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AMEREX CORPORATION
7595 Gadsden Highway
P. O. Box 81
Trussville, Alabama 35173-0081
MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET
Prepared to U.S. OSHA, CMA, ANSI and Canadian WHMIS Standards1
PART I What is the material and what do I need to know in an emergency?
1. PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION
CARBON DIOXIDE
TRADE NAME (AS LABELED):
Carbonic Anhydride, Carbonic Acid
SYNONYMS:
MANUFACTURER'S NAME: AMEREX CORPORATION
ADDRESS: P.O. BOX 81
Trussville, AL 35173-0081
EMERGENCY PHONE: 1-800-424-9300 (CHEMTREC)
BUSINESS PHONE: (205) 655-3271
DATE OF PREPARATION: February 1, 1996
2. COMPOSITION and INFORMATION ON INGREDIENTS
CHEMICAL NAME CAS # % EXPOSURE LIMITS IN AIR
v/v
ACGIH OSHA OTHER
TLV STEL PEL STEL IDLH
ppm ppm ppm ppm ppm
CARBON DIOXIDE 124-38-9 100 5000 30,000 5000 NE 50,000 NIOSH REL: 5000
ppm; 30,000 ppm STEL.
DFG MAK: 500 ppm
NE = Not Established C = Ceiling Level See Section 16 for Definitions of Terms Used
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1 NOTE: all WHMIS required information is included. It is located in appropriate sections based on the ANSI Z400.1-1993 format.
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3. HAZARD IDENTIFICATION
EMERGENCY OVERVIEW: This product is an odorless, colorless gas which can cause
asphyxiation. Though the mixture is not flammable, if the product鈥檚 cylinders are exposed to high
temperatures, they may rupture violently and cause a high-pressure release of gas.
SYMPTOMS OF OVER-EXPOSURE BY ROUTE OF EXPOSURE: The most significant route of
exposure for this product is inhalation.
INHALATION: Although unlikely to occur during
use of one fire extinguishing unit, exposure to high
concentrations of this gas may cause an oxygen
deficient environment. Individuals breathing such
an atmosphere may experience dizziness,
drowsiness, unconsciousness, and death, under HAZARDOUS MATERIAL INFORMATION
SYSTEM
some circumstances. Inhalation of carbon dioxide
can affect the central nervous system and blood HEALTH 1
(BLUE)
vessels, as well as change the rate of respiration.
FLAMMABILITY 0
(RED)
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FLAMMABILITY (RED)
CONTACT WITH SKIN or EYES: Contact with
REACTIVITY 0
(YELLOW)
liquid or rapidly expanding gases may cause
burns or
frostbite. PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
HEALTH EFFECTS OR RISKS FROM EYES RESPIRATORY HANDS BODY
EXPOSURE: An Explanation in Lay Terms. This
See
product poses low, acute health risks. Section 8
ACUTE: This extinguishing material presents a
For routine industrial applications
slight risk of causing acute health effects.
Exposure symptoms would occur upon breathing
high concentrations of this gas in a poorly
ventilated environment.
CHRONIC: This product is not known to cause
any industrial illnesses or diseases.
PART II What should I do if a hazardous situation occurs?
4. FIRST-AID MEASURES
This product is a gas; therefore, exposure via ingestion, ingestion, skin contact, or eye contact would
be unlikely. Should exposure via inhalation occur, remove victims to fresh air, as quickly as possible.
Trained personnel should administer supplemental oxygen and/or cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, if
necessary. Only trained personnel should administer supplemental oxygen.
In case of frostbite, place the frostbitten part in warm water. If warm water is not available, or
impractical to use, wrap the affected parts gently in blankets.
If exposure causes obvious distress, victim(s) and rescuers must be taken for medical attention.
Take copy of label and MSDS to physician or health professional with victim.
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5. FIRE-FIGHTING MEASURES
FLASH POINT, Degree C (method): Not applicable.
NFPA RANKING - HEALTH=1, FLAMMABILITY=0, REACTIVITY=0, OTHER=0
AUTOIGNITION TEMPERATURE, Degree C: Not applicable.
FLAMMABLE LIMITS (in air by volume, %): Lower (LEL): Not applicable.
Upper (UEL): Not applicable.
FIRE EXTINGUISHING MATERIALS: None. This product is a fire extinguishing agent.
UNUSUAL FIRE AND EXPLOSION HAZARDS: When involved in a fire, this cylinder under may
rupture violently, causing a high pressure release of gases.
Explosion Sensitivity to Mechanical Impact: Not sensitive.
Explosion Sensitivity to Static Discharge: Not sensitive.
SPECIAL FIRE-FIGHTING PROCEDURES: Keep unused cylinders cool using a water spray.
