PRAXAIR INC -- ARSINE  -- 6810-00N047726
<pre>=====================  Product Identification  =====================

Product ID:ARSINE
MSDS Date:12/01/1992
FSC:6810
NIIN:00N047726
=== Responsible Party ===
Company Name:PRAXAIR INC
Address:39 OLD RIDGEBURY RD
City:DANBURY
State:CT
ZIP:06810-5113
Country:US
Info Phone Num:203-794-5782
Emergency Phone Num:800-424-9300 (CHEMTREC)
CAGE:0LV01
=== Contractor Identification ===
Company Name:PRAXAIR, INC.
Address:39 OLD RIDGEBURY RD
Box:City:DANBURY
State:CT
ZIP:06810-5113
Country:US
Phone:800-772-9247; 800-PRAXAIR
CAGE:0LV01

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

Ingred Name:ING 17:BROMINE WATER, OR SODIUM HYPOBROMITE SOLUTION.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:VENT:ZONE. MECH (GEN):NOT REC AS A PRIMARY VENT SYS.
    SPEC:CANOPY TYPE OF FORCED DRAFT FUME HOOD EQUIPPED WITH (ING 20
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 19:AN EXPLOSION-PROOF DEVICE MAY BE MORE DESIRABLE FOR
    CERTAIN APPLICATIONS.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:HNDLG/STOR:MAY FORM EXPLO MIX W/AIR. KEEP AWAY FROM HEAT,
    SPKS & OPEN FLAME. GROUND ALL EQUIP. USE SPK-PROOF (ING 22)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 21:TOOLS & EXPLO-PROOF EQUIP. STORE & USE W/ADEQ VENT
    AT ALL TIMES. USE ONLY IN CLSD SYS. CLOSE VALVE WHEN (ING 23)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 22:NOT IN USE & WHEN EMPTY. KEEP AWAY FROM OXIDIZING
    AGENTS AND FLAMMABLE.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:OTHER PREC:ENCLOSURES, AUTOMATIC GAS PANELS FOR PURGING OF
    SYS UPON CYL CHANGE OUT, EXCESS FLOW VALVES (ING 25)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 24:THROUGHOUT DISTRIBUTION SYS, DOUBLE CONTAINMENT FOR
    GAS DISTRIBUTION SYS, & CONTINUOUS GAS MONITORS IS REC.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:EXPLO HAZ:EXTINGUISH FLAMES DUE TO POSSIBILITY OF EXPLO
    RE-IGNIT. FLAMM & TOX VAPS MAY SPREAD FROM SPILL. EXPLO (ING 5)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 4:ATM MAY LINGER. CYLS ARE NOT EQUIPPED W/SFTY DEVICE
    TO RELEASE PRESS. EVAC AREA IF FIRE CANNOT BE BROUGHT (ING 6)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 5:UNDER IMMED CONTROL TO PROTECT PERSONS FROM CYL
    FRAGMENTS & TOXIC FUMES SHOULD A RUPTURE OCCUR.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:EFTS OF OVEREXP:RAPIDLY FATAL. SKIN & EYE CONT:LIQUID MAY
    CAUSE FROSTBITE. CHRONIC:RPTD EXPOS CAN RSLT IN ANEMIA,(ING 8)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 7:PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY EXPERIENCED AS NUMBNESS,
    TINGLING, & WEAK OF EXTREMITIES, & CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE. (ING 9)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 8:DELAYED EFTS INCL HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA, JAUNDICE &
    BRONZING OF SKIN, PULM EDEMA, & PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY. SEV (ING 10)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 9:OVEREXP CAN ALSO RSLT IN KIDNEY, LIVER & HEART DMG.
    KIDNEY FAILURE MAY OCCUR; W/OLIGURIA/ANURIA LEADING (ING 11)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 10:TO UREMIA AND DEATH. IARC HAS REPORTED THAT THERE IS
    SUFFICIENT EVID THAT INORG ARSENIC CMPDS ARE SKIN (ING 12)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 11:AND LUNG CARCINOGENS IN HUMANS.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:FIRST AIR PROC:THOROUGHLY W/WATER & CONTINUE FLUSHING FOR @
    LST 15 MINS. OBTAIN MED ATTN, PREFERABLE FROM AN (ING 14)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 13:OPHTHALMOLOGIST, URGENTLY. NOTES TO PHYSICIAN:
    CONTACT NEHC .
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:SPILL PROC:OR MOVE LEAKING CNTNR TO WELL-VENTILATED AREA.
    PVNT RUNOFF FROM CONTAMINATING SURROUNDING ENVIR. FLAM(ING 16)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 15:VAPORS MAY SPREAD FROM SPILL. BEFORE ENTERING AREA,
    CHECK ATMOSPHERE W/APPROPRIATE DEVICE.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:WASTE DISP METH:CONTAINING ADEQ QTYS OF SODIUM
    HYPOCHLORITE, CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE, POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE, (ING
    18)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ARSINE (SARA 302/313) (CERCLA)
CAS:7784-42-1
RTECS #:CG6475000
Fraction by Wt: 100%
OSHA PEL:0.05 PPM
ACGIH TLV:0.05 PPM

