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• <br />• <br />• <br />OF WATER OR MILK. <br />Sulfuric Acid.txt <br />UNCONSCIOUS PERSON: <br />DO NOT INDUCE VOMITING OR GIVE ANY LIQUID. IMMEDIATELY OBTAIN MEDICAL <br />ATTENTION. <br />NOTES TO PHYSICIANS: <br />CONTINUED WASHING OF THE AFFECTED AREA WITH COLD OR ICED WATER WILL BE HELPFUL <br />IN REMOVING THE LAST TRACES OF SULFURIC ACID. CREAMS OR OINTMENTS SHOULD NOT BE <br />APPLIED BEFORE OR DURING THE WASHING PHASE OF THE TREATMENT. <br />SECTION 5. FIRE AND EXPLOSION DATA <br />FLASH POINT: NOT AVAILABLE <br />FLAMMABLE LIMITS: NOT AVAILABLE <br />AUTO - IGNITION TEMPERATURE: NOT AVAILABLE <br />PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION: <br />RELEASES OF SULFUR DIOXIDE AT EXTREMELY HIGH TEMPERATURES. <br />FIRE HAZARD: NOT FLAMMABLE <br />EXPLOSION HAZARD: <br />REACTS WITH MOST METALS, ESPECIALLY WHEN DILUTE <br />HYDROGEN GAS RELEASE EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE, EXPLOSIVE). RISK OF EXPLOSION WHEN <br />ACID COMBINED WITH WATER ORGANIC MATERIALS OR BASE SOLUTIONS IN ENCLOSED SPACES <br />(VACUUM TRUCKS, TANKS), FOLLOW APPROPRIATE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION <br />(NFPA) CODES. <br />FIRE FIGHTING (INSTRUCTIONS): <br />USE MEDIA APPROPRIATE FOR SURROUNDING MATERIAL. USE WATER SPRAY TO COOL <br />CONTAINERS EXPOSED TO FIRE; DO NOT GET WATER INSIDE CONTAINERS. <br />EVACUATE PERSONNEL TO A SAFE AREA. KEEP PERSONNEL REMOVED AND UPWIND OF FIRE. <br />GENERATES HEAT UPON ADDITION OF WATER, WITH POSSIBILITY OF SPATTERING. WEAR <br />FULL PROTECTIVE CLOTHING. RUNOFF FROM FIRE CONTROL MAY CAUSE POLLUTION. <br />NEUTRALIZE RUN -OFF WITH LIME, SODA ASH, ETC., TO PREVENT CORROSION OF METALS <br />AND FORMATION OF HYDROGEN GAS. WEAR SELF - CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS IF FUMES <br />OR MISTS ARE PRESENT. <br />SECTION 6. ACCIDENTAL RELEASE MEASURES <br />SPILL: <br />REVIEW FIRE AND EXPLOSION HAZARDS AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH <br />CLEAN UP. STOP FLOW IF POSSIBLE. SOAK UP SMALL SPILLS WITH DRY SAND, CLAY OR <br />DIATOMACEOUS EARTH. <br />DIKE LARGE SPILLS, AND CAUTIOUSLY DILUTE AND NEUTRALIZE WITH LIME OR SODA ASH, <br />AND TRANSFER TO WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM. PREVENT LIQUID FROM ENTERING <br />SEWERS, WATERWAYS, OR LOW AREAS. <br />IF THIS PRODUCT IS SPILLED AND NOT RECOVERED, OR IS RECOVERED AS A WASTE FOR <br />TREATMENT OR DISPOSAL, THE REPORTABLE QUANTITY (U.S. DOT) IS 1000 LBS (BASED ON <br />THE SULFURIC ACID CONTENT OF THE SOLUTION SPILLED). COMPLY WITH FEDERAL, STATE, <br />AND LOCAL REGULATIONS ON REPORTING RELEASES. <br />PERSONAL PROTECTION: <br />REVIEW FIRE FIGHTING MEASURES AND HANDLING (PERSONNEL PROTECTION) SECTIONS <br />BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH CLEANUP. USE APPROPRIATE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT <br />Page 4 <br />