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Structural fire fighters must wear Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus and full protective equipment.
6. ACCIDENTAL RELEASE MEASURES
SPILL AND LEAK RESPONSE: Uncontrolled releases should be responded to by trained personnel
using pre-planned procedures. Proper protective equipment should be used. In case of a release,
clear the affected area, protect people, and respond with trained personnel. For uncontrolled
releases, respond wearing Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus. Monitor the surrounding area for
oxygen content. The atmosphere must have at least 19.5 percent oxygen before personnel can be
allowed in the area without Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus. Ventilate the affected area.
PART III How can I prevent hazardous situations from occurring?
7. HANDLING and STORAGE
WORK PRACTICES AND HYGIENE PRACTICES: Avoid getting chemicals ON YOU or IN YOU.
Wash hands after handling chemicals. Do not eat or drink while handling chemicals. Be aware of any
signs of dizziness or fatigue; exposures to fatal concentrations of this product could occur without
any significant warning symptoms.
STORAGE AND HANDLING PRACTICES: All employees who handle this material should be trained
to handle it safely. Keep cylinders in dry, well-ventilated areas which are away from sources of heat.
Keep cylinders secure.
PROTECTIVE PRACTICES DURING MAINTENANCE OF CONTAMINATED EQUIPMENT: Follow
practices indicated in Section 6 (Accidental Release Measures). Make certain application equipment
is locked and tagged-out safely. Always use this product in areas where adequate ventilation is
provided. Decontaminate equipment using soapy water before maintenance begins. Collect all
rinsates and dispose of according to applicable Federal, State, or local procedures.
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8. EXPOSURE CONTROLS - PERSONAL PROTECTION
VENTILATION AND ENGINEERING CONTROLS: Use with adequate ventilation. Use a mechanical
fan or vent area to outside.
RESPIRATORY PROTECTION: Use supplied air respiratory protection if oxygen levels are below
19.5%.
EYE PROTECTION: Safety glasses.
HAND PROTECTION: None normally required.
BODY PROTECTION: Use body protection appropriate for task.
9. PHYSICAL and CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
EVAPORATION RATE (n-BuAc=1): Not
VAPOR DENSITY: 1.52
available.
MELTING POINT or RANGE: Sublimes,
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: Approximately 1.3
-78 degrees C.
SOLUBILITY IN WATER: Soluble. BOILING POINT: Sublimes.
VAPOR PRESSURE, mm Hq @ 20 Degrees C: Not
pH (10% solution): Not applicable.
applicable.
APPEARANCE AND COLOR: This product is an odorless, compressed gas.
HOW TO DETECT THIS SUBSTANCE (warning properties): This product does not have any specific
warning properties.
10. STABILITY and REACTIVITY
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STABILITY: Stable.
DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS: Not applicable.
MATERIALS WITH WHICH SUBSTANCE IS INCOMPATIBLE: Upon contact with moisture, carbon
dioxide can form carbonic acid. Carbon dioxide is also incompatible with chemically active metals,
such as sodium, potassium, and titanium.
HAZARDOUS POLYMERIZATION: Will not occur.
CONDITIONS TO AVOID: Incompatible materials.
PART IV Is there any other useful information about this material?
11. TOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION
TOXICITY DATA: The following data is available for components of this produict greater than 1
percent by weight in concentration.
Carbon Dioxide: This gas is a simple asphyxiant with physiological effects at high concentration.
TCLo(inhalation, rat) = 6 pph/24 hours; reproductive and teratogenic effects
LCLo(inhalation, human) = 9 pph/5 minutes
LCLo(inhalation, mammal) = 90,000 ppm/5 minutes
SUSPECTED CANCER AGENT: This product's ingredients are not found on the following lists:
FEDERAL OSHA Z LIST, NTP, CAL/OSHA., IARC.
IRRITANCY OF PRODUCT: This product may cause mild skin and moderate eye irritancy.
SENSITIZATION TO THE PRODUCT: This product is not known to cause sensitization.
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11. TOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION (Continued)
REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY INFORMATION: Listed below is information concerning the effects of
this product and its components on the human reproductive system.
Mutagenicity: This product is not known to cause mutagenic effects.
Teratogenicity: This product is not known to cause teratogenic effects.
Reproductive Toxicity: This product is not known to cause reproductive toxicity effects.
A mutagen is a chemical which causes permanent changes to genetic material (DNA) such that the
changes will propagate through generational lines. A teratogen is a chemical which causes damage
to a developing fetus, but the damage does not propagate across generational lines. A reproductive
toxin is any substance which interferes in any way with the reproductive process.