Ingred Name:SUPDAT:CONTAINERS FROM AREA OF FIRE IF W/OUT RISK. ALLOW
    FIRE TO BURN OUT. ON-SITE FIRE BRIGADES MUST COMPLY (ING 3)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 2:WITH OSHA 29 CFR 1910.156.
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:INGEST:UNLIKELY ROUTE BUT FROSTBT OF
    LIPS & MOUTH MAY RSLT FROM LIQ CNTCT. PROD IS GAS AT NORM TEMP &
    PRESS. INHAL:EXTREMELY TOX. MAY BE FATAL IF INHALED. ARSINE PRDCES
    RAPID INTRAVASCULAR HEMOLYSIS ( RED BLOOD CELL DESTRUCTION),
    HEMOGLOBINURIA (HEMOGLOBIN IN URINE) W/DARK URINE, WEAK, SHIVERING,
    DECR (EFTS OF OVEREXP)
Explanation of Carcinogenicity:NOT RELEVANT
Effects of Overexposure:HLTH HAZ:BLOOD PRESS, DIZZ, HDCH, GARLIC ODOR
    OF BRTH, NAUS, VOMIT, ABDOM & FLANK PAIN, DIARR, THIRST & COLLAPSE.
    HIGH CONCS CAN RSLT IN BRTHG DFCLTY & PULM EDEMA. INTERVAL BETWEEN
    ONSET OF EXPOS & SY MPS DEPENDS ON CONC OF GAS & DURATION OF EXPOS.
    SYMPS CAN BE DELAYED UP TO 48 HRS. CONCS IN EXCESS OF 50 PPM ARE
    (ING 7)
Medical Cond Aggravated by Exposure:INDIVIDUALS WITH ANEMIA OR
    PRE-EXISTING KIDNEY, HEART, LIVER OR NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE MAY BE
    AT INCRREASED RISK.

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

First Aid:INGEST:CALL MD IMMED SKIN:IF EXPOS TO LIQ, AVOID BRTHG VAP.
    IMMED WARM FROSTBT AREA W/WARM WATER (NOT >105F). IF MASSIVE EXPOS,
    REMOVE CLTHG & SHOES WHILE SHOWERING W/WARM WATER. GET MED ATTN IM
    MED. INHAL:IMMED REMOVE TO FRESH AIR. GIVE ARTF RESP IF NOT BRTHG.
    O*2 MAY BE GIVEN BY QUALIFIED PERS IF BRTHG IS DFCLT. GET MED ATTN
    IMMED EVEN IF SYMPS NOT PRESENT. EYE:IMMED FLUSH (ING 13)

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

Flash Point:FLAMMABLE GAS
Lower Limits:4.5%
Upper Limits:78%
Extinguishing Media:CARBON DIOXIDE, DRY CHEMICAL, WATER SPRAY OR FOG.
Fire Fighting Procedures:NIOSH APPRVD SCBA & FULL PROT EQUIP .
    DANGER:POIS GAS. EVACUATE ALL PERS FROM DANGER AREA. IMMED COOL
    CNTNRS W/WATER SPRAY FROM MAX DIST TAKING (SUPDAT)
Unusual Fire/Explosion Hazard:POIS, FLAM GAS. FORMS EXPLO MIXS W/AIR &
    OXIDIZING AGENTS. BECAUSE CYL VALVE IS NOT EQUIPPED W/SFTY DEVICE,
    CYL MAY RUPTURE DUE TO HEAT OF FIRE. DO NOT (ING 4)

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

Spill Release Procedures:IMMED EVACUATE ALL PERS FROM DANGER AREA.
    DANGER:POIS, FLAM GAS. FORMS EXPLO MIXS W/AIR. USE NIOSH APPRVD
    SCBA & PROT CLTHG. REMOVE ALL SOURCES OF IGNIT IF W/OUT RISK.
    REDUCE VAPS W/FOG OR FINE WATER  SPRAY. SHUT OFF LEAK IF W/OUT
    RISK. VENT (ING 15)
Neutralizing Agent:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.

