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CHEMSTONE -- CALCIUM OXIDE http://siri.org/msds/h/g330/g165.html <br />• • <br />Fire and Explosion Hazard Data <br />Extinguishing Media: DRY CHEM, CO.2, HALON/STD FOAM (1987 EMER RESPONSE <br />GUIDEBOOK, DOTP 5800.4). FOR LARGER FIRES, USE STD FOAM (SUPDAT) <br />Special Fire Fighting Proc: USE NIOSH APPROVED SCBA & FULL PROTECTIVE <br />EQUIPMENT (FP N). <br />Unusual Fire And Expl Hazads: NOT CONSIDERED FIRE/EXPLO HAZ. LIME & WATER <br />CAN REACT EXOTHERMICALLY W/SUFFICIENT HEAT TO IGNITE COMBUST MATLS IN <br />CERTAIN INSTANCES. COMBINATION OF (SUPDAT) <br />---------------------------------- <br />_________________________________________ <br />Reactivity Data <br />___________________________________________________________________________ <br />Stability: YES <br />Cond To Avoid (Stability): MAY REACT EXOTHERMICALLY, VIOLENTLY/ <br />EXPLOSIVELY W/WATER GENERATING TEMPS AS HIGH AS 300-9000, 4 YIELDING CORR <br />(SUPDAT) <br />Materials To Avoid: AMMONIUM SALTS, ACIDS, HALOGENS, INTERHALOGEN <br />COMPOUNDS, PHOSPHORUS PENTOXIDE. <br />Hazardous Decomp Products: NONE. <br />Hazardous Poly Occur: NO <br />Conditions To Avoid (Poly): NOT RELEVANT. <br />___________________________________________________________________________ <br />Health Hazard Data <br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br />LD50-LC50 Mixture: NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER. <br />Route Of Entry - Inhalation: YES <br />Route Of Entry - Skin: YES <br />Route Of Entry - Ingestion: YES <br />Health Haz Acute And Chronic: ACUTE:INHALATION:HIGHLY IRRITATING & <br />POSSIBLY CORROSIVE TO UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT. MAY CAUSE COUGHING SNEEZING, <br />LABORED BREATHING, & POSSIBLY BURNS. 250 MG/M3 IMMEDIATELY DANGEROUS TO <br />LIFE OR HEALTH. INGESTION:CORROSIVE. ABDOMINAL PAIN, NAUSEA, VOMITING MAY <br />RESULT. MAY CAUSE ALKALI BURNS IN MOUTH (EFTS OF OVEREXP) <br />Carcinogenicity - NTP: NO <br />Carcinogenicity - IARC: NO <br />Carcinogenicity - OSHA: NO <br />Explanation Carcinogenicity: NOT RELEVANT. <br />Signs/Symptoms Of Overexp: HLTH HAZ:& THROAT. SKIN:IRRITANT; MAY CAUSE <br />CORROSIVE DAMAGE. CHRONIC:CHRONIC INHALATION OF DUST MAY CAUSE INFLAMMATION <br />OF RESPIRATORY PASSAGES, ULCERS OF MUCOUS MEMBRANES, AND POSSIBLE <br />PERFORATION OF NASAL SEPTUM. <br />Med Cond Aggravated By Exp: PERSONS WITH PRE-EXISTING SKIN DISORDER OR EYE <br />PR08LEMS OR IMPAIRED RESPIRATORY FUNCTION MAY BE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE <br />EFFECTS OF THE SUBSTANCE. <br />Emergency/First Aid Proc: INHAL:REMOVE TO FRESH AIR. IF NOT BRTHG, GIVE <br />ARTF RESP. IF BRTHG IS DFCLT, GIVE OXYG. CALL PHYS. INGEST:DO NOT INDUCE <br />VOMIT! GIVE LG QTYS OF WATER/MILK IF AVAIL. NEVER GIVE ANYTHING BY MOUTH TO <br />UNCON PERSON. SKIN:IMMED FLUSH W/PLENTY OF WATER FOR O LST 15 MINS WHILE <br />REMOVING CONTAMD CLTHG S SHOES. WASH CLTHG BEFORE REUSE. EYEWASH <br />THOROUGHLY W/RUNNING WATER FOR O LST 15 MINS. GET MED (SUPDAT) <br />Precautions for Safe Handling and Use <br />Steps If Matl Released/Spill USE PROT COVERING SUCH AS PLASTIC SHEET TO <br />PUNT REACTING TO FIREFIGHTING WATER/RAIN. OCCUP SPILL: FOR SM SPILLS, WITH <br />SHOVEL PLACE MATL INTO CLEAN, DRY CNTNR & COVER. MOVE CNTNRS FROM SPILL <br />AREA. FOR LGR SPILLS, DIKE AHEAD OF SPILL FOR LATER (ING 2) <br />Neutralizing Agent: NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER. <br />Waste Disposal Method: LIME IS ROUTINELY USED AGRICULTURALLY FOR SOIL PH <br />ADJUSTMENTS. CHECK WITH LOCAL OFFICIALS FOR PROPER DISPOSAL PROCEDURES. <br />DISPOSAL MUST BE I/A/W FEDERAL, STATE & LOCAL REGULATIONS (FP N). <br />Precautions-Handling/Storing: LIME IS NORMALLY STORED IN CONCRETE OR STEEL <br />SILOS TO PROTECT IT FROM MOISTURE OR WATER. <br />Other Precautions: COMPLY WITH ALL FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL REGULATIONS <br />WHEN STORING THIS SUBSTANCE. <br />------------- <br />Control Measures <br />2 of 3 3/30/99 S:16 PM <br />