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HUDSON MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET
DATE PREPARED: 11/26/2002
MSDS No: MPR
1. PRODUCT AND COMPANY IDENTIFICATION
PRODUCT CODE: MPR
PRODUCT FORMULATION NAME: Red Phenolic Powder, 5 pound container
MANUFACTURER 24 HR. EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBERS
Hudson Supply Company CHEMTREC (U.S.): (800) 424-9300
4500 Lee Rd Emergency Phone: (800) 424-9300
Cleveland, OH 44128-2959
Customer Service: (800) 486-0480
2. COMPOSITION / INFORMATION ON INGREDIENTS
Chemical Name Wt.% CAS#
Carbon black <12 1333-86-4
Phenol <6.3 108-95-2
Graphite (natural) <40 7782-42-5
Mica (containing less than 1% quartz) <60 12001-62-2
Coal Dust <18
Talc <20 14307-96-6
COMPONENTS :
EXPOSURE LIMITS
Chemical Name OSHA PEL ACGIH TLV Supplier
Carbon black 3.5 mg/m3 3.5 mg/m3
Phenol 5 ppm 5 ppm
Graphite (natural) 15 Mppcf 2 mg/m3
Mica (containing less than 1% quartz) 20 Mppcf 3 mg/m3
Coal Dust 2.4 mg/m3 2 mg/m3
Talc 20 Mppcf 2 mg/m3
3. HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION
COMMENTS: AS SOLD:
THE PRODUCT IS A PLASTIC MOLDING COMPOUND: A PLASTIC RESIN (PHENOL-FORMALDEHYDE
POLYMER) INTIMATELY MIXED WITH ONE OR MORE OF A VARIETY OF ORGANIC AND/OR
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INORGANIC FILLING MATERIALS. THE PLASTIC RESIN IS NOT BELIEVED OR KNOWN TO BE
HAZARDOUS. WHEN FULLY 鈥淐URED鈥? OR REACTED, THE PLASTIC RESIN IS INSOLUABLE, INFUSIBLE
AND BINDS THE WELL-DISPERSED, EMBEDDED FILLING MATERIALS. HOWEVER, 鈥淎S SOLD鈥? THE
PLASTIC RESIN IS NOT COMPLETELY 鈥淐URED鈥? OR REACTED AND CONTAINS SOME UNREACTED
INGREDIENTS DISSOLVED WITHIN IT. SO DISSOLVED, THESE CHEMICALS ARE EXTREMELY
UNLIKELY TO POSE A HAZARD; BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE HAZARDOUS IN THEIR PURE FORMS,
OSHA REQUIRES THAT THEY BE REPORTED AND DESCRIBED AS HAZARDOUS INGREDIENTS. UNDER
NORMAL CONDITIONS OF STORAGE AND HANDLING, NO SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF HAZARDOUS
VAPORS SHOULD EVOLVE FROM THE AS SOLD PRODUCT. BECAUSE PHENOL IS MORE SOLUABLE IN
THE RESIN THAN IN WATER, THERE IS NO LIKELY SIGNIFICANT HEALTH HAZARD THROUGH SKIN
ABSORPTION. THE GREAT MAJORITY OF FILLING MATERIALS ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN COMPOUND
GRANULES THAT ARE LARGE ENOUGH NOT TO CONSTITUTE AN INHLALATION
HAZARD.NEVERTHELESS, SOME PARTICLES OF PLASTIC RESIN AND/OR FILLING MATERIALS MAY
BE PRESENT IN A SIZE THE CONSTITUTES A RESPIRABLE DUST. (INCLUDING IN SOME PRODUCTS,
UP TO 1% INORGANIC FILLING MATERIALS MIXED IN AFTER COMPOUNDING). THIS RESPIRABLE
DUST MAY CONTAIN ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING MATERIALS: CARBON BLACK, COAL DUST,
FIBROUS GLASS, GRAPHITE, MICA, MINERAL WOOL FIBER, TALC, AND/OR WOOD FLOUR (SOFT).
CHRONIC INHALATION OF EACH OF THE ABOVE HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH FIBROTIC LUNG
DISEASE. FOR MOST OR ALL, IT HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED RISK OF LUNG CANCER,
ESPECIALLY AMONG SMOKERS. INHLATION OF DUST SHOULD BE AVOIDABLE WITH PROPER
MATERIAL HANDLING PROCEDURES AND GOOD VENTILATION, BUT IF NOT, RESPIRATORS SHOULD
BE WORN. THE PRIMARY ACUTE HEALTH RISK FROM EXPOSURE TO THE PRODUCT 鈥淎S SOLD鈥? IS
IRRITATION, ESPECIALLY FROM THE DUST. INGESTION, INHALATION OF DUST, AND CONTACT
WITH SKIN AND EYES SHOULD BE AVOIDED
AS USED:
DURING POLYMERIZATION (E.G., CURING OF THE PRODUCT DURING NORMAL PROCESSING) OR
DECOMPOSITION (E.G., THE OVERHEATING OR BURNING OF THE PRODUCT) SMALL AMOUNTS OF
GASEOUS AMMONIA, PHENOL AND FORMALDEHYDE (AS WELL AS WATER VAPOR, CARBON
MONOXIDE AND CARBON DIOXIDE) ARE EVOLVED. BREATHING OF THE FUMES CAN BE HARMFUL.
