBER, HEAVY, OILY LIQUID
    WHICH MAY HAVE A (SUPDAT)

=================  Stability and Reactivity Data  =================

Stability Indicator/Materials to Avoid:YES
ORG MATLS (IE, CHLORATES, CARBIDES, FULMINATES & PICRATES); METALS.
    WHEN DILUTING ADD ACID TO WATER; NOT WATER TO ACID.
Stability Condition to Avoid:REACTS VIOLENTLY W/WATER & ORG MATLS
    W/EVOLUTION OF HEAT. UNDER FIRE CNDTNS: DECOMPOSES TO FORM SULFUR
    OXIDES (SO*X).
Hazardous Decomposition Products:TOX GASES & VAPS(SULFUR DIOXIDE,
    SULFURIC ACID VAPS/MISTS & SULFUR TRIOXIDE) MAY BE RELSD WHEN
    SULFURIC ACID DECOMPOSES.

====================  Disposal Considerations  ====================

Waste Disposal Methods:DISP OF WASTE AT APPRVD WASTE TREATMENT/DISP
    FACILITY I/A/W APPLIC FED, STATE & LOCAL REGS. DO NOT DISPOSE OF
    WASTE W/NORM GARBAGE OR TO SEWER SYS. NOTE:CLEAN UP MATL MAY BE
    RCRA HAZ WASTE ON DISP. SP ILLS SUBJECT TO REPORTING REQS:
    RQ=1000LBS.

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