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M A T E R I A L S A F E T Y D A T A S H E E T
SECTION 1. - - - - - - - - - CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION- - - - - - - - - -
CATALOG #: A6283
NAME: ACETIC ACID, GLACIAL
SECTION 2. - - - - - COMPOSITION/INFORMATION ON INGREDIENTS - - - - - -
CAS #: 64-19-7
MF: C2H4O2
EC NO: 200-580-7
SYNONYMS
ACETIC ACID (ACGIH:OSHA) * ACETIC ACID, GLACIAL * ACIDE ACETIQUE
(FRENCH) * ACIDO ACETICO (ITALIAN) * AZIJNZUUR (DUTCH) * ESSIGSAEURE
(GERMAN) * ETHANOIC ACID * ETHYLIC ACID * GLACIAL ACETIC ACID *
KYSELINA OCTOVA (CZECH) * METHANECARBOXYLIC ACID * OCTOWY KWAS
(POLISH) * VINEGAR ACID *
SECTION 3. - - - - - - - - - - HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION - - - - - - - - -
LABEL PRECAUTIONARY STATEMENTS
COMBUSTIBLE (USA)
FLAMMABLE (EU)
CORROSIVE
CAUSES SEVERE BURNS.
HARMFUL IN CONTACT WITH SKIN.
LACHRYMATOR.
TARGET ORGAN(S):
TEETH
KIDNEYS
KEEP AWAY FROM SOURCES OF IGNITION - NO SMOKING.
IN CASE OF ACCIDENT OR IF YOU FEEL UNWELL, SEEK MEDICAL ADVICE
IMMEDIATELY (SHOW THE LABEL WHERE POSSIBLE).
IN CASE OF CONTACT WITH EYES, RINSE IMMEDIATELY WITH PLENTY OF
WATER AND SEEK MEDICAL ADVICE.
WEAR SUITABLE PROTECTIVE CLOTHING, GLOVES AND EYE/FACE
PROTECTION.
SECTION 4. - - - - - - - - - - FIRST-AID MEASURES- - - - - - - - - - -
IF SWALLOWED, WASH OUT MOUTH WITH WATER PROVIDED PERSON IS CONSCIOUS.
CALL A PHYSICIAN.
DO NOT INDUCE VOMITING.
IF INHALED, REMOVE TO FRESH AIR. IF NOT BREATHING GIVE ARTIFICIAL
RESPIRATION. IF BREATHING IS DIFFICULT, GIVE OXYGEN.
IN CASE OF SKIN CONTACT, FLUSH WITH COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF WATER
FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES. REMOVE CONTAMINATED CLOTHING AND
SHOES. CALL A PHYSICIAN.
IN CASE OF CONTACT WITH EYES, FLUSH WITH COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF WATER
FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES. ASSURE ADEQUATE FLUSHING BY SEPARATING
THE EYELIDS WITH FINGERS. CALL A PHYSICIAN.
SECTION 5. - - - - - - - - - FIRE FIGHTING MEASURES - - - - - - - - - -
EXTINGUISHING MEDIA
CARBON DIOXIDE, DRY CHEMICAL POWDER OR APPROPRIATE FOAM.
SPECIAL FIREFIGHTING PROCEDURES
WEAR SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS AND PROTECTIVE CLOTHING TO
PREVENT CONTACT WITH SKIN AND EYES.
UNUSUAL FIRE AND EXPLOSIONS HAZARDS
COMBUSTIBLE LIQUID.
EMITS TOXIC FUMES UNDER FIRE CONDITIONS.
SECTION 6. - - - - - - - - ACCIDENTAL RELEASE MEASURES- - - - - - - - -
WEAR SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS, RUBBER BOOTS AND HEAVY
RUBBER GLOVES.
COVER WITH DRY LIME OR SODA ASH, PICK UP, KEEP IN A CLOSED CONTAINER
AND HOLD FOR WASTE DISPOSAL.
VENTILATE AREA AND WASH SPILL SITE AFTER MATERIAL PICKUP IS COMPLETE.
EVACUATE AREA.
