TRANS CHEM INC -- HYDROCHLORIC ACID -- 6810-01-046-9843
===================== Product Identification ===================== Product ID:HYDROCHLORIC ACID MSDS Date:04/01/1995 FSC:6810 NIIN:01-046-9843 === Responsible Party === Company Name:TRANS CHEM INC Box:951 City:KATY State:TX ZIP:77492 Country:US Info Phone Num:800-324-9133 Emergency Phone Num:800-424-9300(CHEMTREC) CAGE:8F120 === Contractor Identification === Company Name:TRANS CHEM INC Box:UNKNOW CAGE:0M133 Company Name:TRANS CHEM INC Address:333 CROWN VISTA DR Box:934 City:GARDENA State:CA ZIP:90248-1705 Country:US Phone:713-391-9133 CAGE:8F120 ============= Composition/Information on Ingredients ============= Ingred Name:HYDROCHLORIC ACID (SARA 302/313) (CERCLA). BP: 20* BE = 181F,83C; 22*BE = 142F,61C. SPEC GRAV (H*2O=1): 20*BE = (ING 2) CAS:7647-01-0 RTECS #:MW4025000 Fraction by Wt: 28-35% OSHA PEL:5 PPM, C ACGIH TLV:5 PPM, C EPA Rpt Qty:5000 LBS DOT Rpt Qty:5000 LBS Ingred Name:ING 1: 1.16 20*BE = 31.5% HCL; 22*BE = 1.18 22*BE = 35.2% HCL. VP: 20*BE = 25 @ 20C; 22*BE = 84 @ 20C. (ING 3) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 2: MP: 20*BE = -63F,-53C; 22*BE = -87F,-66C. % VOLAT: 28-35. RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:WATER CAS:7732-18-5 RTECS #:ZC0110000 Fraction by Wt: 65-72% OSHA PEL:N/K ACGIH TLV:N/K Ingred Name:EFTS OF OVEREXP: EDEMA CAN ALSO OCCUR, SOMETIMES DELAYED. CONCS OF 0.13-0.2% OF HYDROGEN CHLORIDE IN AIR CAN BE (ING 6) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 5: LETHAL TO HUMANS IN FEW MINUTES. INGEST:ALTHOUGH UNLIKELY, CAN CAUSE IRRIT & BURNS TO GI TRACT. MAY (ING 7) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 6: PERFORATE STOM OR ESOPHAGUS IN EXTREME CASES. ASPHXIA MAY OCCUR FROM EDEMA OF LARYNX. DEHYDRATION IS (ING 8) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 7: PRIMARY HAZ W/CONCD MATL. DELAYED EFTS: EXCESS EXPOS, RPTD/PRLNGD, MAY CAUSE EROSION OF TEETH. GASTRITIS (ING 9) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 8: & CHRONIC BRONCHITIS AMONG WORKERS EXPOSED TO HYDROCHLORIC ACID HAVE BEEN REPORTED. RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:FIRST AID: MED ATTN. INHAL:PROMPTLY REMOVE TO FRESH AIR (RESCUERS MAY BE ADVISED TO WEAR PPE). IF BRTHG STOPPED,(ING 11) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 10: GIVE ARTF RESP. IF BRTHG IS DFCLT, GIVE OXYGEN, PROVIDED QUALIFIED OPERATOR AVAIL. GET PROMPT MED ATTN. (ING 12) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 11: INGEST:IF CONSCIOUS & FREE OF CONVLS, GIVE LG AMTS OF WATER IMMED. DO NOT INDUCE VOMIT. GIVE NONGASSING (ING 13) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 12:NEUT, SUCH AS MILK, MILK OF MAGNESIA OR CALCIUM HYDROXIDE. DO NOT GIVE CARBONATES, BICARBONATES OR CHALK.(ING 14) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 13: GET PROMPT MED ATTN. ADVICE TO MD: NO SPECIFIC ADVICE. TREAT ACCORDING TO SYMPTOMS PRESENT. RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:SPILL PROC: SPILLS, KEEP UNPROT PERS AWAY. CNTN AICD BY DIKING W/SOIL/CLAY/OTHER SUITABLE MATL. RECOVER ACID, IF(ING 16) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 15: POSS. CAUTIOUSLY DILUTE & NEUT. ATTEMPT TO KEEP ACID OUT OF SEWER. SPILLS & RELS MAY HAVE TO BE REPORTED. RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:WASTE DISP: WASTE MATL. WASTE MAY HAVE TO BE DISP OF BY APPRVD CONTRACTOR. THIS INFO IS FOR PROD AS SHIPPED. USE(ING 18) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 17: &/OR ALTERATIONS TO PROD SUCH AS MIXING