PRODUCT #: A7178 NAME: ALUMINUM CHLORIDE ANHYDROUS
MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET, Valid 11/97 - 1/98
Printed Monday, March 10, 1903 9:28AM
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SECTION 1. - - - - - - - - - CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION- - - - - - - - - -
CATALOG #: A7178
NAME: ALUMINUM CHLORIDE ANHYDROUS
SECTION 2. - - - - - COMPOSITION/INFORMATION ON INGREDIENTS - - - - - -
CAS #: 7446-70-0
MF: ALCL3
EC NO: 231-208-1
SYNONYMS
ALLUMINIO(CLORURO DI) (ITALIAN) * ALUMINIUMCHLORID (GERMAN) *
ALUMINUM CHLORIDE (1:3) * ALUMINUM CHLORIDE, ANHYDROUS (UN1726) (DOT)
* ALUMINUM CHLORIDE, SOLUTION (UN2581) (DOT) * ALUMINUM TRICHLORIDE *
CHLORURE D'ALUMINIUM (FRENCH) * PEARSALL * TRICHLOROALUMINUM * UN1726
(DOT) * UN2581 (DOT) *
SECTION 3. - - - - - - - - - - HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION - - - - - - - - -
LABEL PRECAUTIONARY STATEMENTS
CORROSIVE
CAUSES BURNS.
HARMFUL BY INHALATION, IN CONTACT WITH SKIN AND IF SWALLOWED.
REACTS VIOLENTLY WITH WATER.
POSSIBLE SENSITIZER.
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.
TAKE OFF IMMEDIATELY ALL CONTAMINATED CLOTHING.
DO NOT BREATHE DUST.
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.
WASH CONTAMINATED CLOTHING BEFORE REUSE.
DISCARD CONTAMINATED SHOES.
SECTION 5. - - - - - - - - - FIRE FIGHTING MEASURES - - - - - - - - - -
EXTINGUISHING MEDIA
USE EXTINGUISHING MEDIA APPROPRIATE TO SURROUNDING FIRE CONDITIONS.
DO NOT USE WATER.
SPECIAL FIREFIGHTING PROCEDURES
WEAR SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS AND PROTECTIVE CLOTHING TO
PREVENT CONTACT WITH SKIN AND EYES.
REACTS VIOLENTLY WITH WATER.
UNUSUAL FIRE AND EXPLOSIONS HAZARDS
EMITS TOXIC FUMES UNDER FIRE CONDITIONS.
WATER HYDROLYZES MATERIAL LIBERATING ACIDIC GAS WHICH IN CONTACT
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PRODUCT #: A7178 NAME: ALUMINUM CHLORIDE ANHYDROUS
MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET, Valid 11/97 - 1/98
Printed Monday, March 10, 1903 9:28AM
WITH METAL SURFACES CAN GENERATE FLAMMABLE AND/OR EXPLOSIVE
HYDROGEN GAS.
SECTION 6. - - - - - - - - ACCIDENTAL RELEASE MEASURES- - - - - - - - -
EVACUATE AREA.
WEAR SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS, RUBBER BOOTS AND HEAVY
RUBBER GLOVES.
SWEEP UP, PLACE IN A BAG AND HOLD FOR WASTE DISPOSAL.
AVOID RAISING DUST.
VENTILATE AREA AND WASH SPILL SITE AFTER MATERIAL PICKUP IS COMPLETE.
SECTION 7. - - - - - - - - - - HANDLING AND STORAGE- - - - - - - - - - -
REFER TO SECTION 8.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
PROLONGED STORAGE OF ANHYDROUS ALUMINUM CHLORIDE IN CLOSED CONTAINERS
HAS RESULTED IN SPONTANEOUS DECOMPOSITION AND OCCASIONAL EXPLOSION
UPON OPENING OF THE CONTAINER WHICH IS PROBABLY DUE TO THE DIFFUSION
OF MOISTURE INTO THE CONTAINER AND RESULTING PRESSURE BUILD-UP CAUSED BY
LIBERATED HYDROGEN CHLORIDE GAS. WHEN HEATED IN A SEALED TUBE, HIGH
INTERNAL PRESSURE MAY BE GENERATED DUE TO NOT ONLY ITS VAPOR PRESSURE
AND PRESSURE OF DESORBED HYDROGEN CHLORIDE, BUT ALSO BY THE NEAR
DOUBLING IN VOLUME WHICH OCCURS WHEN THE MATERIAL MELTS TO THE MONOMER.
MIXTURES OF NITROBENZENE AND ALUMINUM CHLORIDE ARE THERMALLY
UNSTABLE AND MAY LEAD TO EXPLOSIVE DECOMPOSITION DUE TO A MULTI-STEP
DECOMPOSITION REACTION OCCURRING ABOVE 90 DEGREES C, WHICH SELF-
ACCELERATES WITH HIGH EXOTHERMICITY PRODUCING AZO- AND AZOXYPOLYMERS.
VIOLENT EXOTHERMIC REACTIONS CAN OCCUR UPON ALUMINUM CHLORIDE
CONTACTING: ALKENES, A MIXTURE OF BENZOYL CHLORIDE AND NAPHTHALENE,
A MIXTURE OF ANILINE AND ETHYLENEIMINE, ETHYLENE OXIDE, A MIXTURE OF
SODIUM PEROXIDE AND ALUMINUM. ALUMINUM CHLORIDE REACTS EXPLOSIVELY WITH:
OXYGEN DIFLUORIDE, PHENYL AZIDE, PERCHLORYL BENZENE OR SODIUM
BOROHYDRIDE. MIXTURES OF ALUMINUM CHLORIDE AND NITROMETHANE REACT
EXPLOSIVELY ON CONTACT WITH ALKENES OR CARBON MONOXIDE AND PHENOL.