SECTION 7. - - - - - - - - - - HANDLING AND STORAGE- - - - - - - - - - -
REFER TO SECTION 8.
SECTION 8. - - - - - - EXPOSURE CONTROLS/PERSONAL PROTECTION- - - - - -
SAFETY SHOWER AND EYE BATH.
USE ONLY IN A CHEMICAL FUME HOOD.
WASH CONTAMINATED CLOTHING BEFORE REUSE.
DISCARD CONTAMINATED SHOES.
WASH THOROUGHLY AFTER HANDLING.
DO NOT BREATHE VAPOR.
DO NOT GET IN EYES, ON SKIN, ON CLOTHING.
AVOID PROLONGED OR REPEATED EXPOSURE.
NIOSH/MSHA-APPROVED RESPIRATOR.
COMPATIBLE CHEMICAL-RESISTANT GLOVES.
CHEMICAL SAFETY GOGGLES.
FACESHIELD (8-INCH MINIMUM).
KEEP TIGHTLY CLOSED.
STORE IN A COOL DRY PLACE.
SECTION 9. - - - - - - - PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES - - - - - - -
APPEARANCE AND ODOR
LIQUID.
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
BOILING POINT: 117 - 118 C
MELTING POINT: 16.2 C
FLASHPOINT 104F
40C
EXPLOSION LIMITS IN AIR:
UPPER 19.9 %
LOWER 4 %
VAPOR PRESSURE: 11.4 MMHG @ 20 C
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: 1.049
VAPOR DENSITY: 2.07 G/L
SECTION 10. - - - - - - - - -STABILITY AND REACTIVITY - - - - - - - - -
STABILITY
STABLE.
INCOMPATIBILITIES
PROTECT FROM MOISTURE.
OXIDIZING AGENTS
SOLUBLE CARBONATES AND PHOSPHATES
HYDROXIDES
OXIDES
METALS
PEROXIDES
PERMANGANATES
AMINES
ALCOHOLS
HAZARDOUS COMBUSTION OR DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS
CARBON MONOXIDE, CARBON DIOXIDE
HAZARDOUS POLYMERIZATION
WILL NOT OCCUR.
SECTION 11. - - - - - - - - - TOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION - - - - - - - -
ACUTE EFFECTS
CAUSES BURNS.
HARMFUL IF ABSORBED THROUGH SKIN.
MAY BE HARMFUL IF INHALED.
MATERIAL IS EXTREMELY DESTRUCTIVE TO THE TISSUE OF THE MUCOUS MEMBRANES
AND UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT.
MAY BE HARMFUL IF SWALLOWED.
MATERIAL IS EXTREMELY DESTRUCTIVE TO TISSUE OF THE MUCOUS MEMBRANES
AND UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT, EYES AND SKIN.
INHALATION MAY RESULT IN SPASM, INFLAMMATION AND EDEMA OF THE
LARYNX AND BRONCHI, CHEMICAL PNEUMONITIS AND PULMONARY EDEMA.
SYMPTOMS OF EXPOSURE MAY INCLUDE BURNING SENSATION, COUGHING,
WHEEZING, LARYNGITIS, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, HEADACHE, NAUSEA AND
VOMITING.
INGESTION OR INHALATION OF CONCENTRATED ACETIC ACID CAUSES DAMAGE TO
TISSUES OF THE RESPIRATORY AND DIGESTIVE TRACTS. SYMPTOMS INCLUDE:
HEMATEMESIS, BLOODY DIARRHEA, EDEMA AND/OR PERFORATION OF THE ESOPHAGUS
AND PYLORUS, HEMATURIA, ANURIA, UREMIA, ALBUMINURIA, HEMOLYSIS,
CONVULSIONS, BRONCHITIS, PULMONARY EDEMA, PNEUMONIA, CARDIOVASCULAR
COLLAPSE, SHOCK AND DEATH.