IF THE ODOR OF AMMONIA OR FORMALDEHYDE IS NOTICEABLE, THE AIRBORNE CONCENTRATION
OF THOSE CHEMICALS SHOULD BE CAREFULLY MONITORED AND VENTILATION IMPROVEMENTS
CONSIDERED; THOSE CHEMICALS BEGIN TO BE DETECTABLE BY ODER AT CONCENTRATIONS
APPROACHING OR EXCEEDING THE PELD. THE ODOR OF PHENOL BEGINS TO BE NOTICEABLE AT A
CONCENTRATION ABOUT ONE-FIFTH THE PEL. IN ANY CASE, ADEQUACY OF VENTILATION CAN
BEST BE DETERMINED BY USE OF INSTRUMENTS TO MONITOR AIRBORNE CONCENTRATIONS OF
AMMONIA, PHENOL AND FORMALDEHYDE. GRINDING OR MACHINING OF CURED MOLDED
MATERIAL MAY CREATE A DUST THAT POSES A RESPIRATORY HAZARD IF INHALED, AND MAY
RELEASE SMALL AMOUNTS OF GASEOUS AMMONIA.
ACUTE OR CHRONIC HEALTH HAZRAD INFORMATION
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ORDINARY USE OF THIS PRODUCT IS UNLIKELY TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO
HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS. PELS FOR THESE CHEMICALS ARE SET AT LEVELS DESIGNED TO AVOID
ANY SIGNIFICANT HEALTH RISK AND ARE ACHIEVABLE WITH PROPER MATERIAL HANDLING
PROCEDURES, VENTILATION AND HOUSEKEEPING. NEVERTHELESS, PER OSAH REQUIREMENT, WE
LIST THE FOLLOWING POSSIBLE HEALTH HAZARDS IF ONE WE EXPOSED TO THE FOLLOWING
CHEMICALS AT LEVELS MUCH HIGHER, OR IN A DIFFERENT FORM, THAN EXPECTED FROM
ORDINARY USE OF THIS PRODUCT:
1. PHENOL- HIGHLY TOXIC. POSIONING MAY OCCUR VIA SKIN APSORPTION, VAPOR INHALATION,
OR INGESTION. INHALATION OF THESE VAPORS MAY CAUSE SEVERE IRRITATION TO THE NOSE,
THROAT AND RESPIRATORY TRACT. MAY CAUSE LIVER, KIDNEY AND HEART DAMAGE.
2. FORMALDEHYDE- IRRITANT TO THE EYES, LUNGS AND SKIN. HAS BEEN SHOWN TO CAUSE
CANCER IN LABORATORY ANIMALS. LISTED AS AN IARC CARCINOGEN. CALIFORNIA LAW REQUIRES
THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT BE INCLUDED: CONTAINS A CHEMICAL (FORMALDEHYDE) KNOWN
TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO CAUSE CANCER. NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE STUDY FINDS
LITTLE EVIDENCE TO CONNECT FORMALDEHYDE EXPOSURE WITH CANCER IN HUMANS.
3. AMMONIA- IRRITANT TO EYES, MUCOUS MEMBRANES AND RESPIRATORY TRACT.
4. CARBON BLACK- IRRITANT TO EYES AND RESPIRATORY TRACTS. EXPOSURE AT HIGH LEVELS IS
ASSOCIATED WITH DECLINES IN PULMONARY FUNCTION AND CARDIOVASCULAR STRESS.
5. COAL DUST- IRRITANT TO EYES, NOSE AND THROAT. CAN CAUSE RESPIRATORY EFFECTS SUCH
AS PNEUMOCONIOSIS, BRONCHITIS, EMPHYSEMA AND PROGRESSIVE MASSIVE FIBROSIS, WITH
LONG EXPOSURE.
6. FIBROUS GLASS- MECHANICAL IRRITANT TO EYES, NOSE AND SKIN. CAN CAUSE IRRITATION
AND INFLAMMATION OF THE NASOPHARYNGEAL REGION AND UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT.
7. GRAPHITE- IRRITANT TO EYES AND RESPIRATORY TRACTS. CAN CAUSE PNEUMOCONIOSIS,
ALTHOUGH STUDIES SUGGEST THAT PNEUMOCONIOSIS IS A MIXED DUST REACTION.
8. MICA- IRRITANT TO EYES. OSHA BELIEVES THAT THE EVIDENCE STRONGLY SUGGESTS THAT IT
IS A PNEUMOCONISTIC AGENT.
