FISHER SCIENTIFIC -- N-BUTYL ACETATE  -- 6810-00N077067
<pre>=====================  Product Identification  =====================

Product ID:N-BUTYL ACETATE
MSDS Date:07/16/1992
FSC:6810
NIIN:00N077067
=== Responsible Party ===
Company Name:FISHER SCIENTIFIC
Address:1 REAGENT LANE
City:FAIRLAWN
State:NJ
ZIP:07410
Country:US
Info Phone Num:201-796-7100
Emergency Phone Num:800-424-9300 (CHEMTREC)
CAGE:1B464
=== Contractor Identification ===
Company Name:FISHER SCIENTIFIC CO.  CHEMICAL MFG DIV
Address:1 REAGENT LANE
Box:City:FAIRLAWN
State:NJ
ZIP:07410-2802
Country:US
Phone:201-796-7100
CAGE:1B464

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

Ingred Name:ACETIC ACID, BUTYL ESTER; (N-BUTYL ACETATE) (CERCLA)
CAS:123-86-4
RTECS #:AF7350000
Fraction by Wt: 100%
OSHA PEL:150 PPM
ACGIH TLV:150 PPM/200STEL
EPA Rpt Qty:5000 LBS
DOT Rpt Qty:5000 LBS

Ingred Name:SUPDAT:FIRE. ISOLATE FOR 1/2 MILE IN ALL DIRECTIONS IF
    TANK, RAIL CAR/TANK TRUCK IS INVOLVED IN FIRE. EXTING ONLY(ING 3)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 2:IF FLOW CAN BE STOPPED; USE WATER IN FLOODING AMTS AS
    FOG. SOLID STREAMS MAY SPREAD FIRE. COOL CNTNRS W/ (ING 4)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 3:FLOODING QTYS OF WATER. AVOID BRTHG TOX VAPS, KEEP
    UPWIND. WATER MAY BE INEFTIVE.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:EXPLO HAZ:AND FLASH BACK. VAPOR-AIR MIXTURES ARE EXPLOSIVE
    ABOVE FLASH POINT.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:CNDTNS TO AVOID:IN AREA. DO NOT OVERHEAT CNTNRS:CNTNRS MAY
    VIOLENTLY RUPTURE & TRAVEL CONSIDERABLE DIST IN HEAT OF FIRE.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:MATLS TO AVOID:POTASSIUM TERT-BUTOXIDE:IGNITION.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:EFTS OF OVEREXP:LIQ TO RABBIT EYES CAUSED SUPERFICIAL
    REVERSIBLE INJURY. INGEST:MAY CAUSE SORE THROAT, ABDOM (ING 9)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 8:PAIN, NAUS, & CNS EFTS SUCH AS HDCH, WEAK, DIZZ, DROW
    & UNCON. TARGET ORGANS:CNS DEPRESSANT. CHRONIC: (ING 10)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 9:INHAL:RPTD EXPOS HAVE RSLTD IN WEAK, LOSS OF WT,
    RENAL CHANGES, & MINOR BLOOD CHANGES. MATERNAL TOX, (ING 11)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 10:FETAL TOX & INCR INCIDENCE OF SKELETAL ABNORM WERE
    OBSERVED IN STUDY OF PREGNANT RATS EXPOS TO 1500 PPM; (ING 12)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 11:IN RABBITS, INCR OF RETINAL FOLDS & OTHER
    MORPHOLOGICAL VARATIONS WERE RPTD. SKIN:RPTD & PRLNGD CONT MAY (ING
    13)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 12:DRY & DEFAT SKIN. ALLERGIC CONT DERM HAS BEEN RPTD
    IN FACTORY WORKER. EYE:RPTD/PRLNGD EXPOS TO IRRITANTS (ING 14)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 13:MAY RSLT IN CONJ. SEVERAL CASES OF VACUOLAR
    KERATOPATHY HAVE OCCURRED AMONG WORKERS EXPOS TO VAPS OF (ING 15)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 14:INGRED IN COMBINATION W/OTHER CHEMS.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:FIRST AID PROC:LIFTING UPPER & LOWER LIDS, UNTIL NO EVID OF
    CHEM REMAINS (FOR @ LST 15 MINS). GET MED ATTN (ING 17)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 16:IMMED. INGEST:IF PERSON IS CONSCIOUS & NOT CONVLS,
    INDUCE EMESIS BY GIVING SYRUP OF IPECAC FOLLOWED BY (ING 18)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 17:WATER. (IF VOMIT OCCURS KEEP HEAD BELOW HIPS TO PVNT
    ASPIR). RPT IN 20 MINS IF NOT EFTIVE INITIALLY. (ING 19)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 18:GIVE ACTIVATED CHARCOAL. IN PATIENTS W/DEPRESSED
    RESP OR IF EMESIS IS NOT PRDCED, PERFORM GASTRIC LAVAGE (ING 20)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 19:CAUTIOUSLY (DREISBACH, HANDBOOK OF POIS, 12TH ED.).
    TREAT SYMPTOMATICALLY & SUPPORTIVELY. GASTRIC LAVAGE (ING 21)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 20:SHOULD BE PERFORMED BY QUALIFIED MED PERS. GET MED
    ATTN IMMED. ANTIDOTE:TREAT SYMPTOMATICALLY & SUPPORTIVELY.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:SPILL PROC:FOAM. AIR SPILL:KNOCK DOWN VAPS W/WATER SPRAY.
    KEEP UPWIND. WATER SPILL:LIM SPILL MOTION & DISPERSION(ING 23)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 22:W/NATRL BARRIERS/OIL SPILL CTL BOOMS. APPLY
    DETERGENTS, SOAPS, ALCOHOLS/ANOTHER SURF ACTIVE AGENT. APPLY (ING
    24)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 23:UNIVERSAL GELLING AGENT TO IMMOBILIZE TRAPPED SPILL
    & INCR EFFICIENCY OF REMOVAL. USE ACTIVATED CARBON (ING 25)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 24:TO ABSORB SPILLED SUBSTANCE THAT IS DISSOLVED. USE
    SUCTION HOSES TO REMOVE TRAPPED SPILLED MATERIAL.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