DIRECT CONTACT OR EXPOSURE TO HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF VAPOR WITH SKIN OR
EYES CAN CAUSE: ERYTHEMA, BLISTERS, TISSUE DESTRUCTION WITH SLOW
HEALING, SKIN BLACKENING, HYPERKERATOSIS, FISSURES, CORNEAL EROSION,
OPACIFICATION, IRITIS, CONJUNCTIVITIS AND POSSIBLE BLINDNESS.
TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE, THE CHEMICAL, PHYSICAL, AND
TOXICOLOGICAL PROPERTIES HAVE NOT BEEN THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED.
CHRONIC EFFECTS
TARGET ORGAN(S):
TEETH
KIDNEYS
RTECS #: AF1225000
ACETIC ACID
IRRITATION DATA
SKN-HMN 50 MG/24H MLD TXAPA9 31,481,1975
SKN-RBT 525 MG OPEN SEV UCDS** 8/7/1963
SKN-RBT 50 MG/24H MLD TXAPA9 31,481,1975
EYE-RBT 5 MG/30S RINSE MLD TXCYAC 23,281,1982
TOXICITY DATA
UNR-MAN LDLO:308 MG/KG 85DCAI 2,73,1970
ORL-RAT LD50:3310 MG/KG DMDJAP 31,276,1959
IHL-MUS LC50:5620 PPM/1H MELAAD 48,559,1957
IVN-MUS LD50:525 MG/KG APTOA6 18,141,1961
SKN-RBT LD50:1060 UL/KG UCDS** 8/7/1963
TARGET ORGAN DATA
SENSE ORGANS AND SPECIAL SENSES (OTHER OLFACTION EFFECTS)
SENSE ORGANS AND SPECIAL SENSES (OTHER EYE EFFECTS)
BEHAVIORAL (CONVULSIONS OR EFFECT ON SEIZURE THRESHOLD)
LUNGS, THORAX OR RESPIRATION (OTHER CHANGES)
GASTROINTESTINAL (CHANGES IN STRUCTURE OR FUNCTION OF ESOPHAGUS)
GASTROINTESTINAL (ULCERATION OR BLEEDING FROM SMALL INTESTINE)
GASTROINTESTINAL (ULCERATION OR BLEEDING FROM LARGE INTESTINE)
EFFECTS ON FERTILITY (MALE FERTILITY INDEX)
EFFECTS ON NEWBORN (BEHAVIORAL)
ONLY SELECTED REGISTRY OF TOXIC EFFECTS OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES
(RTECS) DATA IS PRESENTED HERE. SEE ACTUAL ENTRY IN RTECS FOR
COMPLETE INFORMATION.
SECTION 12. - - - - - - - - - ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION - - - - - - - - - -
DATA NOT YET AVAILABLE.
SECTION 13. - - - - - - - - - DISPOSAL CONSIDERATIONS - - - - - - - - -
THIS COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL MAY BE BURNED IN A CHEMICAL INCINERATOR
EQUIPPED WITH AN AFTERBURNER AND SCRUBBER.
OBSERVE ALL FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS.
SECTION 14. - - - - - - - - - - TRANSPORT INFORMATION - - - - - - - - -
CONTACT SIGMA CHEMICAL COMPANY FOR TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION.
SECTION 15. - - - - - - - - - REGULATORY INFORMATION - - - - - - - - - -
EUROPEAN INFORMATION
EC INDEX NO: 607-002-00-6
FLAMMABLE
CORROSIVE
R 10
FLAMMABLE.
R 35
CAUSES SEVERE BURNS.
S 23
DO NOT BREATHE VAPOR.
S 26
IN CASE OF CONTACT WITH EYES, RINSE IMMEDIATELY WITH PLENTY OF
WATER AND SEEK MEDICAL ADVICE.
S 45
IN CASE OF ACCIDENT OR IF YOU FEEL UNWELL, SEEK MEDICAL ADVICE
IMMEDIATELY (SHOW THE LABEL WHERE POSSIBLE).