SECTION 8. - - - - - - EXPOSURE CONTROLS/PERSONAL PROTECTION- - - - - -
WEAR APPROPRIATE NIOSH/MSHA-APPROVED RESPIRATOR, CHEMICAL-RESISTANT
GLOVES, SAFETY GOGGLES, OTHER PROTECTIVE CLOTHING.
SAFETY SHOWER AND EYE BATH.
USE ONLY IN A CHEMICAL FUME HOOD.
FACESHIELD (8-INCH MINIMUM).
DO NOT BREATHE DUST.
DO NOT GET IN EYES, ON SKIN, ON CLOTHING.
AVOID PROLONGED OR REPEATED EXPOSURE.
WASH THOROUGHLY AFTER HANDLING.
KEEP TIGHTLY CLOSED.
DO NOT ALLOW CONTACT WITH WATER.
STORE IN A COOL DRY PLACE.
SECTION 9. - - - - - - - PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES - - - - - - -
APPEARANCE AND ODOR
WHITE TO BLUE-GREY POWDER
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
MELTING POINT: 190 C
VAPOR PRESSURE: 1MM 100 C
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: 2.440
SECTION 10. - - - - - - - - -STABILITY AND REACTIVITY - - - - - - - - -
INCOMPATIBILITIES
ALCOHOLS
REACTS VIOLENTLY WITH:
WATER
HAZARDOUS COMBUSTION OR DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS
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PRODUCT #: A7178 NAME: ALUMINUM CHLORIDE ANHYDROUS
MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET, Valid 11/97 - 1/98
Printed Monday, March 10, 1903 9:28AM
HYDROGEN CHLORIDE GAS
ALUMINUM OXIDE
SECTION 11. - - - - - - - - - TOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION - - - - - - - -
ACUTE EFFECTS
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.
PROLONGED OR REPEATED EXPOSURE MAY CAUSE ALLERGIC REACTIONS IN CERTAIN
SENSITIVE INDIVIDUALS.
PROLONGED EXPOSURE CAN CAUSE:
DAMAGE TO THE LUNGS
TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE, THE CHEMICAL, PHYSICAL, AND
TOXICOLOGICAL PROPERTIES HAVE NOT BEEN THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED.
RTECS #: BD0525000
ALUMINUM CHLORIDE
TOXICITY DATA
ORL-RAT LD50:3450 MG/KG SRTCAC
36(1-4),10,1989
UNR-RAT LD50:315 MG/KG GISAAA 43(4),12,1978
ORL-MUS LD50:1130 MG/KG GISAAA 30(4),16,1965
UNR-MUS LD50:390 MG/KG GISAAA 43(4),12,1978
SKN-RBT LD50:>2 GM/KG EPASR* 8EHQ-0191-1109
TARGET ORGAN DATA
EFFECTS ON FERTILITY (POST-IMPLANTATION MORTALITY)
EFFECTS ON EMBRYO OR FETUS (FETOTOXICITY)
SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENTAL ABNORMALITIES (MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM)
EFFECTS ON NEWBORN (GROWTH STATISTICS)
EFFECTS ON NEWBORN (BEHAVIORAL)
EFFECTS ON NEWBORN (DELAYED EFFECTS)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
ORL-RAT LD50:380 MG/KG
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 - - - - - - - - -
CONTACT A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL WASTE DISPOSAL SERVICE TO DISPOSE OF
THIS MATERIAL.
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: 013-003-00-7
CORROSIVE
R 34
CAUSES BURNS.
S 7/8
KEEP CONTAINER TIGHTLY CLOSED AND DRY.
S 28
AFTER CONTACT WITH SKIN, WASH IMMEDIATELY WITH PLENTY OF WATER.
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MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET, Valid 11/97 - 1/98
Printed Monday, March 10, 1903 9:28AM
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OEL=MAK
ACGIH TLV-TWA 2 MG(AL)/M3 DTLVS* TLV/BEI,1996
EPA FIFRA 1988 PESTICIDE SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION OR RE-REGISTRATION
FEREAC 54,7740,1989
OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 2 MG(AL)/M3 JAN 1993
OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 2 MG(AL)/M3 JAN 1993
OEL-DENMARK:TWA 2 MG(AL)/M3 JAN 1993
OEL-FRANCE:TWA 2 MG(AL)/M3 JAN 1993
OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 2 MG(AL)/M3 JAN 1993
OEL-RUSSIA:TWA 2 MG(AL)/M3 JAN 1993
OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 2 MG(AL)/M3 JAN 1993
OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 2 MG(AL)/M3 JAN 1993
OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 2 MG(AL)/M3 JAN 1993
OEL IN BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA CHECK ACGIH TLV
OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM CHECK ACGIH TLV
NOHS 1974: HZD 04605; NIS 29; TNF 3476; NOS 34; TNE 17152
NOES 1983: HZD 04605; NIS 32; TNF 2230; NOS 68; TNE 49913; TFE 17460
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MARROW
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REC ASSAY
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EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, APRIL 1997
SECTION 16. - - - - - - - - - - OTHER INFORMATION- - - - - - - - - - - -
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