FISHER SCIENTIFIC CHEMICAL -- MERCURIC CHLORIDE, M156 ======================================================= MSDS Safety Information ======================================================= FSC: 6810 NIIN: 00-477-2943 MSDS Date: 06/17/1997 MSDS Num: CHVMZ Product ID: MERCURIC CHLORIDE, M156 MFN: 02 Responsible Party Cage: 1B464 Name: FISHER SCIENTIFIC CHEMICAL Address: 1 REAGENT LANE City: FAIR LAWN NJ 07410 Info Phone Number: 201-769-7100 Emergency Phone Number: 201-796-7100;800-424-9300(CHEMTREC) Published: Y ======================================================= Contractor Summary ======================================================= Cage: 1B464 Name: FISHER SCIENTIFIC CO. CHEMICAL MFG DIV Address: 1 REAGENT LANE City: FAIR LAWN NJ 07410-2802 Phone: 201-796-7100 ======================================================= Item Description Information ======================================================= Item Name: MERCURIC CHLORIDE,ACS ======================================================= Ingredients ======================================================= Cas: 7487-94-7 RTECS #: OV9100000 Name: MERCURIC CHLORIDE (SARA 302/313) (CERCLA) LD50 (ORAL RAT): 1 MG/KG % Wt: 100 OSHA PEL: 0.1 MG (HG)/M3 ACGIH TLV: 0.025 MG(HG)/M3,S ------------------------------ Name: SUP DAT: DEATH MAY OCCUR IN THIS PHASE FROM RENAL FAILURE. MEAN LETHAL DOSE FOR ADULTS IS 1-4 G. CHRONIC: INHAL: ----------------------------- Name: ING 2: INHAL OVER LONG PERIOD MAY CAUSE MERCURIALISM & MAY INCL TREMORS, SALIVATION, INFLAMM OF MOUTH, LOOSENING ----------------------------- Name: ING 3: OF TEETH, BLUE LINE ON GUMS, PAIN & NUMBNESS IN EXTREMITIES, DIARR, ANXIETY, HDCH, WT LOSS, DEPREE, ----------------------------- Name: ING 4: INSTABILITY & HALLUCINATIONS. SKIN MAY CAUSE IRRT & SENSIT DERM. MAY RSLT IN PSYCHIC DISTURB, PERIPHERAL ----------------------------- Name: ING 5: NEUROPATHY & KIDNEY DMG. EYE: NOT REPORTED IN HUMANS. INGEST: PRINCIPAL MANIFESTATIONS OF CHRONIC POIS ----------------------------- Name: ING 6: ARE METALLIC TASTE, EXCESS SALIVATION, GINGIVITIS, PYORRHEA W/LOOSENING OF TEETH, DIGESTIVE DISORDERS, ----------------------------- Name: ING 7: ABDOM DISTREE & SKIN ERUPTIONS PREGRESSING TO DERM. LIVER & KIDNEY DMG MAY OCCUR. PERSONALITY CHANGES ----------------------------- Name: ING 8: HAVE BEEN ASSOC W/CHRONIC MERCURIAL POIS. MERCURY APPEARS ON NAVY OCCUP CHEM REPRO HAZ LIST. SEEK CONSULT ----------------------------- Name: ING 9: FROM APPROP HLTH PROFESSIONALS CONCERNING LATEST HAZ LIST INFO & SAFE HANDLING & EXPOS INFO (FP N). ----------------------------- Name: ING 10: CONTACT NEHC FOR MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON HEALTH HAZARDS (FP N). ----------------------------- Name: FIRST AID PROC: EYE: WASH IMMED W/LGE AMTS OF WATER, OCCAS LIFTING UPPER & LOWER LIDS, UNTIL NO EVIDENCE OF ----------------------------- Name: ING 12: CHEM REMAINS (AT LEAST 15-20 MIN). CONTINUE IRRIGATING W/NORM SALINE UNTIL PH HAS RETURNED TO NORM ----------------------------- Name: ING 13: (30-60 MIN). COVER W/STERILE BANDAGES. GET MED ATTN