Valid 05/2001 - 07/2001
Aldrich Chemical Co., Inc.
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Milwaukee, WI 53233 USA
Tel: 414-273-3850
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 #: 422975
NAME: AMMONIA-D3, 99 ATOM % D
SECTION 2. - - - - - COMPOSITION/INFORMATION ON INGREDIENTS - - - - - -
CAS #: 13550-49-7
MF: D3N
EC NO: 236-926-9
RTECS DATA AND SYNONYMS SUPPLIED ARE FOR A CLOSELY RELATED COMPOUND.
SECTION 3. - - - - - - - - - - HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION - - - - - - - - -
LABEL PRECAUTIONARY STATEMENTS
CORROSIVE
CAUSES BURNS.
HARMFUL BY INHALATION, IN CONTACT WITH SKIN AND IF SWALLOWED.
RISK OF EXPLOSION IF HEATED UNDER CONFINEMENT.
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.
TAKE OFF IMMEDIATELY ALL CONTAMINATED CLOTHING.
WEAR SUITABLE PROTECTIVE CLOTHING, GLOVES AND EYE/FACE
PROTECTION.
STORE AWAY FROM HEAT.
HYGROSCOPIC
KEEP TIGHTLY CLOSED.
SECTION 4. - - - - - - - - - - FIRST-AID MEASURES- - - - - - - - - - -
IN CASE OF CONTACT, IMMEDIATELY FLUSH EYES OR SKIN WITH COPIOUS
AMOUNTS OF WATER FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES WHILE REMOVING CONTAMINATED
CLOTHING AND SHOES.
ASSURE ADEQUATE FLUSHING OF THE EYES BY SEPARATING THE EYELIDS
WITH FINGERS.
IF INHALED, REMOVE TO FRESH AIR. IF NOT BREATHING GIVE ARTIFICIAL
RESPIRATION. IF BREATHING IS DIFFICULT, GIVE OXYGEN.
IF SWALLOWED, WASH OUT MOUTH WITH WATER PROVIDED PERSON IS CONSCIOUS.
CALL A PHYSICIAN.
DISCARD CONTAMINATED CLOTHING AND SHOES.
SECTION 5. - - - - - - - - - FIRE FIGHTING MEASURES - - - - - - - - - -
EXTINGUISHING MEDIA
DO NOT EXTINGUISH BURNING GAS IF FLOW CANNOT BE SHUT OFF IMMEDIATELY.
USE WATER SPRAY OR FOG NOZZLE TO KEEP CYLINDER COOL. MOVE CYLINDER
AWAY FROM FIRE IF THERE IS NO RISK.
SPECIAL FIREFIGHTING PROCEDURES
WEAR SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS AND PROTECTIVE CLOTHING TO
PREVENT CONTACT WITH SKIN AND EYES.
DANGER: CORROSIVE AND TOXIC LIQUID AND GAS UNDER PRESSURE.
NONFLAMMABLE GAS.
UNUSUAL FIRE AND EXPLOSIONS HAZARDS
FORMS EXPLOSIVE MIXTURES IN AIR.
EMITS TOXIC FUMES UNDER FIRE CONDITIONS.
SECTION 6. - - - - - - - - ACCIDENTAL RELEASE MEASURES- - - - - - - - -
EVACUATE AREA AND KEEP PERSONNEL UPWIND.
WEAR FULL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT SUCH AS, A BUTYL RUBBER CHEMICAL-PROOF
AIR SUIT, WITH BREATHING AIR SUPPLIED.
SHUT OFF LEAK IF THERE IS NO RISK.
VENTILATE AREA AND WASH SPILL SITE AFTER MATERIAL PICKUP IS COMPLETE.
SECTION 7. - - - - - - - - - - HANDLING AND STORAGE- - - - - - - - - - -
REFER TO SECTION 8.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
WARNING: AMMONIA REACTS VIOLENTLY, OR PRODUCES EXPLOSIVE PRODUCTS
WITH ALL FOUR HALOGENS AND WITH SOME OF THE INTERHALOGENS SUCH AS
BROMINE PENTAFLUORIDE, CHLORINE TRIFLUORIDE. IT REACTS WITH SOME
HEAVY METALS AND THEIR SALTS (I.E. MERCURY, SILVER, GOLD) TO PRODUCE
MATERIALS OF A SOMETIMES UNKNOWN COMPOSITION THAT ARE SHOCK-SENSITIVE
AND MAY EXPLODE WHEN DRY. AT AMBIENT TEMPERATURE, AMMONIA GAS REACTS
EXOTHERMICALLY WITH CALCIUM, BUT IF WARMED THE LATTER BECOMES
INCANDESCENT. REACTION OF AMMONIA WITH 2-NITRO, 4-NITRO OR 2,4-
DINITRO CHLOROBENZENE MAY RESULT IN VIOLENT RUNAWAY REACTIONS
PRODUCING HIGH INTERNAL PRESSURES CAUSING RUPTURE OF EQUIPMENT.
REACTION WITH TELLURIUM TETRABROMIDE OR TETRACHLORIDE FORMS TELLURIUM
NITRIDE WHICH EXPLODES ON HEATING. THIOTRITHIAZYL CHLORIDE RAPIDLY
ABSORBED AMMONIA GAS AND THEN EXPLODED. A HEATED MIXTURE OF STIBINE
AND AMMONIA EXPLODES. TETRAMETHYLAMMONIUM AMIDE DECOMPOSES
EXPLOSIVELY AT AMBIENT TEMPERATURE IN THE PRESENCE OF AMMONIA.
THIOCARBONYL AZIDE THIOCYANATE REACTS EXPLOSIVELY WITH AMMONIA GAS.