MEDICAL CONDITIONS AGGRAVATED BY EXPOSURE: Contact with this product may aggravate
pre-existing respiratory conditions.
RECOMMENDATIONS TO PHYSICIANS: Treat patient symptoms. Administer oxygen, as
necessary.
12. ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION
ENVIRONMENTAL STABILITY: No adverse environmental consequences are expected. All gases
in this mixture occur naturally in the environment. The gas will dissipate rapidly in well ventilated
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areas.
EFFECT OF MATERIAL ON PLANTS or ANIMALS: None currently known.
EFFECT OF CHEMICAL ON AQUATIC LIFE: Not expected to harm aquatic life.
13. DISPOSAL CONSIDERATIONS
PREPARING WASTES FOR DISPOSAL: Waste disposal must be in accordance with appropriate
Federal, State, and local regulations. This product, if unaltered by use, may be disposed of by
treatment at a permitted facility or as advised by your local hazardous waste regulatory authority.
Residue from fires extinguished with this material may be hazardous.
EPA WASTE NUMBER: Not applicable.
14. TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION
THIS MATERIAL IS HAZARDOUS AS DEFINED BY 49 CFR 172.101 BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION.
PROPER SHIPPING NAME: Fire Extinguishers (Carbon Dioxide).
HAZARD CLASS NUMBER and DESCRIPTION: 2.2 (Non-flammable gas)
UN IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: UN 1044.
PACKING GROUP: Not applicable.
DOT LABEL(S) REQUIRED: Not applicable (see note below).
EMERGENCY RESPONSE GUIDE NUMBER: Not applicable.
Note: Fire extinguishers fall under the exception category for labeling under 49 CFG 173.309. The
"Non-Flammable Gas" label would not be added, except if the cylinder is offered for shipment by air.
MARINE POLLUTANT: Not applicable.
THIS MATERIAL IS HAZARDOUS AS DEFINED BY TRANSPORT CANADA "TRANSPORTATION
OF DANGEROUS GOODS" REGULATIONS. See above information.
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15. REGULATORY INFORMATION
SARA REPORTING REQUIREMENTS: Carbon Dioxide is not subject to the reporting requirements
of Sections 302, 304 and 313 of Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act.
SARA Threshold Planning Quantity: Not applicable.
TSCA INVENTORY STATUS: Carbon Dioxide is listed on the TSCA Inventory.
CERCLA REPORTABLE QUANTITY (RQ): Not applicable.
OTHER FEDERAL REGULATIONS: Not applicable.
STATE REGULATORY INFORMATION: Chemicals in this product are covered under specific State
regulations, as denoted below:
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Alaska - Designated Toxic and Hazardous Massachusetts - Substance List: Carbon Pennsylvania - Hazardous Substance List:
Substances: Carbon Dioxide. Dioxide. Carbon Dioxide.
California - Permissible Exposure Limits
Minnesota - List of Hazardous Rhode Island - Hazardous Substance List:
for Chemical Contaminants: Carbon
Substances: Carbon Dioxide. Carbon Dioxide.
Dioxide.
Missouri - Employer Information/Toxic
Florida - Substance List: Carbon Dioxide. Texas - Hazardous Substance List: None.
Substance List: Carbon Dioxide.
Illinois - Toxic Substance List: Carbon New Jersey - Right to Know Hazardous West Virginia - Hazardous Substance List:
Dioxide. Substance List: Carbon Dioxide. Carbon Dioxide.
North Dakota - List of Hazardous Wisconsin - Toxic and Hazardous
Kansas - Section 302/313 List: None.
Chemicals, Reportable Quantities: None. Substances: Carbon Dioxide.
CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 65: Carbon dioxide is not listed on the California Proposition 65 lists.
LABELING (Precautionary Statements): WARNING! Liquefied gas under pressure. May cause
frostbite burns. Exposure may cause headaches, dizziness, eye irritation. Use only in well-ventilated
area. Store in a cool, dry location.
TARGET ORGANS: Respiratory system, skin, eyes.
WHMIS SYMBOLS:
16. OTHER INFORMATION
CHEMICAL SAFETY ASSOCIATES, Inc.
PREPARED BY:
9163 Chesapeake Drive, San Diego, CA 92123-1002
619/565-0302
The information contained herein is based on data considered accurate. However, no warranty is expressed or implied regarding the
accuracy of these data or the results to be obtained from the use thereof. AMEREX Corporation assumes no responsibility for injury to the
vendee or third persons proximately caused by the material if reasonable safety procedures are not adhered to as stipulated in the data
sheet. Additionally, AMEREX Corporation assumes no responsibility for injury to vendee or third persons proximately caused by abnormal
use of the material even if reasonable safety procedures are followed. Furthermore, vendee assumes the risk in his use of the material.