IMMED. INGEST: REMOVE BY GASTRIC LAVAGE/EMESIS. ----------------------------- Name: ING 14: MAINTAIN BLOOD PRESS & AIRWAY. GIVE OXYGEN IF RESP DEPRESSED. DO NOT PERFORM GASTRIC LAVAGE/EMESIS IF ----------------------------- Name: ING 15: UNCON. GET MED ATTN IMMED. ADMIN OF GASTRIC LAVAGE/OXYGEN SHOOULD BE PERFORMED BY QUALIFIED MED PERS. ----------------------------- Name: ING 16: ANTIDOTE: MERCURY POIS: GIVE DIMERCAPROL, 3 MG/KG (OR 0.3 ML/10 KG) EVERY 4 HRS FOR FIRST 2 DAYS & THEN ----------------------------- Name: ING 17: 2 MG/KG EVERY 12 HRS FOR TOTAL OF 10 DAYS IF NEC. DIMERCAPROL IS AVAIL AS 10% SOLN IN OIL FOR INTRAMUSC ----------------------------- Name: ING 18: ADMIN. HEMODIALYSIS WILL SPEED REMOVAL OF MERCURY-DIMECAPROL COMPLEX. PENICILLAMINE IS ALSO EFFECTIVE. ----------------------------- Name: ING 19: GIVE UP TO 100 MG/KG/DAY (MAX 1 G/DAY) DIVIDED INTO 4 DOSES FOR NO LONGER THAN 1 WK. IF LONGER ADMIN ----------------------------- Name: ING 20: PERIOD IS WARRANTED, DOSAGE SHOULD NOT EXCEED 40 MG/KG/DAY. GIVE DRUG ORALLY HALF HR BEFORE MEALS. A ----------------------------- Name: ING 21: CHELATING AGENT SHOULD BE CONTINUED UNTIL URINE-MERCURY LEVEL FALLS < 50 UG/24HRS. ANTIDOTE SHOULD BE ----------------------------- Name: ING 22: ADMINISTERED BY QUALIFIED MEDICAL PERSONNEL. ----------------------------- Name: SPILL PROC: AHEAD OF SPILL FOR LATER DISP. ISOLATE HAZ AREA & DENY ENTRY. REPORTABLE QUANTITY (RQ): 1 POUND. ----------------------------- Name: WASTE DISP METH: TOXICITY CHARACTERISTIC & MUST BE DISP OF I/A/W 40 CFR PART 262. EPA HAZARDOUS WASTE NUMBER D009. ======================================================= Health Hazards Data ======================================================= LD50 LC50 Mixture: SEE INGREDIENT 1. Route Of Entry Inds - Inhalation: YES Skin: YES Ingestion: YES Carcinogenicity Inds - NTP: NO IARC: NO OSHA: NO Effects of Exposure: ACUTE: INHAL: IRRIT/NEUROTOXIN/NEPHROTOXIN. 28 MG/M3 IDLH. HIGH DUST CONCS MAY CAUSE SORE THROAT, COUGH, DYSPNEA, LABORED BRTHG & DELAYED PULM EDEMA. HIGH VAP CONC CAN CAUSE IMMED DYSPNEA, COUGH, FEVE R, NAUS, VOMIT, DIARR, INFLAMM OF MOUTH, SALIVATION & METALLIC TASTE. SKIN: MAY CAUSE REDNESS & (EFTS OF OVEREXP) Explanation Of Carcinogenicity: NOT RELEVANT. Signs And Symptions Of Overexposure: HLTH HAZ: IRRIT. SENSIT DERM MAY OCCUR. MAY BE ABSORBED THRU INTACT SKIN CAUSING ANURIA. EYE: DIRECT CONT HAS CAUSED SEV BURNS IN HUMAN EYES. IN VERY RARE INSTANCES VISION HAS RECOVERED, DESPITE SEV D MG & NECROSIS. INGEST: NECROSIS BEGINS IMMED IN MOUTH, THROAT, ESOPHAGUS & STOM. W/IN FEW MIN, VIOLENT PAIN, (SUP DAT) Medical Cond Aggravated By Exposure: NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER. First Aid: INHAL: REMOVE TO FRESH AIR IMMED. IF BRTHG STOPPED, GIVE ARTF RESP. MAINTAIN AIRWAY & BLOOD PRESS & ADMIN OXYGEN IF AVAIL. KEEP WARM & AT REST. TREAT SYMPTOMATICALLY & SUPPORTIVELY. ADMIN OF OXYGEN SH OULD BE PERFORMED BY QUALIFIED PERS. GET MED ATTN IMMED. SKIN: REMOVE CONTAM CLTHG & SHOES IMMED. WASH AREA W/SOAP & WATER UNTIL NO EVIDENCE OF CHEM REMAINS (15-20 MIN). GET