SPECTRUM CHEMICAL MFG CORP -- COLLODION  -- 6505-00N082126
<pre>=====================  Product Identification  =====================

Product ID:COLLODION
MSDS Date:12/03/1991
FSC:6505
NIIN:00N082126
=== Responsible Party ===
Company Name:SPECTRUM CHEMICAL MFG CORP
Address:14422 SOUTH SAN PEDRO ST
City:GARDENA
State:CA
ZIP:90248
Country:US
Info Phone Num:310-516-8000
Emergency Phone Num:310-516-8000-800-414-9300(CHEMTREC)
CAGE:63415
=== Contractor Identification ===
Company Name:SPECTRUM LABORATORY PRODUCTS INC
Address:14422 S SAN PEDRO ST
Box:City:GARDENA
State:CA
ZIP:90248-2027
Country:US
Phone:310-516-8000/FAX: 310-516-9843
CAGE:63415

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

Ingred Name:ETHANE, 1,1'-OXYBIS-; (ETHYL ETHER) (CERCLA) LD50 (ORAL
    RAT): 1215 MG/KG
CAS:60-29-7
RTECS #:KI5775000
Fraction by Wt: 75%
OSHA PEL:400 PPM
ACGIH TLV:400 PPM/500 STEL
EPA Rpt Qty:100 LBS
DOT Rpt Qty:100 LBS

Ingred Name:ETHYL ALCOHOL (ETHANOL) LD50 (ORAL RAT): 7090 MG/KG
CAS:64-17-5
RTECS #:KQ6300000
Fraction by Wt: 24%
OSHA PEL:1000 PPM
ACGIH TLV:1000 PPM

Ingred Name:NITROCELLULOSE; (COLLODION)
CAS:9004-70-0
RTECS #:QW0970000
Fraction by Wt: 6%
OSHA PEL:N/K 
ACGIH TLV:N/K 

Ingred Name:SUP DAT: ISOLATE FOR 1/2 MILE IN ALL DIRECTIONS IF TANK,
    RAIL CAR/TANK TRUCK IS INVOLVED IN FIRE. EXTING ONLY IF (ING 5)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 4: FLOW CAN BE STOPPED; USE WATER IN FLOODING AMTS AS
    FOG. COOL CONTRS W/FLOODING QTYS OF WATER. AVOID BRTHG (ING 6)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 5: TOX VAPS, KEEP UPWIND. WATER MAY BE INEFFECTIVE.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:EXPLO HAZ: RESULTING IN SPKS W/POSS IGNIT. VAP-AIR MIXTS
    ARE EXPLO ABOVE FLASH POINT. VAPS ARE HEAVIER THAN AIR (ING 8)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 7: AND MAY TRAVEL A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE TO A SOURCE
    OF IGNITION AND FLASH BACK.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:FIRST AID PROC: IF GIVEN PROMPTLY FOLLOWING INGEST. FOR
    ETHYL ETHER, ESTABLISH AIRWAY & MAINTAIN RESP. REMOVE (ING 10)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 9: VOLATILE ANESTHETIC BY FORCED VENTILATION.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:EFTS OF OVEREXP: & DEATH. NITROGEN DIOXIDE MAY CAUSE
    DELAYED PROGRESSIVE WEAK, DYSPNEA, COUGH, CYANOSIS, PULM (ING 12)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 11: EDEMA/BRONCHOPNEUM. SKIN:ING 1:DRYING & CRACKING.
    ING 2:IRRIT EFTS. EYES:ING 1:IRRIT. PAINFUL INFLAMM. (ING 13)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 12: ING 2:BURNING, STINGING, TEARING, TEMPORARY INJURY
    OF CORNEA & HYPEREMIA OF CONJUCTIVA. INGEST:ING 1: (ING 14)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 13: ETHYL ALCOHOL POIS:EMOTIONAL LABILITY, DECRD
    INHIBITIONS, EXHILARATION, BOASTFULNESS, TALKATIVENESS, (ING 15)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 14: REMORSE & BELLIGERENCY. IMPAIRED MUSC COORD, DECRD
    RXN TIME, SLURRED SPEECH, ATAXIA, & SLIGHT VISUAL (ING 16)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 15: DISTURB. SENSORY DISTURB/LOSS, VERTIGO & DIPLOPIA,
    FLUSHING, RAPID PULSE, SWEATING, NAUS, VOMIT, & (ING 17)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 16: INVOLUNTARY DEFECATION & URINATION. CNS DEPRESS.
    COMA, IMPAIRED/ABSENT TENDON REFLEXES, CONVLS, SHOCK, (ING 18)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 18: HYPOTENSION, TACHYCARDIA, COLD PALE SKIN, &
    HYPOTHERMIA. RESP MAY BE SLOW. DEATH MAY OCCUR. ING 2: (ING 19)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 18: EXCITATION, UNCON & PARAL OF RESP SYS. CARD ARREST
    POSS. ANESTH CONVLS. CHRONIC:INHAL:ING 1:ANOREXIA, (ING 20)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 19: EXHAUSTION, DROW, HDCH, DIZZ, JAUN, LIVER DMG &
    INCRD SUSCEPTIBILITY TO ETHANOL INTOXICATION. PSYCHIC (ING 21)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 20: DISORDERS. ING 2:IRRIT, HDCH, LACK OF CONC,
    SOMNOLENCE & OTHER SIGNS OF CNS DEPRESS. ING 3:DECOMP PRODS (ING
    22)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 21: MAY CAUSE CYANOSIS, HDCH, DIZZ, WEAK, LUNG
    CONGESTION, HOARSENESS, LOSS OF APPETITE, WT LOSS & MENTAL (ING 23)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 22: DETERIORATION. SKIN:INGS 1/2:DERM. EYES:INGS
    1/2:CONJ. INGEST:ING 1:WT LOSS, CIRRHOSIS & GASTROENTERITIS(ING 24)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 23: W/PAIN, MOTOR & SENSORY LOSS IN EXTREMITIES, &
    OPTIC ATROPHY. AMNESIA, TREMORS, CONFUSION, IMPAIRED (ING 25)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 24: JUDGEMENT, & LOSS/IMPAIRMENT OF MENTAL ABILITIES
    ARE POSS. CONT NEHC FOR MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION .
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

