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ZINC CYANIDE ZCN CAUTIONARY RESPONSE INFORMATION 4. FIRE HAZARDS 7. SHIPPING INFORMATION 4.1 Flash Point: 7.1 Grades of Purity: 55% Zn 40% Cn Common Synonyms Solid-powder Greyish white to white Odorless Not flammable 7.2 Storage Temperature: Ambient Cyanide of zinc 4.2 Flammable Limits in Air: Not flammable Zinc dicyanide 7.3 Inert Atmosphere: Currently not available 4.3 Fire Extinguishing Agents: Not pertinent Sinks in water. 7.4 Venting: Currently not available 4.4 Fire Extinguishing Agents Not to Be 7.5 IMO Pollution Category: Currently not available Keep people away. AVOID CONTACT WITH SOLID. Used: Not pertinent Wear goggles, self-contained breathing apparatus, and rubber overclothing (including gloves). 4.5 Special Hazards of Combustion 7.6 Ship Type: Currently not available Notify local health and pollution control agencies. Products: Not pertinent 7.7 Barge Hull Type: Currently not available Protect water intakes. 4.6 Behavior in Fire: Not pertinent Not flammable. 4.7 Auto Ignition Temperature: Not 8. HAZARD CLASSIFICATIONS Fire flammable 8.1 49 CFR Category: Poison 4.8 Electrical Hazards: Currently not available 8.2 49 CFR Class: 6.1 CALL FOR MEDICAL AID. 4.9 Burning Rate: Not flammable 8.3 49 CFR Package Group: I Exposure DUST 8.4 Marine Pollutant: Yes POISONOUS IF INHALED OR IF SKIN IS EXPOSED. 4.10 Adiabatic Flame Temperature: Currently Move to fresh air. not available 8.5 NFPA Hazard Classification: 4.11 Stoichometric Air to Fuel Ratio: Not If breathing has stopped, give artificial respiration. Category Classification If breathing is difficult, give oxygen. pertinent. Health Hazard (Blue).......... 2 4.12 Flame Temperature: Currently not Flammability (Red)............. 0 SOLID available Instability (Yellow)............. 1 POISONOUS IF SWALLOWED OR IF SKIN IS EXPOSED. 4.13 Combustion Molar Ratio (Reactant to Irritating to eyes. Product): Not pertinent. 8.6 EPA Reportable Quantity: 10 pounds Remove contaminated clothing and shoes. Flush affected areas with plenty of water. 4.14 Minimum Oxygen Concentration for 8.7 EPA Pollution Category: A IF IN EYES, hold eyelids open and flush with plenty of water. Combustion (MOCC): Not listed 8.8 RCRA Waste Number: P121 IF SWALLOWED and victim is CONSCIOUS, have victim drink water or milk 8.9 EPA FWPCA List: Yes and have victim induce vomiting. 5. CHEMICAL REACTIVITY IF SWALLOWED and victim is UNCONSCIOUS OR HAVING CONVULSIONS, do nothing except keep victim warm. 5.1 Reactivity with Water: No reaction 9. PHYSICAL & CHEMICAL 5.2 Reactivity with Common Materials: PROPERTIES Water HARMFUL TO AQUATIC LIFE IN VERY LOW CONCENTRATIONS. Contact with acids or acid salts will May be dangerous if it enters water intakes. liberate highly toxic and flammable 9.1 Physical State at 15° C and 1 atm: Solid Notify local health and wildlife officials. Pollution hydrogen cyanide gas. 9.2 Molecular Weight: 117.42 Notify operators of nearby water intakes. 5.3 Stability During Transport: Stable 9.3 Boiling Point at 1 atm: Not pertinent 5.4 Neutralizing Agents for Acids and 9.4 Freezing Point: Decomposes at 800°C Caustics: Hypochlorite solution to destroy the cyanide. 9.5 Critical Temperature: Currently not available 1. CORRECTIVE RESPONSE ACTIONS 2. CHEMICAL DESIGNATIONS 5.5 Polymerization: Will not occur. 9.6 Critical Pressure: Currently not available Stop discharge 2.1 CG Compatibility Group: Not listed. 5.6 Inhibitor of Polymerization: Not pertinent 9.7 Specific Gravity: 1.85 at room temperature Collection Systems: Dredge 2.2 Formula: Zn(CN)2 9.8 Liquid Surface Tension: Not pertinent 2.3 IMO/UN Designation: 6.1/1713 2.4 DOT ID No.: 1713 6. WATER POLLUTION 9.9 Liquid Water Interfacial Tension: Not pertinent 2.5 CAS Registry No.: 557-21-1 6.1 Aquatic Toxicity: 2.6 NAERG Guide No.: 151 Toxic to fish in range 0.05 to 10 ppm (as 9.10 Vapor (Gas) Specific Gravity: Not pertinent 2.7 Standard Industrial Trade Classification: Cn). Toxicity increases with acidity, 9.11 Ratio of Specific Heats of Vapor (Gas): 52381 temperature, low oxygen tensions Not pertinent and Zn content. 