MED ATTN IMMED. ======================================================= Handling and Disposal ======================================================= Spill Release Procedures: DO NOT TOUCH MATL. STOP LEAK IF W/OUT RISK. SML SPILL: TAKE UP W/SAND/OTHER ABSORB MATL & PLACE INTO CONTNRS FOR DISP. SML DRY SPILL: W/CLEAN SHOVEL PLACE MATL INTO CLEAN, DRY CONTR & COVER. MOVE CONT R FROM SPILL AREA. LGE SPILL: DIKE FAR Neutralizing Agent: NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER. Waste Disposal Methods: OBSERVE ALL FED, STATE & LOC REGS. FOR ASSIST CONT DISTRICT DIRECTOR OF ENVIRON PROT AGENCY. MERCURY-REGULATORY LEVEL: 0.2 MG/L (TCLP-40 CFR 261 APPENDIX II). MATLS WHICH CONTAIN ABOVE SUBSTANCE AT/AB OVE TCLP REGULATORY LEVEL MEET EPA (ING25) Handling And Storage Precautions: OBSERVE ALL FEDERAL, STATE & LOCAL REGULATIONS. MAY BURN BUT DOES NOT IGNITE READILY. PREVENT DISPERSION OF DUST IN AIR. Other Precautions: DO NOT ALLOW SPILLED MATERIAL TO CONTAMINATE WATER SOURCES. ======================================================= Fire and Explosion Hazard Information ======================================================= Flash Point Text: NON-FLAMMABLE Extinguishing Media: DRY CHEMICAL, CARBON DIOXIDE, WATER SPRAY OR REGULAR FOAM. FOR LARGER FIRES, USE WATER SPRAY, FOG OR REGULAR FOAM. Fire Fighting Procedures: WEAR NIOSH APPRVD SCBA & FULL PROT EQUIP (FP N). MOVE CONTR FROM FIRE IF POSS. USE WATER IN FLOODING AMTS AS FOG. AVOID BRTHG POIS DUSTS & FUMES FROM FIRE. Unusual Fire/Explosion Hazard: NEGLIGIBLE FIRE HAZARD WHEN EXPOSED TO HEAT OR FLAME. ======================================================= Control Measures ======================================================= Respiratory Protection: RESP MUST BE NIOSH APPRVD. MERCURY VAP: 0.5 MG/M3: ANY CHEM CATRIDGE RESP W/CARTRIDGES PROVIDING PROT AGAINST MERCURY VAP; 1,25 MG/M3: ANY SUPP-AIR RESP OPERATED IN CONTINUOUS-FLOW MODE. CONT NEHC FO R COMPLETE LIST OF APPRVD RESPS (FP N). Ventilation: PROVIDE LOCAL EXHAUST VENTILATION SYSTEM TO MEET PUBLISHED EXPOSURE LIMITS. Protective Gloves: IMPERVIOUS GLOVES (FP N). Eye Protection: ANSI APPRVD CHEM WORKERS GOGGLES (FP N). Other Protective Equipment: NIOSH APPRVD EMER EYEWASH & DELUGE SHOWER (FP N). WEAR APPROP PROT (IMPERVIOUS) CLTHG & EQUIP TO PVNT SKIN CONT. Work Hygienic Practices: NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER. Supplemental Safety and Health: EFTS OF OVEREXP: PROFUSE VOMIT & SEV PURGING MAY OCCUR. PATIENT MAY DIE W/IN FEW MIN FROM FLUID/ELECTROLYTE LOSSES & PERIPHERAL VASCULAR COLLASPE, BUT DEATH USUALLY DELAYED 5-12 DAYS. IF VICTIM SURVIV ES THIS PHASE, PRIMARY GI DISTURB USUALLY SUBSIDE. SECOND PHASE COMMONLY DEVELOPS W/IN 1-3 DAYS AFTER EXPOS. ======================================================= Physical/Chemical Properties ======================================================= B.P. Text: 576F,302C M.P/F.P Text: 529F,276C Spec Gravity: 5.0 PH: 4.7 Solubility in Water: 6.9% Appearance and Odor: ODORLESS, WHITE CRYSTALS OR POWDER ======================================================= Reactivity