VAN WATERS & ROGERS INC -- CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE GRANULAR  -- 6810-00N083619
<pre>=====================  Product Identification  =====================

Product ID:CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE GRANULAR
MSDS Date:04/18/1997
FSC:6810
NIIN:00N083619
=== Responsible Party ===
Company Name:VAN WATERS & ROGERS INC
Address:6100 CARILLON POINT
City:KIRKLAND
State:WA
ZIP:98033
Country:US
Info Phone Num:206-889-3400
Emergency Phone Num:800-424-9300 (CHEMTREC)
CAGE:DO735
=== Contractor Identification ===
Company Name:VAN WATERS & ROGERS SUBSIDIARY OF UNIVAR
Address:6100 CARILLON POINT
City:KIRKLAND
State:WA
ZIP:98033
Country:US
Phone:425-889-3400
CAGE:DO735
Company Name:VOPAK USA INC
Address:6100 CARILLON POINT
Box:City:KIRKLAND
State:WA
ZIP:98033-7357
Country:US
Phone:425-889-3400/425-889-3617
CAGE:0STM5

=============  Composition/Information on Ingredients  =============

Ingred Name:CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE (CERCLA) (65% AVAILABLE CHLORINE)
CAS:7778-54-3
RTECS #:NH3485000
Fraction by Wt: 65%
OSHA PEL:0.5 PPM (CL)
ACGIH TLV:0.5 PPM/1 STEL (CL)
EPA Rpt Qty:10 LBS
DOT Rpt Qty:10 LBS

Ingred Name:INERT INGREDIENTS (INCLUDES 5.5-10% MOISTURE)
Fraction by Wt: 35%
OSHA PEL:N/K 
ACGIH TLV:N/K 

Ingred Name:SUP DAT: INGEST: CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE, IF SWALLOWED, CAUSES
    SEV BURNS TO DIGESTIVE TRACT & CAN BE FATAL. CHRONIC:(ING 4)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 3: GENOTOX: CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE PRDCED POS RESPONSES
    IN IN-VITRO ASSAYS USING BACTERIAL SYS (AMES TEST) & (ING 5)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 4: CHROMOSOMAL ABERRATIONS IN CHINESE HAMSTER
    FIBROBLASTS.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:FIRST AID PROC: IF AVAIL. DO NOT INDUCE VOMIT. TAKE IMMED
    TO HOSPITAL/MD. IF UNCON/IN CONVLS, TAKE IMMED TO (ING 7)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 6: HOSPITAL. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO INDUCE VOMIT/GIVE
    ANYTHING BY MOUTH TO UNCON PERS. NOTE TO MD: TREAT SYMPTOMATICALLY.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:WASTE DISP METH: 35% HYDROGEN PEROXIDE SOLN PER POUND OF
    CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE TO BE NEUT) THEN DILUTE NEUT MATL (ING 9)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 8: W/PLENTY OF WATER & FLUSH TO SEWER. NOTE: ONLY
    PROPERLY NEUT MATL SHOULD BE FLUSHED TO SEWER. UNNEUT MATL(ING 10)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 9: CAN CAUSE ENVIRON DMG TO RECEIVING WATER/CAN
    INTERFERE W/TREATMENT PLANT OPERATION. FOR ON-SITE NEUT, (ING 11)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 10: CAREFULLY & SLOWLY POUR APPROP QTY OF 35% HYDROGEN
    PEROXIDE SOLN OVER ALL SPILLED MATL THEN FLUSH AREA (ING 12)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 11: W/PLENTY OF WATER. CARE MUST BE TAKEN WHEN
    USING/DISPOSING OF CHEM MATLS &/OR THEIR CONTRS TO PVNT (ING 13)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 12: ENVIRON CONTAM. IT IS YOUR DUTY TO DISPOSE OF CHEM
    MATLS &/OR THEIR CONTRS I/A/W CLEAN AIR ACT, CLEAN (ING 14)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 13: WATER ACT, RCRA, FIFRA, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER
    RELEVANT FED, STATE/LOC LAWS/REGS REGARDING DISPOSAL.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:OTHER PREC: ANY OTHER PROD. SUCH USE MAY CAUSE VIOLENT RXN
    LEADING TO FIRE/EXPLO. ADD THIS PROD ONLY TO WATER. (ING 16)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 15: MAY CAUSE FIRE/EXPLO IF MIXED W/OTHER CHEMS. FIRE
    MAY RSLT IF CONTAM W/ACIDS/EASILY COMBUST MATL SUCH AS(ING 17)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 16: OIL, KEROSENE, GASOLINE, PAINT PRODS & MOST OTHER
    ORG MATLS. DO NOT REUSE CONTR. RESIDUAL MATL REMAINING(ING 18)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 17: IN EMPTY DRUM CAN REACT TO CAUSE FIRE. THORO FLUSH
    EMPTY CONTR W/WATER THEN DESTROY BY PLACING IN TRASH (ING 19)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 18: COLLECTION. DO NOT CONTAM WATER, FOOD/FEED BY
    STOR/DISP. KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN. STRONG OXIDIZER-(ING 20)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 19: FIRE MAY RSLT FROM CONT W/HEAT, ACIDS, ORG/COMBUST
    MATTER. MAY BE FATAL/HARMFUL IF SWALLOWED. MAY CAUSE (ING 21)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 20: CHEM BURNS. IRRIT TO NOSE & THROAT-AVOID BRTHG
    DUST.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

