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http://www.chem.utah.edu/MSDS/S/SULFURIC ACID <br />• • <br />SOLUBILITY (H2O1 COMPLETE (IN ALL PROPORTIONS) °s VOLATILES BY VOLUME: N/A <br />APPEARANCE & ODOR: CLEAR, COLORLESS TO LIGHT YELLOW, OILY ODORLESS LIQUID. <br />4 - FIRE AND EXPLOSION HAZARD DATA <br />- ------------ - -------------------- - -------------------- - ------------------ <br />FLASH POINT (CLOSED CUP II/A <br />FLAMMABLE LIMITS: UPPER - [J/A o <br />FIRE EXTINGUISHING MEDIA <br />USE DRY CHEMICAL OR CARBON DIOXIDE <br />NFPA 704M RATING: 3-0-2 W <br />LOWER - N/A s <br />DO NOT USE WATER. <br />SPECIAL FIRE-FIGHTING PROCEDURES <br />FIREFIGHTERS SHOULD WEAR PROPER PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND SELF-CONTAINED <br />BREATHING APPARATUS WITH FULL FACEPIECE OPERATED IN POSITIVE PRESSURE MODE. <br />DO NOT GET WATER INSIDE CONTAINERS. <br />UNUSUAL FIRE & EXPLOSION HAZARDS <br />REACTS WITH MOST METALS TO PRODUCE HYDROGEN GAS, WHICH CAN FORM AN <br />EXPLOSIVE MIXTURE WITH AIR. <br />A VIOLENT EXOTHERMIC REACTION OCCURS WITH WATER. SUFFICIENT HEAT <br />MAY BE PRODUCED TO IGNITE COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS. <br />TOXIC GASES PRODUCED <br />SULFU.^. DIOXIDE <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br />5 - HEALTH HAZARD DATA <br />THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUE (TLV/TWA) 1 MG/M3 ( PPM) <br />PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE LIMIT (PEL) 1 MG/M3 ( PPM) <br />TOXICITY: LD50 (ORAL-RAT)(MG/KG) - 2140 <br />CARCINOGENICITY: NTP: fI0 IARC: NO Z LIST: NO OSHA REG: NO <br />EFFECTS OF OVEREXPOSURE <br />INHALATION OF VAPORS MAY CAUSE SEVERE IRRITATION OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. <br />LIQUID MAY CAUSE SEVERE BURNS TO SKIN AND EYES. <br />INGESTION IS HARMFUL AND MAY BE FATAL. <br />INGESTION MAY CAUSE NAUSEA AND VOMITING. <br />INGESTION MAY CAUSE SEVERE BURNS TO MOUTI{, THROAT, AND STOMACH. I.1AY HAVE <br />ADVERSE EFFECT ON KIDNEY FUNCTION AND MAY BE FATAL. <br />MSDS Eor SULFURIC ACID Page 3 <br />CHRONIC OVEREXPOSURE MAY RESULT IN LUNG DAMAGE. <br />TARGET ORGANS <br />RESPIRATORY SYSTEM, EYES, SKIN, TEETH <br />MEDICAL CONDITIONS GENERALL'f AGGRAVATED BY EXPOSURE <br />NONE IDENTIFIED <br />ROUTES OF ENTRY <br />INHALATION, INGESTION, E'fE CONTACT, SKIN CONTACT <br />EMERGENCY AND FIRST AID PROCEDURES <br />CALL ~~ PHYSICIAN. <br />IF SWALLOWED, DO NOT INDUCE VOMITING; IF CONSCIOUS, GIVE WATER, MILK, OR <br />MILK OF MAGNESIA. <br />2 of 4 10/23/98 11:58 AM <br />