3. HEALTH HAZARDS 9.12 Latent Heat of Vaporization: Not pertinent 6.2 Waterfowl Toxicity: Currently not 9.13 Heat of Combustion: Not pertinent 3.1 Personal Protective Equipment: Approved dust respirator, air or oxygen mask in emergencies, available chemical safety goggles, dry cotton gloves for handling solids and rubber gloves for solutions, hard 9.14 Heat of Decomposition: Currently not 6.3 Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD): 62.4 hat or brimmed felt hat, rubber or leather safety shoes, long sleeved shirt. available mg/l Zn will cause a 50% drop in five day 3.2 Symptoms Following Exposure: EYES: Causes eye burns. SKIN: Irritation. INGESTION OR BOD. 9.15 Heat of Solution: Not pertinent INHALATION: A bitter, acrid burning taste is sometimes noted followed by a feeling of constriction 6.4 Food Chain Concentration Potential: Zn 9.16 Heat of Polymerization: Not pertinent or numbness in the throat. Salivation and nausea are not unusual, but vomiting is rare. Anxiety, may accumulate slightly. confusion, vertigo, giddiness and often a sensation of stiffness in the lower jaw. Hypernea and 9.17 Heat of Fusion: Currently not available dyspnea. Rapid respiration, then slow and irregular. Unconsciousness, convulsions, death from 6.5 GESAMP Hazard Profile: 9.18 Limiting Value: Currently not available respiratory arrest. Bioaccumulation: 0 Damage to living resources: 4 9.19 Reid Vapor Pressure: Currently not 3.3 Treatment of Exposure: Call a physician. INHALATION: Remove to well-ventilated place. Remove available contaminated clothing. Keep patient quiet and warm. Administer by inhalation amyl nitrate for 15 Human Oral hazard: 3 seconds. Repeat about five times at 15-second intervals. Repeat procedure three or four times Human Contact hazard: I at 5-minute intervals. If breathing stops apply artificial respiration. When breathing starts use Reduction of amenities: 0 amyl nitrate. EYES: Flush with plenty of water for 15 minutes. SKIN: Remove clothing. Wash with soap and water. INGESTION: Induce vomiting and give 1% sodium thiosulfate solution. Then NOTES proceed with treatment as described for inhalation. 3.4 TLV-TWA: Not listed. 3.5 TLV-STEL: Not listed. 3.6 TLV-Ceiling: 5 mg/m3 as cyanide. 3.7 Toxicity by Ingestion: Grade 4; LD50 below 50 mg/kg. 3.8 Toxicity by Inhalation: Currently not available. 3.9 Chronic Toxicity: Chronic exposure may cause headache, lack of appetite, weakness and inflammation of the skin with small pimples or blistery spots. 3.10 Vapor (Gas) Irritant Characteristics: Not pertinent 3.11 Liquid or Solid Characteristics: Causes smarting of the skin and first-degree burns on short exposure; may cause second-degree burns on long exposure. 3.12 Odor Threshold: Odorless 3.13 IDLH Value: 25 mg/m3 as cyanide 3.14 OSHA PEL-TWA: 5 mg/m3 as cyanide 3.15 OSHA PEL-STEL: Not listed. 3.16 OSHA PEL-Ceiling: Not listed. 3.17 EPA AEGL: Not listed JUNE 1999 ZINC CYANIDE ZCN 9.20 9.21 9.22 9.23 SATURATED LIQUID DENSITY LIQUID HEAT CAPACITY LIQUID THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY LIQUID VISCOSITY Temperature Pounds per cubic foot Temperature British thermal unit per Temperature British thermal unit inch Temperature Centipoise (degrees F) (degrees F) pound-F (degrees F) per hour-square foot-F (degrees F) N N N N O O O O T T T T P P P P E E E E R R R R T T T T I I I I N N N N E E E E N N N N T T T T 9.24 9.25 9.26 9.27 SOLUBILITY IN WATER SATURATED VAPOR PRESSURE SATURATED VAPOR DENSITY IDEAL GAS HEAT CAPACITY Temperature Pounds per 100 pounds Temperature Pounds per square inch Temperature Pounds per cubic foot Temperature British thermal unit per (degrees F) of water (degrees F) (degrees F) (degrees F) pound-F I N N N N O O O S T T T O L P P P U E E E B R R R L T T T E I I I N N N E E E N N N T T T JUNE 1999.