=====================  Product Identification  =====================

MSDS NAME:N-METHYL PYRROLIDONE
NIIN:00N072153
MSDS Number: CDZQC
=== Responsible Party ===
Company:VAN WATERS AND ROGERS INC
Address:6100 CARILLON PT
City:KIRKLAND
State:WA
ZIP:98033
Country:US
Info Phone Num:206-889-3712
Emergency Phone Num:206-889-3712
CAGE:0STM5
=== Contractor Identification ===
Company:VOPAK USA INC
Address:6100 CARILLON POINT
Box:City:KIRKLAND
State:WA
ZIP:98033-7357
Country:US
Phone:425-889-3400/425-889-3617
CAGE:0STM5

=============  Composition/Information on Ingredients  =============

Name:2-PYRROLIDINONE, 1-METHYL-; (N-METHYLPYRROLIDONE)
CAS:872-50-4
RTECS #:UY5790000
Fraction by Wt: 99.6%
OSHA PEL:N/K 
ACGIH TLV:N/K 

Name:SUPDAT:BACK TO VAP SOURCE. FINE SPRAYS/MISTS MAY BE COMBUST
    @ TEMPS BELOW NORMAL FLASH POINT.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:EFTS OF OVEREXP:5 DAYS/WK FOR 4 WKS DEVELOPED EXCESS
    MORTALITY, FOCAL PNEUM, BONE MARROW HYPOPLASIA & ATROPHY OF (ING 4)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:ING 3:LYMPHOID TISS. RPTD TO BE FETOXTOXIC & TO INCR
    INCIDENCE OF SKELETAL ABNORM WHEN ADMIN DERMALLY TO RATS (ING 5)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:ING 4:DURING GESTATION (FUND. & APPL. TOX 2:73-6, 1982) AT
    VRY HIGH RPTD ORAL DOSAGES (750 MG/KG), LITTERS WERE(ING 6)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:ING 5:REDUCED IN NUMBER & INDIVIDUAL PUPS WEIGHED LESS.
    SOME SKELETAL ABNORMALITIES WERE SEEN. THIS HAS ALSO (ING 7)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:ING 6:BEEN OBSERVED IN MICE USING INTRAPERITONEAL INJECTION
    (ROUTE OF ADMIN OF QUESTIONABLE SIGNIFICANCE TO (ING 8)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:ING 7:HUMANS), ALSO @ HIGH DOSAGES WHICH ALSO CAUSE TOX
    EFTS IN THE MOTHER ANIMAL. RPTD TO CAUSE ANEUPLOIDY IN (ING 9)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:ING 8:SACCHAROMYCES, BUT IS NOT MUTAGENIC IN AMES TEST.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:FIRST AID PROC:INGEST:IF LG QTYS SWALLOWED, GIVE LUKEWARM
    WATER (PINT/1/2 LITRE) IF VICTIM COMPLETELY CONSCIOUS/(ING 11)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:ING 10:ALERT. DO NOT INDUCE VOMIT. RISK OF DMG TO LUNGS
    EXCEEDS POIS RISK. OBTAIN EMER MED ATTN. NOTE TO PHYS: (ING 12)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:ING 11:TREAT SKIN & EYE BURNS/IRRIT CONVENTIONALLY AFTER
    DECONTAM. CONTINUE TO RINSE EYE W/CLEAN WATER FOR 20-30(ING 13)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:ING 12:MINS, RETRACTING EYELIDS OFTEN. CONT OPHTHALMOLOGIST
    IMMED. PHYSICIAN'S DETOXIFICATION PROC:TREAT SKIN (ING 14)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:ING 13:AND EYE BURNS/IRRITATION CONVENTIONALLY AFTER
    DECONTAM.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:SPILL PROC:FIREFIGHTING FOAM. RESTRICT WATER USE FOR
    CLEANUP. IMPOUND, RECOVER LG LAND SPILL. SOAK UP SM SPILLS (ING 16)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:ING 15:W/INERT SOLIDS. USE SUITABLE DISP CNTNRS. ON WATER,
    MATL IS SOL & MAY FLOAT/SINK. CNTN/COLLECT RAPIDLY TO(ING 17)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:ING 16:MINIMIZE DISPERSION. DISPERSE RESIDUE. REPORT PER
    REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:WASTE DISP METH:TRANSPORTERS. BURN CONCENTRATED LIQS. AVOID
    FLAME-OUTS. ASSURE EMISSIONS COMPLY W/APPLIC REGS. (ING 19)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:ING 18:DILUTE AQUEOUS WASTE MAY BIODEGRADE. AVOID
    OVERLOADING/POIS PLANT BIOMASS. ASSURE EFFLUENT COMPLIES (ING 20)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:ING 19:WITH APPLICABLE REGULATIONS.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:OTHER PREC:SYS/EQUIP BEFORE MAINTENANCE/REPAIR. WEAR REC
    PERSONAL PROT EQUIP. OBSERVE PREC PERTAINING TO (ING 22)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:ING 21:CONFINED SPACE ENTRY. DO NOT TAKE INTERNALLY.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:VENT:GENERATED BELOW FLASH POINT OF HIGH BOILING LIQUIDS.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:HYGIENE PRACT:OR USING TOILET FACILITIES. PROMPTLY REMOVE
    SOILED CLTHG/WASH THOROUGHLY BEFORE REUSE. EQUIP MUST (ING 25)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Name:ING 24:BE CLEANED THOROUGHLY AFTER EACH USE. WASH
    THOROUGHLY WITH SOAP AND WATER.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