REVIEWS, STANDARDS, AND REGULATIONS
OEL=MAK
ACGIH TLV-STEL 15 PPM DTLVS* TLV/BEI,1999
ACGIH TLV-TWA 10 PPM DTLVS* TLV/BEI,1999
EPA FIFRA 1988 PESTICIDE SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION OR RE-REGISTRATION
FEREAC 54,7740,1989
MSHA STANDARD-AIR:TWA 10 PPM (25 MG/M3)
DTLVS* 3,2,1971
OSHA PEL (GEN INDU):8H TWA 10 PPM (25 MG/M3)
CFRGBR 29,1910.1000,1994
OSHA PEL (CONSTRUC):8H TWA 10 PPM (25 MG/M3)
CFRGBR 29,1926.55,1994
OSHA PEL (SHIPYARD):8H TWA 10 PPM (25 MG/M3)
CFRGBR 29,1915.1000,1993
OSHA PEL (FED CONT):8H TWA 10 PPM (25 MG/M3)
CFRGBR 41,50-204.50,1994
OEL-AUSTRALIA: TWA 10 PPM (25 MG/M3), STEL 15 PPM, JAN1993
OEL-AUSTRIA: MAK 10 PPM (25 MG/M3), JAN1999
OEL-BELGIUM: TWA 10 PPM (25 MG/M3), STEL 15 PPM, JAN1993
OEL-DENMARK: TWA 10 PPM (25 MG/M3), JAN1999
OEL-FINLAND: TWA 10 PPM (25 MG/M3), STEL 15 PPM (37 MG/M3), SKIN,
JAN1993
OEL-FRANCE: VLE 10 PPM (25 MG/M3), JAN1999
OEL-GERMANY: MAK 10 PPM (25 MG/M3), JAN1999
OEL-HUNGARY: TWA 10 MG/M3, STEL 20 MG/M3, JAN1993
OEL-INDIA: TWA 10 PPM (25 MG/M3), STEL 15 PPM (37 MG/M3), JAN1993
OEL-JAPAN: OEL 10 PPM (25 MG/M3), JAN1999
OEL-THE NETHERLANDS: MAC-TGG 10 PPM (25 MG/M3), JAN1999
OEL-NORWAY: TWA 10 PPM (25 MG/M3), JAN1999
OEL-THE PHILIPPINES: TWA 10 PPM (25 MG/M3), JAN1993
OEL-POLAND: MAC(TWA) 5 MG/M3, MAC(STEL) 35 MG/M3, JAN1999
OEL-RUSSIA: TWA 10 PPM, STEL 5 MG/M3, SKIN, JAN1993
OEL-SWEDEN: NGV 5 PPM (13 MG/M3), KTV 10 PPM (25 MG/M3), JAN1999
OEL-SWITZERLAND: MAK-W 10 PPM (25 MG/M3), KZG-W 20 PPM (50 MG/M3),
JAN1999
OEL-THAILAND: TWA 10 PPM (25 MG/M3), JAN1993
OEL-TURKEY: TWA 10 PPM (25 MG/M3), JAN1993
OEL-UNITED KINGDOM: TWA 10 PPM (25 MG/M3), STEL 15 PPM (37 MG/M3),
SEP2000
OEL IN ARGENTINA, BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA CHECK ACGIH TLV;
OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM CHECK ACGIH TLV
NIOSH REL TO ACETIC ACID-AIR:10H TWA 10 PPM;STEL 15 PPM
NIOSH* DHHS #92-100,1992
NOHS 1974: HZD 01568; NIS 264; TNF 51469; NOS 150; TNE 486503
NOES 1983: HZD 01568; NIS 266; TNF 49403; NOS 169; TNE 907205; TFE
322123
EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, NEGATIVE: HISTIDINE REVERSION-AMES TEST
EPA TSCA SECTION 8(B) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
EPA TSCA SECTION 8(D) UNPUBLISHED HEALTH/SAFETY STUDIES
EPA TSCA SECTION 8(E) RISK NOTIFICATION, 8EHQ-0892-9237;8EHQ-0892-9238
EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JANUARY 2001
NIOSH ANALYTICAL METHOD, 1994: ACETIC ACID, 1603
OSHA ANALYTICAL METHOD #ID-118
SECTION 16. - - - - - - - - - - OTHER INFORMATION- - - - - - - - - - - -
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