=====================  Hazards Identification  =====================

LD50 LC50 Mixture:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.
Routes of Entry: Inhalation:YES  Skin:YES  Ingestion:YES
Reports of Carcinogenicity:NTP:NO    IARC:NO	OSHA:NO
Health Hazards Acute and Chronic:ACUTE: INHAL: CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE
    DUST & DEPOSITION OF PARTICLES IN RESP TRACT CAN LEAD TO IRRIT OF
    TISS & CAUSE VARIETY OF EFTS. THESE EFTS ARE DEPENDENT ON CONC &
    INCL: UPPER RESP TRACT IRRIT, NASA L CONGESTION, COUGHING, SORE
    THROAT, LARYNGITIS & SHORTNESS OF BREATH. IN OPERATIONS WHERE THERE
    ARE (EFTS OF OVEREXP)
Explanation of Carcinogenicity:NOT RELEVANT.
Effects of Overexposure:HLTH HAZ: HIGH CONCS OF RESP PARTICULATES, PULM
    EDEMA (FLUID IN LUNG) MAY BE PRDCED. IF NOT TREATED IMMED, PULM
    EDEMA CAN BE LIFE-THREATENING. SINCE THIS PROD IS IN GRANULAR FORM,
    PARTICLES OF RESP SI ZE ARE NOT GEN ENCOUNTERED. EYES/SKIN: CALCIUM
    HYPOCHLORITE IS CORR TO EYES. CONT OF DUST W/EYES, EVEN MIN AMT
    (SUP DAT)
Medical Cond Aggravated by Exposure:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.

=======================  First Aid Measures  =======================

First Aid:INHAL: REMOVE TO FRESH AIR. IF NOT BRTHG, GIVE ARTF RESP,
    PREF MOUTH-TO-MOUTH. IF BRTHG IS DFCLT, GIVE OXYGEN. CALL MD. SKIN:
    FLUSH W/PLENTY OF WATER FOR AT LEAST 15 MIN, WHILE REMOVING CONTAM
    CLTHG &  SHOES. IF IRRIT OCCURS, GET MED ATTN EYES: FLUSH W/PLENTY
    OF WATER FOR AT LEAST 15 MIN. GET IMMED MED ATTN. INGEST: IF
    CONSCIOUS, DRINK LGE QTYS OF WATER & ANY COMMON COOKING (VEGETABLE)
    OIL, (ING 6)

=====================  Fire Fighting Measures  =====================

Flash Point:NONE
Extinguishing Media:WATER ONLY. SMOTHERING INEFFECTIVE-PRODUCT SUPPLIES
    OWN OXYGEN.
Fire Fighting Procedures:WEAR NIOSH APPROVED SCBA AND FULL PROTECTIVE
    EQUIPMENT .
Unusual Fire/Explosion Hazard:DECOMPOSES AT 180C RELEASING OXYGEN GAS.
    CONTAINERS MAY RUPTURE.