Data ======================================================= Stability Indicator: YES Stability Condition To Avoid: STABLE UNDER NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND PRESSURES. Materials To Avoid: POTASSIUM AND SODIUM: STRONG EXPLOSION ON IMPACT. Hazardous Decomposition Products: THERMAL DECOMPOSITION MAY RELEASE CORROSIVE HYDROGEN CHLORIDE. Hazardous Polymerization Indicator: NO Conditions To Avoid Polymerization: NOT RELEVANT. ======================================================= Toxicological Information ======================================================= ======================================================= Ecological Information ======================================================= ======================================================= MSDS Transport Information ======================================================= ======================================================= Regulatory Information ======================================================= ======================================================= Other Information ======================================================= ======================================================= HAZCOM Label ======================================================= Product ID: MERCURIC CHLORIDE, M156 Cage: 1B464 Company Name: FISHER SCIENTIFIC CO. CHEMICAL MFG DIV Street: 1 REAGENT LANE City: FAIR LAWN NJ Zipcode: 07410-2802 Health Emergency Phone: 201-796-7100;800-424-9300(CHEMTREC) Label Required IND: Y Date Of Label Review: 08/20/1998 Status Code: C Label Date: 08/20/1998 Origination Chronic Hazard IND: Y Eye Protection IND: YES Skin Protection IND: YES Signal Word: DANGER Respiratory Protection IND: YES Health Hazard: Severe Contact Hazard: Severe Fire Hazard: Slight Reactivity Hazard: None Hazard And Precautions: POISON. ACUTE:INHAL:IRRIT/NEUROTOXIN/NEPHROTOXIN. 28 MG.M3 IDLH. HIGH DUST CONCS MAY CAUASE SORE THROAT, COUGH, DYSPNEA, LABORED BRTHG & DELAYED PULM EDEMA. HIGH CONC VAP CAN CAUSE IMMED DYSPNEA, COUG H, FEVER, NAUS, VOMIT, DIARR, INFLAMM OF MOUTH, SALIVATION & METALLIC TASTE. SKIN:MAY CAUSE REDNESS & IRRIT. CAN BE ABSORBED. EYE CONT:SEV BURNS. INGEST:IMMED NECROSIS OF MOUTH, THROAT, ESOPHAGUS & ST OM, FOLLOWED BY PAIN & VOMIT. CHRONIC:OVEREXP CAN CAUSE MERCURIAL POIS W/TREMORS, LOOSENING OF TEETH, BLUE LINE ON GUMS, NUMBNESS IN EXTREMITITES, ANXIETY, WT LOSS, DEPREE & HALLUCINATIONS. MERCURY AP PEARS ON NAVY OCCUP CHEM REPRO HAZS LIST (FP N). ======================================================= Disclaimer (provided with this information by the compiling agencies): This information is formulated for use by elements of the Department of Defense. The United States of America in no manner whatsoever expressly or implied warrants, states, or intends said information to have any application, use or viability by or to any person or persons outside the Department of Defense nor any person or persons contracting with any instrumentality of the United States of America and disclaims all liability for such use. 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