=====================  Hazards Identification  =====================

LD50 LC50 Mixture:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.
Routes of Entry: Inhalation:YES  Skin:YES  Ingestion:YES
Reports of Carcinogenicity:NTP:NO    IARC:NO	OSHA:NO
Health Hazards Acute and Chronic:ACUTE:EYE:MAY CAUSE MOD IRRIT, INCL
    BURNING SENSATION, TEARING, REDNESS/SWELL. SKIN
    ABSORP:EXTENSIVE/PRLNGD/RPTD EXPOS TO MATL CAN RSLT IN SIGNIFICANT
    ABSORP. SKIN:MAY CAUSE DELAYED IRRIT & BLISTERING . INGEST:MAY BE
    SLIGHT HLTH HAZ IF INGESTED IN LARGE QUANTITIES. CHRONIC:RPTD TO BE
    FETOTOXIC AND (EFTS OF OVEREXP)
Explanation of Carcinogenicity:NOT RELEVANT.
Effects of Overexposure:HLTH HAZ:TERATOGENIC BY DERMAL BUT NOT INHAL
    EXPOS. SPEC HLTH EFTS:MATL/ITS EMISSIONS MAY AFFECT PREGNANCY
    AND/OR FETAL DEVELOPMENT. HUMAN EXPERIENCE HAS DEMONSTRATED
    REDNESS, CRACKING & BLISTERING OF  SKIN THRU RPTD/PRLNGD CONT WITH
    MATL. RATES EXPOS TO AEROSOL-VAP MIX OF MATL @ 1.0 MG/L(1 G/M3) FOR
    6 HR/DAY, (ING 3)
Medical Cond Aggravated by Exposure:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.

=======================  First Aid Measures  =======================

First Aid:INHAL:REMOVE TO FRESH AIR IMMED. GIVE OXYG/ARTF RESP AS
    NEEDED. OBTAIN EMER MED ATTN. PROMPT ACTION IS ESSNTL. EYE:IMMED
    RINSE W/CLEAN WATER FOR @ LST 15 MINS. RETRACT EYELIDS OFTEN.
    OBTAIN EMER MED A TTN. SKIN:IMMED REMOVE CONTAMD CLTHG. WASH
    THOROUGHLY W/MILD SOAP & WATER. FLUSH W/LUKEWARM WATER FOR 15 MINS.
    IF STICKY, USE WATERLESS CLEANER FIRST. SEEK MED ATTN IF ILL
    EFTS/IRRIT DEVELOPS.(ING 10)

=====================  Fire Fighting Measures  =====================

Flash Point Method:CC
Flash Point:199F,93C
Lower Limits:1.3%
Upper Limits:9.5%
Extinguishing Media:DRY CHEMICAL, CO*2, WATER SPRAY, FOAM FOR ALCOHOLS,
    FOAM. USE WATERSPRAY/WATERFOG FOR COOLING.
Fire Fighting Procedures:NIOSH APPRVD SCBA & FULL PROT EQUIP . FIGHT
    FROM SAFE DIST/PROTECTED LOCATION. HEAT MAY BUILD ENOUGH PRESS TO
    RUPTURE CLSD CNTNRS/SPREADING FIRE/ (SUPDAT)
Unusual Fire/Explosion Hazard:WHEN HEATED ABOVE FLASH POINT, RELEASES
    FLAMM VAPS. WHEN MIXED W/AIR & EXPOSED TO IGNIT SOURCE, VAPS CAN
    BURN IN OPEN/EXPLODE IF CONFINED. VAPS MAY BE (SUPDAT)

==================  Accidental Release Measures  ==================

Spill Release Procedures:COMBUST LIQ. RELEASE MAY IGNITE & MAY CAUSE
    FIRE/EXPLO. LIQ/VAP MAY IGNITE. EVAC/LIMIT ACCESS. EQUIP RESPONDERS
    W/PROPER PROT. EXTING ALL IGNIT SOURCES. STOP RELEASE. PVNT FLOW TO
    SEWER/PUBLIC WATERS.  NOTIFY FIRE & ENVIR AUTH. BLANKET WITH(ING
    15)
Neutralizing Agent:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.

