Fisher Scientific Uranyl Acetate, Dihydrate, U-4 6810-00-227-0404

FISHER SCIENTIFIC -- URANYL ACETATE, DIHYDRATE, U-4 -- 6810- 00-227-0404

======Product Identification ======

Product ID:URANYL ACETATE, DIHYDRATE, U-4 MSDS Date:06/04/1992 FSC:6810 NIIN:00-227-0404 MSDS Number: CDWZR === Responsible Party === Company Name:FISHER SCIENTIFIC Address:1 REAGENT LANE City:FAIR LAWN 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:URANIUM, BIS(ACETATO)DIOXO-, DIHYDRATE; (URANYL ACETATE, DIHYDRATE) CAS:6159-44-0 RTECS #:YR3600000 Fraction by Wt: 100% OSHA PEL:N/K ACGIH TLV:N/K Ingred Name:EFTS OF OVEREXP: VASCULAR COLLAPSE & DEATH. SKIN: MAY BE ABSORBED-KIDNEY DMG MAY ENSUE. DUST MAY IRRITATE. ALPHA (ING 3) RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 2: RADIA: ABSORPTION/PENETRATION THRU DAMAGED SKIN MAY RSLT IN RADIA SICKNESS. EYE:DUSTS MAY IRRITATE. ALPHA (ING 4) RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 3: RADIA HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE DAMAGING. RADIA AFFECTS EYE BY INDUCING ACUTE INFLAMM OF CONJUNCTIVA & CORNEA. (ING 5) RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 4: INGEST: KIDNEY IS ORGAN MOST DIRECTLY AFFECTED. EFTS PRECEDE IN TIME & DEGREE EFTS ON LIVER, WHICH ARE (ING 6) RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 5: A CONSEQUENT TO ACIDOSIS INDUCED BY RENAL DYSFUNC. CHRONIC:INHAL: LONG TERM EXPOS HAS BEEN RPTD TO CAUSE (ING 7) RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 6: INCR IN CANCER OF LYMPHATIC & BLOOD FORMING TISS OF MAN. EFTS OF CHRONIC EXPOS BY INTERNALLY DEPOSITED (ING 8) RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 7: ALPHA RADIA IS DEPENDENT UPON DOSE & TARGET ORGANS. POSS DISORDERS INCL LUNG CANCER, STERILITY, ANEMIA, (ING 9) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 8: LEUKEMIA/BONE CANCER. DELAYED EFTS OF RADIA MAY BE DUE EITHER TO SINGLE LGE OVEREXP/CONTINUING LOW-LEVEL (ING 10) RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 9: OVEREXP & MAY INCL CANCER, GENETIC EFTS, SHORTENING OF LIFE SPAN & CATARACTS. IF GERM CELLS HAVE BEEN (ING 11) RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 10: AFFECTED, EFTS OF MUTATION MAY NOT BECOME APPARENT UNTIL NEXT GENERATION/EVEN LATER. WARNING! ANY PERS (ING 12) RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 11: INVOLVED IN RENDERING FIRST AID MUST BE MONITORED FOR RADIOACTIVITY & THORO DECONTAM IF NEC. SKIN:RPTD (ING 13) RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 12: EXPOS MAY CAUSE RADIA DMG & SICKNESS. EYE:CHRONIC CONT MAY IRRIT, PRDCE CONJ/CAUSE RADIA DMG, & MAY RSLT(ING 14) RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 13: IN CATARACT FORM. 100 RADS MAY CAUSE CONJ & KERATITIS. INGEST: RPTD EXPOS MAY RSLT IN KIDNEY FAILURE; (ING 15) RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 14: RADIA DMG TO BONE MARROW/KIDNEY. RPTD INGEST OF ALPHA EMITTERS MAY LEAD TO RADIA SICKNESS AS DESCRIBED (ING 16) RTECS #:9999999ZZ Ingred Name:ING 15: IN INHAL EXPOS. CONTACT NEHC FOR MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON HEALTH HAZARDS . RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:FIRST AID PROC: W/SOAP & WATER, PAYING PARTICULAR ATTN TO HEAD, FINGER NAILS & PALMS OF HANDS. MONITOR VICTIM (ING 18) RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 17: FOR RADIOACTIVITY. SKIN SHOULD BE DECONTAM AS QUICKLY AS POSS. IF WATER & SOAP HAVE BEEN INADEQ IN (ING 19) RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 18: REMOVING CMPD, DECONTAM CMPDS CONSISTING OF SURFACTANTS & ABSORB SUBSTANCES MAY BE EFTIVE. CONTAM CLTHG (ING 20) RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 19: MUST BE STORED IN METAL CNTNR FOR LATER DECONTAM/DISP. WATER USED TO WASH VICTIM MUST BE STORED IN METAL(ING 21) RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 20: CNTNRS FOR LATER DISP. EYE:REMOVE TO RESTRICTED AREA FOR DECONTAM. THORO WASH W/LG AMTS OF WATER, OCCAS (ING 22) RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 21: LIFTING UPPER & LOWER LIDS (APPROX 15 MINS). FOLLOWING WATER TREATMENT, PROVIDE ISOTONIC SOLN. DO NOT (ING 23) RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 22: USE EYEBATHS, RATHER PROVIDE CONTINUOUS & COPIOUS SUPPLY OF FLUID. MONITOR FOR RADIOACTIVITY. WATER USED(ING 24) RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 23: MUST BE STORED IN METAL CNTNR FOR LATER DISP. INGEST:RINSE MOUTH IMMED, TAKING CARE NOT TO SWALLOW RINSE(ING 25) RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 24: WATER. INDUCE VOMIT UNLESS VICTIM UNCON. AVOID ASPIR. NO ANTIDOTE. TREAT SYMPTOMATICALLY & SUPPORTIVELY. 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: 20 MG/M3 IDLH. DUST MAY IRRITATE RESP SYS. MAY RSLT IN ABSORPTION & SUBSEQUENT RENAL FAILURE. PRIMARY RSLTS OF POIS ARE ALBUMINURIA, HEMATURIA, OLIGURIA, & POSS ANURIA. SUBSEQUENT LIVER DMG MAY BE CONSEQUENT TO ACIDOSIS INDUCED BY RENAL DYSFUNC. URANIUM IS STORED IN KIDNEYS & BONES. (EFTS OF OVEREXP) Explanation of Carcinogenicity:NOT RELEVANT. Effects of Overexposure:HLTH HAZ: ALPHA RADIA MAY AFFECT TISS & WILL KILL CELLS IMMED ADJACENT TO CONT SOURCE. DMGD CELLS MAY NOT RECOVER/BE REPAIRED. SINGLE LGE DOSE OF RADIA MAY LEAD TO RADIA SICKNESS. 200-1000 RADS MAY CA USE ANOREXIA, APATHY, NAUS & VOMIT. 400/MORE RADS MAY CAUSE NAUS, VOMIT & DIARR THAT MAY LEAD TO SEV DEHYDRATION,(ING 5) Medical Cond Aggravated by Exposure:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.