W/OTHER MATLS MAY SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGE CHARACTS OF MATL & (ING 19) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 18: ALTER RCRA CLASSIFICATION & THE PROPER DISPOSAL METHOD. RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:HNDLG/STOR PRECS: INCOMPAT MATLS. DIKING OF STORAGE TANKS IS RECOMD. ELEVATED TEMPS WILL INCR VAPOR PRESSURE OF (ING 21) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 20: PRODUCT; USE CARE WHEN OPENING CONTAINER. RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:VENT: UNLOADING AREAS & OPEN PROCESSING EQUIPMENT MAY REQUIRE MECHANICAL EXHAUST SYSTEMS OR LOCAL EXHAUST. RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:EYE PROT: & FULL LENGTH FACESHIELD . RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:OTHER PROT EQUIP: CLTHG & RUB BOOTS FOR ROUTINE PROD HNDLG & USE. FOR INCRD PROT, INCL ACID-RESIST TROUSERS & (ING 25) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 24: JACKET. DILUTED SOLNS ALSO REQUIRE SUCH PROTECTION. WASH CONTAMINATED CLOTHING BEFORE REUSE. RTECS #:9999999ZZ ===================== Hazards Identification ===================== LD50 LC50 Mixture:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER. Routes of Entry: Inhalation:YES Skin:YES Ingestion:YES Reports of Carcinogenicity:NTP:NO IARC:NO OSHA:NO Health Hazards Acute and Chronic:SKIN: SEVERITY OF INJURY WILL DEPEND ON QTY, CONC & DURATION OF CNTCT. LIQ CNTCT:CAN CAUSE SEV BURNS, PAIN & BROWNISH & YELLOW STAINS. SOLN CNTCT:MAY CAUSE IRRIT, DERM OR BURNS. VAP CNTCT:CAN CAUSE IR RIT/BURNS. MIST CNTCT:CAN CAUSE IRRIT. EYES: SEVERITY OF INJURY WILL DEPEND ON QTY, CONC & DURATION OF (EFTS OF OVEREXP) Explanation of Carcinogenicity:NOT RELEVANT Effects of Overexposure:HLTH HAZ: CNTCT. BOTH LIQ & VAP CNTCT CAN CAUSE IRRIT, CORNEAL BURNS & CONJUNCT. PERM DMG W/LOSS OF SIGHT CAN OCCUR. INHAL: INHAL OF VAP/MIST CAN CAUSE IRRIT OR CORR BURNS TO UPPER RESP TRACT. INTENSE TEARING, COUGH, THROAT IRRIT, SNEEZING& LABORED BRTHG MAY OCCUR. FOLLOWING HIGH EXPOS, LUNG IRRIT & PULM (ING 5) Medical Cond Aggravated by Exposure:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER. ======================= First Aid Measures ======================= First Aid:SKIN: IMMED FLUSH AFFECTED AREA W/PLENTY OF WATER FOR AT LST 15 MIN WHILE REMOVING ANY CONTAMD CLTHG. DELUGE SHOWERING REQD IF EXPOS TO LIQ ACID IS EXTENSIVE. SPEED IS ESSNTL. GET MED ATTN. WASH CLTHG BEFORE REUSE. EYE: IMMED FLUSH EYES W/PLENTY OF WATER FOR AT LST 15 MIN. HOLD EYES OPEN BY SEPARATING LIDS W/FINGERS TO ASSURE ADEQ FLUSHING. SPEED IS ESSNTL. DO NOT USE CHEM ANTIDOTES. GET (ING 10) ===================== Fire Fighting Measures ===================== Extinguishing Media:IF INVOLVED IN FIRE, USE WATER; NEUT ANY SPILLED MATL W/SUITABLE ALKALINE MATLS SUCH AS SODA ASH, LIME OR CAUSTIC SODA. Fire Fighting Procedures:USE NIOSH APPRVD SCBA & FULL PROT EQUIP . USE WATER SPRAY TO COOL FIRE-EXPOSED CNTNRS. TAKE PRECAUTIONS SO AS NOT TO SPLASH MATL ONTO OTHER PERSONNEL. Unusual Fire/Explosion Hazard:HYDROCHLORIC ACID REACTS WITH STEEL AND MOST OTHER METALS TO GENERATE HYDROGEN GAS WHICH IS A SERIOUS FIRE AND EXPLOSION HAZARD. ================== Accidental Release Measures ================== Spill Release Procedures:ALWAYS WEAR RECOMD PPE. PROVIDE ADEQ VENT. FULLY PROT PERS SHOULD CAUTIOUSLY DILUTE SM SPILLS/LEAKS W/PLENTY OF WATER. CAREFULLY NEUT DILUTE LIQ W/CAUSTIC SODA/LIME/OTHER ALKALINE MATL. DILUTION & NEU T PROCS WILL GENERATE HEAT. FOR MAJOR (ING 15) Neutralizing Agent:CAUSTIC