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SECTION 1. - - - - - - - - - CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION- - - - - - - - - -

  CATALOG #:              221783

  NAME:              COPPER(II) CHLORIDE DIHYDRATE

SECTION 2. - - - - - COMPOSITION/INFORMATION ON INGREDIENTS - - - - - -

  CAS #: 10125-13-0

  MF: CL2CU

 SYNONYMS

  COPPER CHLORIDE DIHYDRATE * COPPERTRACE *

SECTION 3. - - - - - - - - - - HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION - - - - - - - - -

 LABEL PRECAUTIONARY STATEMENTS

  TOXIC (USA)

  HARMFUL (EU)

  HARMFUL BY INHALATION AND IF SWALLOWED.

  IRRITATING TO EYES, RESPIRATORY SYSTEM AND SKIN.

  RISK OF SERIOUS DAMAGE TO EYES.

  TARGET ORGAN(S):

  EYES, SKIN

  NERVES

  IN CASE OF CONTACT WITH EYES, RINSE IMMEDIATELY WITH PLENTY

OF

  WATER AND SEEK MEDICAL ADVICE.

  WEAR SUITABLE PROTECTIVE CLOTHING.

  HYGROSCOPIC

  KEEP TIGHTLY CLOSED.

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.

  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.

SECTION 5. - - - - - - - - - FIRE FIGHTING MEASURES - - - - - - - - - -

 EXTINGUISHING MEDIA

  NONCOMBUSTIBLE.

  USE EXTINGUISHING MEDIA APPROPRIATE TO SURROUNDING FIRE

CONDITIONS.

 SPECIAL FIREFIGHTING PROCEDURES

  FOR FIRES INVOLVING THIS MATERIAL, DO NOT ENTER ANY ENCLOSED

OR

  CONFINED FIRE SPACE WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. THIS

MAY

  INCLUDE SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS TO PROTECT

AGAINST THE

  HAZARDOUS EFFECTS OF THE NORMAL PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION OR

OXYGEN

  DEFICIENCY.

 UNUSUAL FIRE AND EXPLOSIONS HAZARDS

  EMITS TOXIC FUMES UNDER FIRE CONDITIONS.

SECTION 6. - - - - - - - - ACCIDENTAL RELEASE MEASURES- - - - - - - - -

  WEAR RESPIRATOR, CHEMICAL SAFETY GOGGLES, 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.

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.

  MECHANICAL EXHAUST REQUIRED.

  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.

  STORE IN A COOL DRY PLACE.

SECTION 9. - - - - - - - PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES - - - - - - -

 APPEARANCE AND ODOR

  BLUE-GREEN CRYSTALS

 PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

  SPECIFIC GRAVITY: 2.540

  VAPOR DENSITY: >1

SECTION 10. - - - - - - - - -STABILITY AND REACTIVITY - - - - - - - - -

 INCOMPATIBILITIES

  COPPER(II) CHLORIDE REACTS VIOLENTLY WITH POTASSIUM, SODIUM.

CONTACT

  WITH ACETYLENE MAY CAUSE FORMATION OF COPPER ACETYLIDES

THAT ARE

  SHOCK-SENSITIVE.

  HEAT

  MOISTURE

  ALKALI METALS

  PROTECT FROM MOISTURE.

 HAZARDOUS COMBUSTION OR DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS

  TOXIC FUMES OF:

  HYDROGEN CHLORIDE GAS

SECTION 11. - - - - - - - - - TOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION - - - - - - - -

 ACUTE EFFECTS

  HARMFUL IF INHALED OR SWALLOWED.

  MAY BE HARMFUL IF ABSORBED THROUGH THE SKIN.

  CAUSES SEVERE EYE IRRITATION.

  CAUSES SKIN IRRITATION.

  MATERIAL IS IRRITATING TO MUCOUS MEMBRANES AND UPPER

  RESPIRATORY TRACT.

  DEPENDING ON THE INTENSITY AND DURATION OF EXPOSURE, EFFECTS

MAY

  VARY FROM MILD IRRITATION TO SEVERE DESTRUCTION OF TISSUE.

  SYMPTOMS OF SYSTEMIC COPPER POISONING MAY INCLUDE:

CAPILLARY DAMAGE,

  HEADACHE, COLD SWEAT, WEAK PULSE, KIDNEY AND LIVER DAMAGE,

CENTRAL

  NERVOUS SYSTEM EXCITATION FOLLOWED BY DEPRESSION, JAUNDICE,

CONVULSIONS,

  PARALYSIS AND COMA. DEATH MAY OCCUR FROM SHOCK OR RENAL

FAILURE.

 CHRONIC EFFECTS

  TARGET ORGAN(S):

  LIVER

  KIDNEYS

  LUNGS

  NERVES

  TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE, THE CHEMICAL, PHYSICAL, AND

  TOXICOLOGICAL PROPERTIES HAVE NOT BEEN THOROUGHLY

INVESTIGATED.

 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  CHRONIC COPPER POISONING IS TYPIFIED BY HEPATIC CIRRHOSIS,

BRAIN

  DAMAGE AND DEMYELINATION, KIDNEY DEFECTS, AND COPPER

DEPOSITION IN THE

  CORNEA AS EXEMPLIFIED BY HUMANS WITH WILSON'S DISEASE. IT HAS

ALSO

  BEEN REPORTED THAT COPPER POISONING HAS LEAD TO HEMOLYTIC

ANEMIA AND

  ACCELERATES ARTERIOSCLEROSIS.

 RTECS #: GL7030000

  COPPER(2+) CHLORIDE DIHYDRATE

  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 ALDRICH CHEMICAL COMPANY FOR TRANSPORTATION

INFORMATION.

SECTION 15. - - - - - - - - - REGULATORY INFORMATION - - - - - - - - - -

 EUROPEAN INFORMATION

  CAUTION: SUBSTANCE NOT YET FULLY TESTED.

  HARMFUL

  R 20/22

  HARMFUL BY INHALATION AND IF SWALLOWED.

  R 36/37/38

  IRRITATING TO EYES, RESPIRATORY SYSTEM AND SKIN.

  R 41

  RISK OF SERIOUS DAMAGE TO EYES.

  S 26

  IN CASE OF CONTACT WITH EYES, RINSE IMMEDIATELY WITH PLENTY

OF

  WATER AND SEEK MEDICAL ADVICE.

  S 36

  WEAR SUITABLE PROTECTIVE CLOTHING.

 REVIEWS, STANDARDS, AND REGULATIONS

  OEL=MAK

  EPA FIFRA 1988 PESTICIDE SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION OR RE-

REGISTRATION

   FEREAC 54,7740,1989

 U.S. INFORMATION

  THIS PRODUCT IS SUBJECT TO SARA SECTION 313 REPORTING

REQUIREMENTS.

SECTION 16. - - - - - - - - - - OTHER INFORMATION- - - - - - - - - - - -

  THE ABOVE INFORMATION IS BELIEVED TO BE CORRECT BUT DOES NOT

PURPORT TO

  BE ALL INCLUSIVE AND SHALL BE USED ONLY AS A GUIDE. SIGMA,

ALDRICH,

  FLUKA SHALL NOT BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE RESULTING

FROM HANDLING

  OR FROM CONTACT WITH THE ABOVE PRODUCT. SEE REVERSE SIDE OF

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