9. MINERAL WOOL FIBER- IRRITANT TO EYES AND SKIN. SEVERAL STUDIES HAVE SHOWN EXCESS
RISK OF NON-MALIGNANT RESPIRATORY DISEASE.
10. TALC- IRRITANT TO EYS, MUCOUS MEMBRANES AND RESPIRATORY TRACTS. MEDICAL
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EVIDENCE IS COMPLICATED BY THE FACT THAT TALCS CONTAIN AMPHIBOLES AND OTHER
MINERALS.
4. FIRST AID MEASURES
EYES: Immediately flush eyes with plenty of water for two to three minutes. Remove any
contact lenses and continue flushing for 15 minutes. Get medical attention.
SKIN: Wash thoroughly with soap and water.
INGESTION: Induce vomiting and seek medical attention immediately.
INHALATION: Remove from further exposure. Keep warm and at rest. If cough or other
symptoms develop, seek medical attention.
5. FIRE FIGHTING MEASURES
FLASHPOINT AND METHOD: Not Applicable
FLAMMABLE LIMITS: .030 oz/ cubic foot to N/A
AUTOIGNITION TEMPERATURE: Not Applicable
EXTINGUISHING MEDIA: Water, foam, dry chemical, carbon dioxide.
EXPLOSION HAZARDS: Organic dust/air mixtures are highly flammable (explosive); Avoid dust
accumulations or dust-laden atmospheres, and sources of ignition.
FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT: Respiratory and eye protection are required for fire fighting
personnel. Full protective equipment (Bunker Gear) and self contained breathing apparatus
(SCBA) should be used for all indoor fires and any significant outdoor fires. For small outdoor
fires, which may easily be extinguished with a portable fire extinguisher, use of a SCBA may
not be required.
6. ACCIDENTAL RELEASE MEASURES
SMALL SPILL: Sweep or vacuum spills into appropriate containers for disposal. Follow standard
landfill methods consistent with applicable Federal, State and Local laws.
LARGE SPILL: Sweep or vacuum spills into appropriate containers for disposal. Follow standard
landfill methods consistent with applicable Federal, State and Local laws.
7. HANDLING AND STORAGE
HANDLING: Use appropriate personal protective equipment as specified in Section 8. Handle in
a well ventilated area.
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Handle and use in a manner consistent with good industrial/manufacturing techniques and
practices.
STORAGE: Store in unopened containers under cool and dry conditions.
COMMENTS: Avoid excessive heat and souirces of ignition. Observe good housekeeping
practices.
8. EXPOSURE CONTROLS / PERSONAL PROTECTION
ENGINEERING CONTROLS: If dust is generated, provide local exhaust ventilation to control
airborne levels below the ACGIH TLV-TWA exposure limit for Particulates Not Otherwise
Classified of 10 mg/m3 for inhalable particles and 3 mg/m3 for respirable.
PERSONAL PROTECTION
EYES AND FACE: Wear safety glasses with side shields or goggles when handling this material.
RESPIRATORY: Use NIOSH/MSHA approved air supplied respirator in absence of proper
environmental control.
9. PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
PHYSICAL STATE: Solid
ODOR: Odorless
APPEARANCE: Granular
PERCENT VOLATILE: 0
VAPOR PRESSURE: Not Applicable
VAPOR DENSITY: Not Applicable
BOILING POINT: Not Applicable
FREEZING POINT: Not Applicable
MELTING POINT: Not Applicable
SOLUBILITY IN WATER: Negligible
EVAPORATION RATE: Not Applicable
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: Not Applicable
10. STABILITY AND REACTIVITY
STABLE: YES
HAZARDOUS POLYMERIZATION: NO
CONDITIONS TO AVOID: Heat.
HAZARDOUS DECOMPOSITION: Vapors evolved during polymerization may contain Phenol,
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Formaldehyde or Ammonia.
INCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS: Strong oxidizing agents.
11. TOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION
EYE EFFECTS: This material may cause significant irritation to the eyes.
CARCINOGENICITY:
IARC: Not listed by IARC
NTP: Listed by NTP - No
OSHA: Not listed by OSHA
12. ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION
COMMENTS: Not Applicable
13. DISPOSAL CONSIDERATIONS
DISPOSAL METHOD: In compliance with Federal, State and local regulations for landfills.
14. TRANSPORT INFORMATION
COMMENTS: Not Applicable
15. REGULATORY INFORMATION
GENERAL COMMENTS: Not Applicable
16. OTHER INFORMATION
APPROVAL DATE: 12/09/2002
REVISION SUMMARY New MSDS
HMIS CODES
FLAMMABILITY: 1 HEALTH: 2 PHYSICAL HAZARD: 0
MANUFACTURER DISCLAIMER: Information given herein is offered in good faith as accurate, but
without guarantee. Conditions of use and suitability of the product for particular uses are
beyond our control; all risks of use of the product are therefore assumed by the user. Nothing
is intended as a recommendation for uses which infringe valid patents or as extending license
under valid patents. Appropriate warnings and safe handling procedures should be provided to
handlers and users.
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