SODA, LIME OR OTHER ALKALINE MATERIAL. ====================== Handling and Storage ====================== Handling and Storage Precautions:STORE IN APPRVD CNTNRS ONLY & IN DRY, WELL-VENTD AREA AWAY FROM HEAT, OUT OF SUN & AWAY FROM OXIDIZING SUBSTANCES (NITRIC ACID, ETC) OR OTHER (ING 20) Other Precautions:(ALWAYS WEAR RECOMD PERSONAL PROT EQUIP.) DO NOT GET IN EYES, ON SKIN OR ON CLTHG. AVOID BRTHG MIST & VAP. USE ONLY W/ADEQ VENTILATION. KEEP AWAY FROM METALS & INCOMPATIBLE CHEMICALS. WASH THOROUGHLY AFTER HNDLG. DO NOT WEAR CONTACT LENSES. ============= Exposure Controls/Personal Protection ============= Respiratory Protection:WHERE REQUIRED, USE RESPIRATOR APPROVED BY NIOSH FOR HYDROGEN CHLORIDE GAS AND/OR MIST, AS APPLICABLE. SOME EXPOSURES MAY REQUIRE USE OF NIOSH APPROVED, SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS OR SUPPLIED AIR RESPIRATOR. Ventilation:PROVIDE CORR-RESIST VENT SUFFICIENT TO REDUCE AICD MIST & VAP CONCS TO/BELOW CURRENT TLV LEVELS. PACKAGING & (ING 22) Protective Gloves:ACID-RESISTANT GAUNTLET GLOVES. Eye Protection:ANSI APPRVD CHEM WORKERS GOGGS (ING 23) Other Protective Equipment:ANSI APPRVD EYE WASH & DELUGE SHOWER . PVNT CNTCT OF LIQ W/BODY. AS MIN, WEAR ACID-RESIST APRON, PROT (ING 24) Work Hygienic Practices:KEEP NEUTRALLIZATION SUPPLIES & EQUIPMENT FOR HANDLING SPILLS AT HAND. WASH CONTAMINATED CLOTHING BEFORE REUSE. Supplemental Safety and Health PH: 0.8 (1% SOLN). MATL TO AVOID: BETA-PROPIOLACTONE, PROPYLENE OXIDE:CAUSES EXOTHERMIC RXNS, POSS VIOLENT. CARBONATES, CYANIDES SULFIDES:YIELDS TOX GAS. WATER-REACTIVE MATLS SUCH AS SULFURIC ACID, OL EUM & ACETIC ANHYDRIDE:CAUSES EXOTHERMIC RXN. HAZ DECOMP PRODS: WILL RELEASE HYDROGEN WHEN IN CONTACT W/SOME METALS. ================== Physical/Chemical Properties ================== Boiling Pt:B.P. Text:SEE ING 1 Melt/Freeze Pt:M.P/F.P Text:SEE ING 1 Vapor Pres:SEE ING 1 Vapor Density:1.27 Spec Gravity:SEE ING 1 pH:SUPDAT Evaporation Rate & Reference:<1 COMPARED TO ETHER Solubility in Water:COMPLETE Appearance and Odor:COLORLESS TO LIGHT YELLOW LIQUID; PUNGENT ODOR. Percent Volatiles by Volume:ING 1 ================= Stability and Reactivity Data ================= Stability Indicator/Materials to Avoid:YES MOST METALS: YIELDS HYDROGEN GAS. ALKALIS, METALLIC OXIDES, AMINES, ESTERS & CERTAIN OTHER ORGS SUCH AS (SUPDAT) Stability Condition to Avoid:STABLE UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS. AVOID ELEVATED TEMPERATURES (INCREASE VAPOR PRESSURE OF PRODUCT; MAY RUPTURE CONTAINER). Hazardous Decomposition Products:HYDROGEN CHLORIDE VAPORS (RELEASED NORMALLY AT AMBIENT CNDTNS) ARE RELSD IN INCREASING AMTS AT HIGHER TEMPS:Hazardous Polymerization Indicator:NO ==================== Disposal Considerations ==================== Waste Disposal Methods:CAUTIOUSLY DILUTE W/WATER & NEUT W/ALKALI. NEUT WASTE MUST BE DISP OF I/A/W APPLIC REGS. USERS SHOULD REVIEW OPERATIONS IN TERMS OF APPLIC FED, STATE & LOC LAWS & REGS THEN CONSULT APPROP REGULATORY A GENCIES BEFORE DISCHARGING/DISPOSING OF(ING 17) Disclaimer (provided with this information by the compiling agencies): This information is formulated for use by elements of the Department of Defense. The United States of America in no manner whatsoever, expressly or implied, warrants this information to be accurate and disclaims all liability for its use. Any person utilizing this document should seek competent professional advice to verify and assume responsibility for the suitability of this information to their particular situation.