AIRGAS -- CARBON DIOXIDE, REFRIGERATED LIQUID  -- 6830-00N043684
<pre>=====================  Product Identification  =====================

Product ID:CARBON DIOXIDE, REFRIGERATED LIQUID
MSDS Date:01/01/1995
FSC:6830
NIIN:00N043684
MSDS Number: CGYHJ
=== Responsible Party ===
Company Name:AIRGAS
Address:100 MATSONFORD RD SUITE 550
City:RADNOR
State:PA
ZIP:19087-4579
Country:US
Info Phone Num:610-687-5233
Emergency Phone Num:800-424-9300 (CHEMTREC)
CAGE:AIRGA
=== Contractor Identification ===
Company Name:AIRGAS
Address:100 MATSONFORD ROAD, 5 RADNOR CORP CNTR
City:RADNOR
State:PA
ZIP:19087
Country:US
Phone:215-687-5253
CAGE:AIRGA
Company Name:AIRGAS INC
Address:100 MATSONFORD RD SUITE 550
Box:City:WAYNE
State:PA
ZIP:19087
Country:US
Phone:215-687-5253
CAGE:0MN39

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

Ingred Name:ING 22: TREAT SYMPTOMATICALLY & SUPPORTIVELY & GET MED
    ATTN, IF LIQ/SOLID SWALLOWED, GET MED ATTN IMMED.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:EXPLO HAZ: CONTAINMENT METH, I.E. COMPRESSED GAS CYLS, BULK
    STOR TANKS/RECEIVERS/IN CASE OF SOLID (DRY ICE) ANY (ING 25)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 24: TIGHTLY CLOSED CONTAINER WHICH IS UNABLE TO VENT
    OFF GAS PRODUCED BY SUBLIMATION.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 8: & WHITE & DEVELOP BLISTERS. EYES: AT HIGH CONCS IN
    AIR, MAY CAUSE STINGING SENSATION. 200,000 PPM OF GAS (ING 10)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 9: MAY CAUSE IRRIT. LIQ/SOLID MAY CAUSE FROSTBT
    W/REDNESS, PAIN & BLURRED VISION. INGEST: INGEST OF GAS (ING 11)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 10: UNLIKELY. IF LIQ/SOLID IS SWALLOWED, FROSTBT DMG OF
    LIPS, MOUTH & MUC MEMB MAY OCCUR. CHRONIC: INHAL: (ING 12)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 11: IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT PERS MAY TOLERATE 1.5% IN
    INHALED AIR FOR PRLNG PERIODS W/OUT ADVERSE EFTS, (ING 13)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 12: BUT CALCIUM/PHOSPHORUS METABOLISM MAY BE AFFECTED
    W/SERUM LEVELS OF CALCIUM & URINARY PHOSPHORUS (ING 14)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 13: PROGRESSIVELY FALLING. AT 2% CONC, DEEPENED RESP
    MAY OCCUR. AT 3% IMPAIRMENT OF PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN (ING 15)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 14: NOTED. IT HAS, HOWEVER, BEEN DEMONSTRATED THAT
    DEVEL OF TOLERANCE MAY OCCUR DURING PRLNG EXPOS TO LOW (ING 16)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 15: LEVELS. REPRO EFTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN ANIMALS.
    SKIN/EYE: NO ADVERSE EFTS EXPECTED FROM EXPOS AT LOW (ING 17)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 16: LEVELS. INGEST: NO DATA AVAILABLE. FOR MORE
    DETAILED INFORMATION CONTACT NEHC .
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:FIRST AID PROC: USE, GENTLY WRAP AFFECTED PART IN BLANKETS.
    ENCOURAGE VICTIM TO EXERCISE AFFECTED PART WHILE IT (ING 19)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 18: IS BEING WARMED. ALLOW CIRCULATION TO RETURN
    NATURALLY. GET MED ATTN IMMED. EYES: NEVER INTRODUCE OIL/ (ING 20)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 19: OINTMENT INTO EYES W/OUT DOING SO UNDER MED ADVICE.
    IF CONT W/SOLID/LIQUIFIED PROD OCCURS, GET MED ATTN (ING 21)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 20: IMMED. IF TISS NOT FROZEN, WASH W/LGE AMTS OF WATER
    FOR AT LEAST 15 MIN, OCCAS LIFTING UPPER & LOWER (ING 22)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 21: LIDS. IF VICTIM CANNOT TOLERATE LIGHT, PROTECT EYES
    W/LIGHT BANDAGE. INGEST: IF ADVERSE EFTS OCCUR, (ING 23)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:CARBON DIOXIDE
CAS:124-38-9
RTECS #:FF6400000
Fraction by Wt: >99.5%
OSHA PEL:5000 PPM
ACGIH TLV:5000 PPM/30000 STEL