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

LD50 LC50 Mixture:SEE INGREDIENTS.
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:ING 1:MILDLY IRRIT TO NOSE
    & THROAT. DROW, VOMIT, UNCON. DEATH MAY RSLT. ING 2 (500-10,000
    PPM):NOSE IRRIT & COUGH; 15,000 PPM:CONTINUOUS LACRIM & COUGH;
    >20,000 PPM:INTOLERABLE & SUFFOCAT ING, CNS DEPRESS. ING 3:NO TOX
    DATA. SPONT DECOMP RELEASES CARBON MONOXIDE, OXIDES OF NITROGEN
    WHICH (EFTS OF OVEREXP)
Explanation of Carcinogenicity:NOT RELEVANT.
Effects of Overexposure:HLTH HAZ:ARE HIGHLY TOX METHEMOGLOBIN FORMERS &
    MAY CAUSE CYANOSIS, HDCH, DIZZ, WEAK, DYSPNEA, STUPOR, RESP
    DEPRESS, CHOCOLATE-COLORED BLOOD & POSS DEATH. RELEASES HYDROGEN
    CYANIDE WHICH IS HIGHLY TOX  CHEM ASPHY & MAY CAUSE DIZZ, RAPID
    RESP, VOMIT, FLUSHING, HDCH, DROW, HYPOTENSION, RAPID PULSE, UNCON,
    CONVLS, (ING 11)
Medical Cond Aggravated by Exposure:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.

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

First Aid:INHAL: REMOVE TO FRESH AIR. SUPPORT BRTHG (GIVE OXYGEN/ARTF
    RESP) . SKIN: FLUSH W/COPIOUS AMTS OF WATER. SEE MD . EYES: FLUSH
    W/POTABLE WATER FOR AT LEAST 15 MIN. SEE MD . INGEST: RE MOVE ETHYL
    ALCOHOL BY GASTRIC LAVAGE W/TAP WATER/EMESIS/BY GASTRIC LAVAGE
    W/WARM WATER/3-5% SODIUM BICARBONATE SOLN UNLESS 2 HRS/MORE HAVE
    PASSED SINCE INGEST. SYRUP OF IPECAC MAY BE SAFE (ING 9)

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

Flash Point Method:CC
Flash Point:<0F,<-18C
Lower Limits:1.9%
Upper Limits:48%
Extinguishing Media:DRY CHEM, CARBON DIOXIDE, WATER
    SPRAY/ALCOHOL-RESIST FOAM. FOR LARGER FIRES, USE WATER SPRAY,
    FOG/ALCOHOL-RESIST FOAM.
Fire Fighting Procedures:WEAR NIOSH APPRVD SCBA & FULL PROT EQUIP .
    MOVE CONTR FROM FIRE AREA IF W/OUT RISK. APPLY COOLING WATER TO
    SIDES OF CONTRS EXPOSED TO FLAMES (SUP DAT)
Unusual Fire/Explosion Hazard:DANGEROUS FIRE & EXPLO HAZ WHEN EXPOSED
    TO HEAT/FLAME. DUE TO LOW ELECTROCONDUCTIVITY OF SUBSTANCE,
    FLOW/AGITATION MAY GENERATE ELECTROSTATIC CHARGES (ING 7)