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DEFINITIONS OF TERMS
A large number of abbreviations and acronyms appear on an MSDS. Some of these which are
commonly used include the following:
CAS #: This is the Chemical Abstract Service Number which TOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION:
uniquely identifies each constituent. It is used for computer- related Possible health hazards as derived from human data, animal studies,
searching. or from the results of studies with similar compounds are presented.
Definitions of some terms used in this section are: LD50 - Lethal
EXPOSURE LIMITS IN AIR:
Dose (solids & liquids) which kills 50% of the exposed animals; LC50
ACGIH - American Conference of Governmental Industrial
- Lethal Concentration (gases) which kills 50% of the exposed
Hygienists, a professional association which establishes exposure
animals; ppm concentration expressed in parts of material per million
limits.
parts of air or water; mg/m3 concentration expressed in weight of
TLV - Threshold Limit Value - an airborne concentration of a
substance per volume of air; mg/kg quantity of material, by weight,
substance which represents conditions under which it is generally
believed that nearly all workers may be repeatedly exposed without administered to a test subject, based on their body weight in kg. Data
adverse effect. The duration must be considered, including the 8-hourfrom several sources are used to evaluate the cancer-causing
potential of the material. The sources are: IARC - the International
Time Weighted Average (TWA), the 15-minute Short Term
Agency for Research on Cancer; NTP - the National Toxicology
Exposure Limit, and the instantaneous Ceiling Level. Skin
Program, RTECS - the Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical
adsorption effects must also be considered.
Substances, OSHA and CAL/OSHA. IARC and NTP rate chemicals
OSHA - U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
on a scale of decreasing potential to cause human cancer with
PEL - Permissible Exposure Limit - this exposure value means
exactly the same as a TLV, except that it is enforceable by OSHA. rankings from 1 to 4. Subrankings (2A, 2B, etc.) are also used. Other
measures of toxicity include TDLo, the lowest dose to cause a
The IDLH - Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health level
symptom; TDo, LDLo, and LDo, the lowest dose to cause death.
represents a concentration from which one can escape within 30-
minutes without suffering escape-preventing or permanent injury. REGULATORY INFORMATION
The DFG - MAK is the Republic of Germany's Maximum Exposure This section explains the impact of various laws and regulations on
the material. EPA is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Level, similar to the U.S. PEL. NIOSH is the National Institute of
Occupational Safety and Health, which is the research arm of the WHMIS is the Canadian Workplace Hazard information System. DOT
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U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). and CTC are the U.S. Department of Transportation and the
Canadian Transportation Commission, respectively. These are:
NIOSH issues exposure guidelines called Recommended Exposure
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA); the
Levels (RELs). When no exposure guidelines are established, an
Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA); Marine Pollutant status
entry of NE is made for reference.
according to the DOT; California's Safe Drinking Water Act
FLAMMABILITY LIMITS IN AIR: Much of the information related to
(Proposition 65); the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
fire and explosion is derived from the National Fire Protection
Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund); and
Association (NFPA). LEL - the lowest percent of vapor in air, by
various state regulations. This section also includes information on
volume, that will explode or ignite in the presence of an ignition
the precautionary warnings which appear on the materials package
source. UEL - the highest percent of vapor in air, by volume, that will
label.
explode or ignite in the presence of an ignition source.
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FIRE EXTINGUISHER - Cautions and
Warnings
Fire extinguishers are designed and produced for the specific purpose of
providing a safe and efficient safety tool to be used only in the fighting of
fires. Improper or careless use may cause severe bodily injury and/or property
damage.
Contents are under pressure which is necessary to deliver the contained
extinguishing agent to the fire source. Please take note of the following safety
information:
Contents are under pressure. Do not puncture, incinerate, or discharge
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into another person's face.
Do not store at high temperatures above 120 degrees F. or 49 degrees C.
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Keep away from small children.
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Do not use if the extinguisher appears to be damaged or corroded.
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Avoid inhaling the extinguishing agent. Avoid inhaling smoke and fumes
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- all fires release toxic substances that are harmful. DO NOT remain in a
closed area after use; evacuate the area immediately and ventilate
thoroughly before re-entering.
Although extinguishing agents are non-toxic when used properly,
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contact with them may cause irritation to eyes, nose, throat, and other
allergic symptoms.
Refer to specific extinguishing agent material safety data sheet for additional
information.
AVOID INHALING SMOKE AND FUMES; ALL FIRES RELEASE TOXIC
SUBSTANCES THAT ARE HARMFUL. DO NOT REMAIN IN CLOSED
AREA AFTER USE. VENTILATE CLOSED AREAS BEFORE RETURNING.
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