==================  Accidental Release Measures  ==================

Spill Release Procedures:USE EXTREME CAUTION IN HNDLG SPILL. CONTAM
    W/ORG/COMBUST MATL MAY CAUSE FIRE/VIOLENT DECOMP. IF FIRE/DECOMP
    OCCURS IN SPILL AREA, IMMED DOUSE W/PLENTY OF WATER. OTHERWISE,
    SWEEP UP ALL VISIBLE MATL US ING CLEAN, DRY SHOVEL & BROOM &
    DISSOLVE IN WATER.
Neutralizing Agent:HYDROGEN PEROXIDE.

======================	Handling and Storage  ======================

Handling and Storage Precautions:DO NOT GET IN EYES, ON SKIN/ON
    CLOTHING. KEEP IN ORIGINAL CONTAINER IN A COOL, DRY PLACE. KEEP
    CONTAINER CLOSED WHEN NOT IN USE.
Other Precautions:KEEP AWAY FROM HEAT SOURCES, SPKS, OPEN FLAMES &
    LIGHTED TOBACCO PRODS. USE ONLY CLEAN, DRY SCOOP MADE OF
    METAL/PLASTIC EACH TIME THIS PROD IS TAKEN FROM CONTR. DO NOT ADD
    THIS PROD TO ANY DISPENSING  DEVICE CONTAINING REMNANTS OF (ING 15)

=============  Exposure Controls/Personal Protection  =============

Respiratory Protection:IF DUSTY CNDTNS ARE ENCOUNTERED, USE NIOSH
    APPRVD RESP W/ACID GAS CARTRIDGE & DUST PREFILTER. RESP USE
    LIMITATIONS SPECIFIED BY NIOSH/MFR MUST BE OBSERVED. RESP PROT
    PROGRAMS MUST BE I/A/W 29 CFR 1910 .134.
Ventilation:NONE, UNLESS DUSTY CONDITIONS ARE ENCOUNTERED.
Protective Gloves:NATURAL OR SYNTHETIC RUBBER GLOVES.
Eye Protection:ANSI APPRVD CHEM WORKERS GOGGLES .
Other Protective Equipment:EMERGENCY EYEWASH AND DELUGE SHOWER MEETING
    ANSI DESIGN CRITERIA . USE BOOTS, APRON/CHEMICAL SUITS WHEN
    NECESSARY.
Work Hygienic Practices:WASH HANDS AFTER HANDLING.
Supplemental Safety and Health
BP: DECOMPOSES @ 180C (356F). PH: ALKALINE. EFTS OF OVEREXP: FOR SHORT
    DURATION, CAN CAUSE SEV IRRIT & EVEN BLINDNESS. CONT W/SKIN MAY
    CAUSE SEV IRRIT, BURNS/TISS DESTRUCTION. IN STUDIES UTILIZING RAB
    BITS, SKIN IRRIT SCORE WAS 8/8 & EYE IRRIT SCORE WAS 98.6/110.
    CLASSIFICATION FOR BOTH OF THESE IS CORROSIVE. (ING 3)

==================  Physical/Chemical Properties  ==================

Boiling Pt:B.P. Text:SUP DAT
pH:SUPDAT
Solubility in Water:217 G/L @ 27C
Appearance and Odor:WHITE POWDER WITH SLIGHT CHLORINE ODOR

=================  Stability and Reactivity Data  =================

Stability Indicator/Materials to Avoid:NO
ACIDS, COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS, ORGANICS, REDUCING AGENTS.
Stability Condition to Avoid:CONTAMINATION OR EXCESSIVE HEAT ABOVE
    177C.
Hazardous Decomposition Products:ACIDS/AMMONIA CONTAM WILL RELEASE TOX
    GASES. EXCESS HEAT WILL CAUSE DECOMP RSLTG IN RELEASE OF OXYGEN &
    CHLORINE GAS.

====================  Disposal Considerations  ====================

Waste Disposal Methods:SPILLED MATL THAT HAS BEEN SWEPT UP & DISSOLVED
    IN WATER SHOULD BE USED IMMED IN NORM APPLICATION FOR WHICH CALCIUM
    HYPOCHLORITE IS BEING CONSUMED. IF THIS IS NOT POSS, CAREFULLY NEUT
    DISSOLVED MATL B Y ADDING HYDROGEN PEROXIDE (ONE PINT OF(ING 8)

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