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

Spill Release Procedures:SHUT OFF IGNIT SOURCES. STOP LEAK IF W/OUT
    RISK. USE WATER SPRAY TO REDUCE VAPS. SML SPILLS: TAKE UP W/ABSORB
    MATL & PLACE INTO CONTRS FOR DISP. LGE SPILLS: DIKE FOR LATER DISP.
    NO SMKNG, FLAMES/FLARE S IN HAZ AREA. CONT NEHC FOR MORE INFO .
Neutralizing Agent:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.

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

Handling and Storage Precautions:VAPS MAY BE EXPLO & POIS; DO NOT ALLOW
    UNNEC PERS IN AREA. DO NOT OVERHEAT CONTRS, THEY MAY VIOLENTLY
    RUPTURE & TRAVEL LONG DIST IN HEAT OF FIRE.
Other Precautions:ON PRLNG STOR IN CONT W/OXYGEN/AIR, ETHERS MAY FORM
    DANGEROUSLY EXPLO PEROXIDES. STORE IN TIGHTLY CLSD CONTRS,
    PROTECTED FROM HEAT & LIGHT. CHECK FOR PEROXIDE CONTENT OFTEN;
    NEVER DISTILL TO DRYNESS.

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

Respiratory Protection:NIOSH APPROVED CHEMICAL CARTRIDGE RESPIRATOR
    WITH AN ORGANIC VAPOR CARTRIDGE. NIOSH APPROVED SUPPLIED-AIR
    RESPIRATOR. NIOSH APPROVED SCBA. CONTACT NEHC FOR MORE SPECIFIC
    INFORMATION .
Ventilation:PROVIDE LOCAL EHXAUST VENTILATION SYSTEM TO MEET PUBLISHED
    EXPOSURE LIMITS.
Protective Gloves:IMPERVIOUS GLOVES .
Eye Protection:ANSI APPRVD CHEM WORKERS GOGGLES .
Other Protective Equipment:EMERGENCY EYEWASH AND DELUGE SHOWER MEETING
    ANSI DESIGN CRITERIA .
Work Hygienic Practices:AVOID REPEATED OR PROLONGED CONTACT WITH THIS
    SUBSTANCE.
Supplemental Safety and Health
FIRE FIGHT PROC: UNTIL WELL AFTER FIRE IS OUT. STAY AWAY FROM ENDS OF
    TANKS. FOR MASSIVE FIRE IN CARGO AREA, USE UNMANNED HOSE
    HOLDER/MONITOR NOZZ; IF THIS IMPOSS, WITHDRAW FROM AREA & LET FIRE
    BURN.  WITHDRAW IMMED IN CASE OF RISING SOUND FROM VENTING SFTY
    DEVICE/ANY DISCOLORATION OF TANK DUE TO FIRE. (ING 4)

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

Boiling Pt:B.P. Text:95.0F,35.0C
Melt/Freeze Pt:M.P/F.P Text:-177F,-116C
Vapor Density:2.6
Spec Gravity:0.77
Solubility in Water:ING 3 PRECIPITATES
Appearance and Odor:COLORLESS OR SLIGHTLY YELLOW, CLEAR OR OPALESCENT,
    SYRUPY LIQUID; ETHER ODOR

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

Stability Indicator/Materials to Avoid:YES
ACETYL PEROXIDE, BORON TRIAZIDE, BROMINE. CONTACT NEHC FOR A COMPLETE
    LIST OF MATERIALS TO AVOID .
Stability Condition to Avoid:AVOID CONTACT WITH HEAT, SPARKS, FLAMES,
    SOURCES OF IGNITION.
Hazardous Decomposition Products:HIGHLY TOXIC FUMES OF HYDROGEN CYANIDE
    AND TOXIC OXIDES OF CARBON AND NITROGEN.

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

Waste Disposal Methods:DISPOSAL MUST BE I/A/W STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO
    GENERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE, 40 CFR 262. EPA HAZARDOUS WASTE
    NUMBER D001. 100 POUND CERCLA SECTION 103 REPORTABLE QUANTITY.
    OBSERVE ALL FEDERAL, STATE	& LOCAL REGULATIONS WHEN DISPOSING.

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