AMMONIA GAS REACTS VIOLENTLY WHEN MIXED WITH: MAGNESIUM PERCHLORATE,
POTASSIUM CHLORATE, NITRYL CHLORIDE, DICHLORINE OXIDE, CHROMYL
CHLORIDE, CHROMIUM TRIOXIDE, TRIOXYGEN DIFLUORIDE, NITRIC ACID,
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE, AMMONIUM PERSULFATE, NITRIC OXIDE, NITROGEN
DIOXIDE, PENTABORANE, BORON TRIHALIDES, CHLORINE AZIDE OR
CHLOROFORMAMIDINIUM NITRATE.
SECTION 8. - - - - - - EXPOSURE CONTROLS/PERSONAL PROTECTION- - - - - -
CHEMICAL SAFETY GOGGLES.
COMPATIBLE CHEMICAL-RESISTANT GLOVES.
NIOSH/MSHA-APPROVED RESPIRATOR IN NONVENTILATED AREAS AND/OR FOR
EXPOSURE ABOVE THE ACGIH TLV.
MECHANICAL EXHAUST REQUIRED.
SAFETY SHOWER AND EYE BATH.
DO NOT BREATHE GAS.
DO NOT GET IN EYES, ON SKIN, ON CLOTHING.
AVOID PROLONGED OR REPEATED EXPOSURE.
WASH THOROUGHLY AFTER HANDLING.
CORROSIVE.
TOXIC.
KEEP TIGHTLY CLOSED.
CYLINDER TEMPERATURE SHOULD NOT EXCEED 125 F(52 C).
STORE AND USE WITH ADEQUATE VENTILATION.
USE WITH EQUIPMENT RATED FOR CYLINDER PRESSURE, AND OF COMPATIBLE
MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION. CLOSE VALVE WHEN NOT IN USE AND WHEN EMPTY.
MAKE SURE CYLINDER IS PROPERLY SECURED WHEN IN USE OR STORED.
WARNING: SUCK-BACK INTO CYLINDER MAY CAUSE RUPTURE.
USE BACK-FLOW-PREVENTIVE DEVICE IN PIPING.
SECTION 9. - - - - - - - PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES - - - - - - -
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
BOILING POINT: -33 C
MELTING POINT: -78 C
AUTOIGNITION TEMPERATURE: 1203 F
VAPOR PRESSURE: 4802MM 15.5 C
VAPOR DENSITY: .6
SECTION 10. - - - - - - - - -STABILITY AND REACTIVITY - - - - - - - - -
INCOMPATIBILITIES
HALOGENS
ACID CHLORIDES
ACIDS
ACID ANHYDRIDES
OXIDIZING AGENTS
CHLOROFORMATES
GALVANIZED IRON
REACTS WITH:
ZINC
COPPER
TIN
AND THEIR ALLOYS.
PROTECT FROM MOISTURE.
HAZARDOUS COMBUSTION OR DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS
AMMONIA
SECTION 11. - - - - - - - - - TOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION - - - - - - - -
ACUTE EFFECTS
HARMFUL IF SWALLOWED, INHALED, OR ABSORBED THROUGH SKIN.
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.
RTECS DATA AND SYNONYMS SUPPLIED ARE FOR A CLOSELY RELATED COMPOUND.
SECTION 12. - - - - - - - - - ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION - - - - - - - - - -
DATA NOT YET AVAILABLE.
SECTION 13. - - - - - - - - - DISPOSAL CONSIDERATIONS - - - - - - - - -
CAUTION: NO-RETURN CYLINDER. DO NOT REUSE. EMPTY CYLINDER WILL CONTAIN
HAZARDOUS RESIDUE. FOLLOW PROPER DISPOSAL TECHNIQUES.
OBSERVE ALL FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS.
SECTION 14. - - - - - - - - - - TRANSPORT INFORMATION - - - - - - - - -
CONTACT ALDRICH CHEMICAL COMPANY FOR TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION.
SECTION 15. - - - - - - - - - REGULATORY INFORMATION - - - - - - - - - -
EUROPEAN INFORMATION
CORROSIVE
R 34
CAUSES BURNS.
R 20/21/22
HARMFUL BY INHALATION, IN CONTACT WITH SKIN AND IF SWALLOWED.
R 44
RISK OF EXPLOSION IF HEATED UNDER CONFINEMENT.
S 45
IN CASE OF ACCIDENT OR IF YOU FEEL UNWELL, SEEK MEDICAL ADVICE
IMMEDIATELY (SHOW THE LABEL WHERE POSSIBLE).
S 26
IN CASE OF CONTACT WITH EYES, RINSE IMMEDIATELY WITH PLENTY OF
WATER AND SEEK MEDICAL ADVICE.
S 27
TAKE OFF IMMEDIATELY ALL CONTAMINATED CLOTHING.
S 36/37/39
WEAR SUITABLE PROTECTIVE CLOTHING, GLOVES AND EYE/FACE
PROTECTION.
RTECS DATA AND SYNONYMS SUPPLIED ARE FOR A CLOSELY RELATED COMPOUND.
SECTION 16. - - - - - - - - - - OTHER INFORMATION- - - - - - - - - - - -
THE ABOVE INFORMATION IS BELIEVED TO BE CORRECT BUT DOES NOT PURPORT TO
BE ALL INCLUSIVE AND SHALL BE USED ONLY AS A GUIDE. SIGMA, ALDRICH,
FLUKA SHALL NOT BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE RESULTING FROM HANDLING
OR FROM CONTACT WITH THE ABOVE PRODUCT. SEE REVERSE SIDE OF INVOICE OR
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