======================	Handling and Storage  ======================

Handling and Storage Precautions:HNDL EMPTY CNTNRS W/CARE-RESIDUE MAY
    BE COMBUST & BURN IF EXPOS TO HEAT/SPKS/OPEN FLAME. KEEP CNTNR
    TIGHTLY CLSD WHEN NOT IN USE.
Other Precautions:IN ADDN TO FIRE/EXPLO HAZ. RESIDUAL VAP & LIQ MAY
    ALSO BE TOXIC. STORE AWAY FROM HEAT, SPKS, OPEN FLAMES, STRONG
    OXIDIZING AGENTS & DIRECT SUNLIGHT. KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN.
    DECONTAM PROC:ISOLAT E, VENT, DRAIN, WASH & PURGE (ING 21)

=============  Exposure Controls/Personal Protection  =============

Respiratory Protection:WHERE EXPOS THRU INHAL MAY OCCUR FROM USE, NIOSH
    SAFETY & HEALTH ADMINISTRATION APPROVED RESPIRATORY PROTECTION
    EQUIPMENT IS RECOMMENDED. NIOSH APPROVED RESPIRATOR APPROPRIATE FOR
    EXPOSURE OF CONCERN  .
Ventilation:AT ELEVATED TEMPS, SPEC VENT MAY BE REQD EVEN IF FLASH
    POINT HAS NOT BEEN EXCEEDED. FLAMM MISTS/AEROSOLS CAN BE(ING 23)
Protective Gloves:IMPERVIOUS GLOVES .
Eye Protection:ANSI APPRVD CHEM WORKERS GOGGLES .
Other Protective Equipment:ANSI APPRVD EYE WASH & DELUGE SHOWER .
    APRON, SLEEVES, BOOTS, HEAD & FACE PROT SHOULD BE WORN.
Work Hygienic Practices:CONT LENSES MUST NOT BE WORN. USE GOOD PERSON
    HYGIENE PRACTICES. WASH HANDS BEFORE EATING, DRINKING, SMKNG, (ING
    24)
Supplemental Safety and Health
FIRE FIGHT PROC:INCR RISK OF BURN/INJURIES. AVOID FROTHING/STEAM EXPLO.
    BURNING LIQ MAY FLOAT ON WATER. ALTHOUGH WATER SOL, MAY NOT BE
    PRACTICAL TO EXTING FIRE BY WATER DILUTION. NOTIFY AUTH IMMED IF 
    LIQ ENTERS SEWER/PUBLIC WATERS. FIRE EXPLO:HVR/AIR. MAY TRAVEL LONG
    DIST ALONG GROUND BEFORE IGNITING & FLASHING (ING 2)

==================  Physical/Chemical Properties  ==================

Boiling Pt:B.P. Text:396F,202C
Melt/Freeze Pt:M.P/F.P Text:-11F,-24C
Vapor Pres:0.3 @ 68F
Spec Gravity:1.026 (H*2O=1)
pH:7.7-8
Evaporation Rate & Reference:NOT KNOWN
Solubility in Water:COMPLETE
Appearance and Odor:CLEAR; LIQUID; AMINE-LIKE ODOR.

=================  Stability and Reactivity Data  =================

Stability Indicator/Materials to Avoid:YES
STRONG OXIDIZING AGENTS; REDUCING AGENTS.
Stability Condition to Avoid:HEAT, SPARKS, OPEN FLAME, AND OTHER
    IGNITION SOURCES.
Hazardous Decomposition Products:INCOMPLETE COMBUSTION MAY PRODUCE
    CARBON MONOXIDE & OTHER TOXIC GASES.

====================  Disposal Considerations  ====================

Waste Disposal Methods:DISP MUST BE I/A/W FED, ST & LOC REGS . CONTAMD
    PROD/SOIL/WATER MAY BE U.S. RCRA/U.S. OSHA HAZ WASTE DUE TO POTNTL
    COMBUSTIBILITY. (SEE 40 U.S. CODE OF FED REGS (CFR) 261 & 29 CFR
    1910). LANDFIL L SOLIDS @ PERMITTED SITES. USE REGISTERED(ING 18)

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