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

LD50 LC50 Mixture:LD50:(ORAL,RAT) 13100 MG/KG
Routes of Entry: Inhalation:YES  Skin:YES  Ingestion:YES
Reports of Carcinogenicity:NTP:NO    IARC:NO	OSHA:NO
Health Hazards Acute and Chronic:IRRITANT/NARC/HIGHLY TOX. 10,000 PPM
    IMMED DANGEROUS TO LIFE/HLTH. ACUTE:INHAL:VAP MAY CAUSE IRRIT OF
    UPPER RESP TRACT W/COUGH & SHORTNESS OF BREATH. IN HUMANS, 200 PPM
    IRRITATED NOSE & THROAT W/MORE  SEV IRRIT OCCURRING @ 300 PPM. HIGH
    CONCS MAY CAUSE NARCOS W/SYMPS OF HDCH, NAUS, DIZZ, WEAK,
    DULLNESS,(EFTS OF OVEREXP)
Explanation of Carcinogenicity:NOT RELEVANT.
Effects of Overexposure:HLTH HAZ:DROW & UNCON. IN ANIMAL STUDIES NARCOS
    & DEATH OCCURRED @ HIGH CONCS. SKIN:MAY CAUSE IRRIT W/REDNESS &
    DRYING. IF SUFFICIENT AMTS ARE ABSORBED THRU SKIN, SYSTEMIC EFTS
    MAY OCCUR. EYE:VAP CAUS ES IRRIT IN HUMANS @ 200-300 PPM. AT CONCS
    >3300 PPM, TEARING & HYPEREMIA OF CONJUNCTIVA MAY OCCUR. APPLIC OF
    (ING 8)
Medical Cond Aggravated by Exposure:PERSONS WITH PRE-EXISTING KIDNEY,
    LIVER, OR RESPIRATORY DISEASE.

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

First Aid:INHAL:REMOVE TO FRESH AIR IMMED. IF BRTHG HAS STOPPED,
    PERFORM ARTF RESP. KEEP PERSON WARM & @ REST. TREAT SYMPTOMATICALLY
    & SUPPORTIVELY. GET MED ATTN IMMED. SKIN:REMOVE CONTAMD CLTHG &
    SHOES IMMED.  WASH AFFECTED AREA W/SOAP OR MILD DETERGENT & LG AMTS
    OF WATER UNTIL NO EVID OF CHEM REMAINS (APPROX 15-20 MINS). GET MED
    ATTN IMMED. EYE:WASH IMMED W/LG AMTS OF WATER/NORM SALINE, OCCASNLY
    (ING 16)

