PRODUCT #: 323527 NAME: SELENIUM TETRACHLORIDE
MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET, Valid 11/97 - 1/98
Printed Thursday, March 13, 1903 4:11PM
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SECTION 1. - - - - - - - - - CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION- - - - - - - - - -
CATALOG #: 323527
NAME: SELENIUM TETRACHLORIDE
SECTION 2. - - - - - COMPOSITION/INFORMATION ON INGREDIENTS - - - - - -
CAS #: 10026-03-6
MF: CL4SE
EC NO: 233-053-5
SECTION 3. - - - - - - - - - - HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION - - - - - - - - -
LABEL PRECAUTIONARY STATEMENTS
HIGHLY TOXIC (USA)
TOXIC (EU)
TOXIC BY INHALATION, IN CONTACT WITH SKIN AND IF SWALLOWED.
CAUSES BURNS.
TARGET ORGAN(S):
NERVES
LIVER
IN CASE OF ACCIDENT OR IF YOU FEEL UNWELL, SEEK MEDICAL ADVICE
IMMEDIATELY (SHOW THE LABEL WHERE POSSIBLE).
IN CASE OF CONTACT WITH EYES, RINSE IMMEDIATELY WITH PLENTY OF
WATER AND SEEK MEDICAL ADVICE.
DO NOT BREATHE DUST.
WEAR SUITABLE PROTECTIVE CLOTHING, GLOVES AND EYE/FACE
PROTECTION.
MOISTURE SENSITIVE
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.
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 IMMEDIATELY.
DISCARD CONTAMINATED CLOTHING AND SHOES.
SECTION 5. - - - - - - - - - FIRE FIGHTING MEASURES - - - - - - - - - -
EXTINGUISHING MEDIA
USE EXTINGUISHING MEDIA APPROPRIATE TO SURROUNDING FIRE CONDITIONS.
SPECIAL FIREFIGHTING PROCEDURES
WEAR SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS AND PROTECTIVE CLOTHING TO
PREVENT CONTACT WITH SKIN AND EYES.
UNUSUAL FIRE AND EXPLOSIONS HAZARDS
EMITS TOXIC FUMES UNDER FIRE CONDITIONS.
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.
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PRODUCT #: 323527 NAME: SELENIUM TETRACHLORIDE
MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET, Valid 11/97 - 1/98
Printed Thursday, March 13, 1903 4:11PM
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.
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.
CORROSIVE.
HIGHLY TOXIC.
KEEP TIGHTLY CLOSED.
MOISTURE SENSITIVE
STORE IN A COOL DRY PLACE.
SECTION 9. - - - - - - - PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES - - - - - - -
APPEARANCE AND ODOR
PALE GREEN POWDER
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
FLASHPOINT NONE
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: 2.600
SECTION 10. - - - - - - - - -STABILITY AND REACTIVITY - - - - - - - - -
INCOMPATIBILITIES
STRONG OXIDIZING AGENTS
STRONG ACIDS
MAY DECOMPOSE ON EXPOSURE TO MOIST AIR OR WATER.
HAZARDOUS COMBUSTION OR DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS
HYDROGEN CHLORIDE GAS
SELENIUM/SELENIUM OXIDES
SECTION 11. - - - - - - - - - TOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION - - - - - - - -
ACUTE EFFECTS
MAY BE FATAL IF INHALED, SWALLOWED, OR ABSORBED THROUGH SKIN.
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.
ACUTE SELENIUM POISONING PRODUCES CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM EFFECTS,
WHICH INCLUDE NERVOUSNESS, CONVULSIONS AND DROWSINESS. OTHER SIGNS OF
INTOXICATION CAN INCLUDE SKIN ERUPTIONS, LASSITUDE, GASTROINTESTINAL
DISTRESS, TEETH THAT ARE DISCOLORED OR DECAYED, ODOROUS ("GARLIC")
BREATH, PARTIAL LOSS OF HAIR AND NAILS. CHRONIC EXPOSURE BY INHALATION
CAN PRODUCE SYMPTOMS THAT INCLUDE PALLOR, COATING OF THE TONGUE, AN-
EMIA, IRRITATION OF THE MUCOSA, LUMBAR PAIN, LIVER AND SPLEEN DAMAGE
AS WELL AS ANY OF THE OTHER PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED SYMPTOMS.