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

Handling and Storage Precautions:DANGER:POIS, FLAM, LIQUEFIED GAS UNDER
    PRESS. MAY BE FATAL IF INHALED. USE PIPING & EQUIP ADEQ DESIGNED TO
    W/STAND PRESS TO BE ENCOUNTERED. (ING 21)
Other Precautions:NEVER WORK ON PRESSURIZED SYS. IF THERE IS LEAK,
    CLOSE CYL VALVE, BLOW DOWN SYS BY VENTING TO SAFE PLACE, THEN
    REPAIR LEAK. WHEN RETURNING CYL, INSTALL VALVE OUTLET PLUG TIGHTLY.
    USE OF ENGINEERING CT LS SUCH AS GAS CABINET (ING 24)

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

Respiratory Protection:USE NIOSH APPRVD AIR-SUPPLIED RESPS FOR CONCS UP
    TO 10 TIMES APPLIC PERMISSIBLE EXPOS LIM WHILE NIOSH APPRVD FULL
    FACE SCBA IN POSITIVE PRESSURE DEMAND MODE IS REQD FOR HIGH CONCS.
    RESP PROT USE MUST	CONFORM W/OSHA RULES IN 29CFR 1910.134.
Ventilation:EXPLO-PROOF LOC EXHST VENT W/SUFFICIENT AIR FLOW VELOCITY
    TO MAINTAIN ARSINE CONC BELOW TLV IN WORKER'S BRTHG (ING 19)
Protective Gloves:NEOPRENE GLOVES.
Eye Protection:ANSI APPRVD CHEM WORKERS GOGGLES .
Other Protective Equipment:ANSI APPRVED EYE WASH & DELUGE SHOWER .
    METATARSAL SHOES. PROT CLTHG WHERE NEEDED. I/A/W 29CFR1910.132 &
    1910.133.
Work Hygienic Practices:DO NOT BREATHE GAS. DO NOT GET LIQUID OR VAPORS
    IN EYES, ON SKIN OR CLOTHING.
Supplemental Safety and Health
VP:205 PSIG @20C. FIRE FIGHT PROC:CARE NOT TO EXTING FLAMES. SOLID
    STREAMS OF WATER MAY BE INEFTIVE. REMOVE IGNIT SOURCES IF W/OUT
    RISK. IF FLAMES ARE ACCIDENTALLY EXTING, EXPLO RE-IGNIT MAY OCCUR.
    RE DUCE TOX VAPS W/WATER SPRAY/FOG. STOP FLOW OF GAS IF W/OUT RISK
    WHILE CONTINUING COOLING WATER SPRAY. REMOVE ALL (ING 2)

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

HCC:G8
Boiling Pt:B.P. Text:-81F,-63C
Melt/Freeze Pt:M.P/F.P Text:-179F,-117C
Vapor Pres:SUPDAT
Vapor Density:2.69
Spec Gravity:1.65 (H*2O=1)
Evaporation Rate &amp; Reference:HIGH (BUTYL ACETATE=1)
Solubility in Water:SLIGHT
Appearance and Odor:COLORLESS GAS AT NORMAL TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE;
    GARLIC-LIKE ODOR.
Percent Volatiles by Volume:100

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

Stability Indicator/Materials to Avoid:NO
NITRIC ACID, OXIDIZING AGENTS, ALUMINUM, HALOGENS.
Stability Condition to Avoid:EXPOSURE TO LIGHT OR HEAT IN PRESENCE OF
    MOISTURE. DECOMPOSES AT TEMPERATURES IN EXCESS OF 230-240C.
Hazardous Decomposition Products:ARSENIC, ARSENIC OXIDES, HYDROGEN.

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

Waste Disposal Methods:PVNT WASTE FROM CONTAM SURROUNDING AREA. KEEP
    PERS AWAY. DISCARD ANY PROD, RESIDUE, DISP CNTNR/LINER IN
    ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE MANNER I/A/W FED, STATE & LOCAL REGS.
    ARSINE CAN BE DISPOSED BY SLOWL Y INTRODUCING GAS INTO GAS DISP SYS
    (ING 17)

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