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

Flash Point Method:CC
Flash Point:72.0F,22.2C
Lower Limits:1.7%
Upper Limits:7.6%
Extinguishing Media:DRY CHEM, CO*2, WATER SPRAY/ALCOHOL-RESIST FOAM.
    FOR LARGER FIRES, USE WATER SPRAY, FOG/ALCOHOL-RESIST FOAM.
Fire Fighting Procedures:NIOSH APPRVD SCBA & FULL PROT EQUIP . MOVE
    CNTNR FROM FIRE AREA IF CAN BE DONE W/OUT RISK. APPLY COOLING WATER
    TO SIDES OF CNTNRS THAT ARE EXPOS (SUPDAT)
Unusual Fire/Explosion Hazard:DANGEROUS FIRE HAZ WHEN EXPOS TO
    HEAT/FLAME. MOD EXPLO HAZ WHEN EXPOS TO HEAT/FLAME. VAPS ARE
    HVR/AIR & MAY TRAVEL CONSIDERABLE DIST TO SOURCE OF IGNIT (ING 5)

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

Spill Release Procedures:SOIL SPILL:DIG HOLDING AREA SUCH AS LAGOON,
    POND/PIT FOR CONTAINMENT. DIKE FLOW OF SPILLED MATL USING
    SOIL/SANDBAGS/FOAMED BARRIERS SUCH AS POLYURETHANE/CONCRETE. USE
    CEMENT POWDER/FLY ASH TO ABSORB L IQ MASS. REDUCE VAP & FIRE HAZ
    W/APPROP(ING 22)
Neutralizing Agent:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.

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

Handling and Storage Precautions:STORE I/A/W 29 CFR 1910.106. STORE
    AWAY FROM INCOMPAT SUBSTANCES.
Other Precautions:BONDING & GROUNDING:SUBSTANCES W/LOW
    WLECTROCONDUCTIVITY, WHICH MAY BE IGNITED BY ELECTROSTATIC SPKS,
    SHOULD BE STORED IN CNTNRS WHICH MEET BONDING & GROUNDING
    GUIDELINES SPECIFIED IN NFPA 77-1983, RE C PRACTICE ON STATIC
    ELECTRICITY.

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

Respiratory Protection:NIOSH APPROVED RESPIRATOR APPROPRIATE FOR
    EXPOSURE OF CONCERN . FOR COMPLETE LISTING OF RESPIRATORS CONTACT
    NEHC .
Ventilation:PROCESS ENCLOSURE VENT REC TO MEET PUBLISHED EXPOS LIMS.
    VENT EQUIP MUST BE EXPLOSION-PROOF.
Protective Gloves:IMPERVIOUS GLOVES .
Eye Protection:ANSI APPRVD CHEM WORKERS GOGGLES .
Other Protective Equipment:ANSI APPRVD EYE WASH & DELUGE SHOWER .
Work Hygienic Practices:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.
Supplemental Safety and Health
FIRE FIGHT PROC:TO FLAMES 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 IS IMPOSS, WITHDRAW FROM AREA & LET 
    FIRE BURN. WITHDRAW IMMED IN CASE OF RISING SOUND FROM VENTING SFTY
    DEVICE/ANY DISCOLORATION OF TANK DUE TO (ING 2)

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

Boiling Pt:B.P. Text:261F,127C
Melt/Freeze Pt:M.P/F.P Text:-108F,-78C
Vapor Pres:10 @ 20C
Vapor Density:4.0
Spec Gravity:0.8825
Evaporation Rate &amp; Reference:5.8 (CCL4 =1)
Solubility in Water:SLIGHTLY SOLUBLE
Appearance and Odor:COLORLESS LIQUID WITH A FRUITY ODOR.
Percent Volatiles by Volume:100

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

Stability Indicator/Materials to Avoid:YES
ACIDS, ALKALIES & OXIDIZERS(STRONG):FIRE/EXPLO HAZ. NITRATES:FIRE/EXPLO
    HAZ. PLASTICS & RESINS:MAY DISSOLVE. (ING 7)
Stability Condition to Avoid:AVOID CONT W/HEAT, SPKS, FLAMES/OTHER
    SOURCES OF IGNIT. VAPS MAY BE EXPLO & POISONOUS; DO NOT ALLOW UNNEC
    PERS (ING 6)
Hazardous Decomposition Products:THERMAL DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS MAY
    INCLUDE TOXIC OXIDES OF CARBON.

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

Waste Disposal Methods:OBSERVE ALL FED, ST & LOC REGS WHEN
    STORING/DISPOSING OF SUBSTANCE. FOR ASSISTANCE, CONT DISTRICT
    DIRECTOR OF ENVIR PROT AGENCY. DISP MUST BE I/A/W STDS APPLIC TO
    GENERATORS OF HAZ WASTE, 40 CFR 262.  EPA HAZ WASTE NO:D001.

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