CHRONIC EFFECTS
ANEMIA
DERMATITIS
TARGET ORGAN(S):
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
LIVER
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PRODUCT #: 323527 NAME: SELENIUM TETRACHLORIDE
MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET, Valid 11/97 - 1/98
Printed Thursday, March 13, 1903 4:11PM
SPLEEN
G.I. SYSTEM
TEETH
RTECS #: VS7875000
SELENIUM(IV) CHLORIDE (1:4)
TOXICITY DATA
SCU-GPG LD50:19 MG/KG CTOXAO 17,171,1980
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 - - - - - - - - -
THE MATERIAL SHOULD BE DISSOLVED IN 1) WATER; 2) ACID SOLUTION OR 3)
OXIDIZED TO A WATER-SOLUBLE STATE. PRECIPITATE THE MATERIAL AS THE
SULFIDE, ADJUSTING THE PH OF THE SOLUTION TO 7 TO COMPLETE PRE-
CIPITATION. FILTER THE INSOLUBLES AND DISPOSE OF THEM IN A HAZARDOUS-
WASTE SITE. DESTROY ANY EXCESS SULFIDE WITH SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE.
NEUTRALIZE THE SOLUTION BEFORE FLUSHING DOWN THE DRAIN.
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
TOXIC
R 23/24/25
TOXIC BY INHALATION, IN CONTACT WITH SKIN AND IF SWALLOWED.
R 34
CAUSES BURNS.
S 45
IN CASE OF ACCIDENT OR IF YOU FEEL UNWELL, SEEK MEDICAL ADVICE
IMMEDIATELY (SHOW THE LABEL WHERE POSSIBLE).
S 26
IN CASE OF CONTACT WITH EYES, RINSE IMMEDIATELY WITH PLENTY OF
WATER AND SEEK MEDICAL ADVICE.
S 22
DO NOT BREATHE DUST.
S 36/37/39
WEAR SUITABLE PROTECTIVE CLOTHING, GLOVES AND EYE/FACE
PROTECTION.
REVIEWS, STANDARDS, AND REGULATIONS
OEL=MAK
ACGIH TLV-TWA 0.2 MG(SE)/M3 DTLVS* TLV/BEI,1996
MSHA STANDARD-AIR:TWA 0.2 MG(SE)/M3
DTLVS* 3,224,1971
OSHA PEL (GEN INDU):8H TWA 0.2 MG(SE)/M3
CFRGBR 29,1910.1000,1994
OSHA PEL (CONSTRUC):8H TWA 0.2 MG(SE)/M3
CFRGBR 29,1926.55,1994
OSHA PEL (SHIPYARD):8H TWA 0.2 MG(SE)/M3
CFRGBR 29,1915.1000,1993
OSHA PEL (FED CONT):8H TWA 0.2 MG(SE)/M3
CFRGBR 41,50-204.50,1994
OEL-ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT:TWA 0.2 MG(SE)/M3 JAN 1993
OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 0.2 MG(SE)/M3 JAN 1993
OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.2 MG(SE)/M3 JAN 1993
OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.1 MG(SE)/M3 JAN 1993
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PRODUCT #: 323527 NAME: SELENIUM TETRACHLORIDE
MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET, Valid 11/97 - 1/98
Printed Thursday, March 13, 1903 4:11PM
OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.1 MG(SE)/M3;STEL 0.3 MG(SE)/M3 JAN 1993
OEL-GERMANY:TWA 0.1 MG(SE)/M3 JAN 1993
OEL-HUNGARY:STEL 0.1 MG(SE)/M3 JAN 1993
OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.2 MG(SE)/M3 JAN 1993
OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.2 MG(SE)/M3 JAN 1993
OEL-POLAND:TWA 0.1 MG(SE)/M3 JAN 1993
OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.1 MG(SE)/M3 JAN 1993
OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.1 MG(SE)/M3 JAN 1993
OEL-TURKEY:TWA 0.2 MG(SE)/M3 JAN 1993
OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.1 MG(SE)/M3 JAN 1993
OEL IN BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA CHECK ACGIH TLV
OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM CHECK ACGIH TLV
EPA TSCA SECTION 8(B) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
U.S. INFORMATION
THIS PRODUCT IS SUBJECT TO SARA SECTION 313 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
SECTION 16. - - - - - - - - - - OTHER INFORMATION- - - - - - - - - - - -
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