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

First Aid:INHAL: REMOVE TO RESTRICTED AREA W/FRESH AIR AS QUICKLY AS POSS. IF BRTHG STOPPED, GIVE ARTF RESP BY ADMIN OXYGEN; MOUTH-TO-MOUTH RESUSCITATION SHOULD BE AVOIDED TO PVNT EXPOS. IF TIME PERMITS, WIPE F ACE W/WET FILTER PAPER, FORCE COUGHING & BLOWING OF NOSE. GET MED ATTN IMMED. SKIN: REMOVE TO SUITABLE AREA FOR DECONTAM AS QUICKLY AS POSS. REMOVE CLTHG & SHOES IMMED. THORO WASH VICTIM (ING 17)

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

Extinguishing Media:DRY CHEMICAL, CARBON DIOXIDE, WATER SPRAY OR REGULAR FOAM. FOR LARGER FIRES, USE WATER SPRAY OR FOG (FLOODING AMOUNTS). Fire Fighting Procedures:WEAR NIOSH APPRVD SCBA & FULL PROT EQUIP . DO NOT MOVE DAMAGED CONTRS; MOVE UNDAMAGED CONTRS OUT OF FIRE ZONE. FOR MASSIVE FIRE IN CARGO AREA, (SUP DAT) Unusual Fire/Explosion Hazard:NEGLIGIBLE FIRE HAZARD WHEN EXPOSED TO HEAT/FLAME. MAY BURN, BUT DOES NOT IGNITE READILY. WHEN HEATED TO DECOMPOSITION, MAY EMIT IRRITATING/POISONOUS GASES.

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

Spill Release Procedures:DO NOT TOUCH DMGD CONTRS/SPILLED MATL. DMG TO OUTER CONTR MAY NOT AFFECT PRIMARY INNER CONTR. SM LIQ SPILL: TAKE UP W/ASORB MATL. LG SPILL: DIKE FAR AHEAD FOR LATER DISP. ISOLATE HAZ AREA & DENY ENTRY . FOR MORE SPECIFIC INFO CONT NEHC . Neutralizing Agent:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.

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

Handling and Storage Precautions:MAY BURN BUT DOES NOT IGNITE READILY. Other Precautions:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.

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

Respiratory Protection:RESP SELECTED MUST BE NIOSH APPRVD. 0.5 MG/M3: ANY AIR-PURIFYING RESP W/HIGH-EFFICIENCY PARTICULATE FILTER; ANY SUPP-AIR RESP; ANY SCBA. 1.25 MG/M3: ANY SUPP-AIR RESP OPERATED IN CONTINUOUS FLOW MODE. CONT NEHC FOR COMPLETE LIST . Ventilation:AT MIN, LOC EXHST/PROCESS ENCLOSURE VENT, DEPENDING UPON SPECIFIC WORKPLACE ACTIVITY & RADIOACTIVITY OF (SUP DAT) Protective Gloves:IMPERVIOUS GLOVES . Eye Protection:ANSI APPRVD CHEM WORKERS GOGGLES . Other Protective Equipment:ANSI APPRVD EMER EYEWASH & DELUGE SHOWER . DISP OVERGARMENTS, INCL HEAD COVERINGS & FOOT COVERING. Work Hygienic Practices:CONTACT LENSES SHOULD NOT BE WORN. Supplemental Safety and Health FIRE FIGHT PROC: USE UNMANNED HOSE HOLDER/MONITOR NOZZ. CONT LOC, STATE/DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RADIOLOGICAL RESPONSE TEAM. COOL CONTRS W/FLOODING AMTS OF WATER FROM AS FAR DIST AS POSS. KEEP UPWIND. CON T NEHC FOR MORE SPECIFIC INFO . VENT: ISOTOPE, MORE STRINGENT VENT SYS MAY BE NEC.

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

Boiling Pt:B.P. Text:527F,275C Melt/Freeze Pt:M.P/F.P Text:230F,110C Spec Gravity:2.89 Solubility in Water:7.7% SOLUBLE Appearance and Odor:YELLOW RHOMBIC CRYSTALS WITH SLIGHT VINEGAR ODOR

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

Stability Indicator/Materials to Avoid:YES NONE KNOWN. Stability Condition to Avoid:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER. Hazardous Decomposition Products:THERMAL DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS MAY INCLUDE TOXIC OXIDES OF CARBON.

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

Waste Disposal Methods:DISPOSAL MUST BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH 10 CFR 20 AND 60. OBSERVE ALL FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL REGULATIONS WHEN DISPOSING OF THIS SUBSTANCE. FOR ASSISTANCE, CONTACT THE DISTRICT DIRECTOR OF THE ENVIRONMEN TAL PROTECTION AGENCY.

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