Ingred Name:SUP DAT: APPLIED MAY FREEZE & COULD DISABLE OPERATION OF
    SFTY RELEASE VALVES. USE WATER SPRAY TO ABSORB VAPS. (ING 3)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 2: AVOID BREATHING VAPORS; KEEP UPWIND. CONSIDER
    EVACUATION OF DOWNWIND AREA IF MATERIAL IS LEAKING.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:EFTS OF OVEREXP: EVEN WHEN THERE IS SUFFICIENT OXYGEN
    PRESENT TO PVNT SIMPLE ASPHY BY CARBON DIOXIDE, HIGH CONCS (ING 5)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 4: MAY CAUSE ADVERSE EFTS BY INTERFERING W/ITS NORM
    ELIM FROM BODY. INITIALLY, EXPOS TO INCRD CARBON DIOXIDE (ING 6)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 5: CONCS RSLTS IN HYPOVENTILATION RSLTG IN RESP
    ACIDOSIS. DEATH FROM ASPHY MAY OCCUR IF CONC & DURATION OF (ING 7)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 6: EXPOS ARE SUFFICIENT. REPRO EFTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED
    IN ANIMALS. SKIN: NO EFTS REPORTED FROM GAS EXPOS. (ING 8)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 7: LIQ/SOLID MAY CAUSE FROSTBT W/REDNESS, TINGLING &
    PAIN/NUMBNESS. IN MORE SEV CASES, SKIN MAY BECOME HARD (ING 9)
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:40,000 PPM (4%) IMMED
    DANGEROUS TO LIFE/HLTH (NIOSH). VERY POTENT CEREBRAL VASOLIDATOR.
    IN SOLID/LIQ FORM IT IS VERY VOLAT, READILY RELEASING GAS. AT CONCS
    FROM 2-10% IT MAY CAUSE ACIDIC T ASTE, DYSPNEA, HDCH, VERTIGO,
    NAUS, LABORED BRTHG, WEAK, DROW, MENTAL CONFUSION & INCR IN BLOOD
    PRESS, (EFTS OF OVEREXP)
Explanation of Carcinogenicity:NOT RELEVANT.
Effects of Overexposure:HLTH HAZ: PULSE & RESP RATE. EXPOS TO 10% FOR
    FEW MIN HAS BEEN REPORTED TO CAUSE VISUAL DISTURB, TINNITUS,
    TREMORS, PROFUSE PERSPIRATION, RESTLESSNESS, PARESTHESIA, GEN
    FEELING OF DISCOMFORT, LOSS OF  CONSCIOUSNESS & COMA. CONCS OF
    25-30% MAY CAUSE COMA & CONVLS W/IN 1 MIN. (ING 4)
Medical Cond Aggravated by Exposure:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.

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

First Aid:INHAL: REMOVE TO FRESH AIR IMMED. IF BRTHG STOPPED, GIVE ARTF
    RESP. MAINTAIN AIRWAY & BLOOD PRESS & ADMIN OXYGEN IF AVAIL. KEEP
    WARM & AT REST. TREAT SYMPTOMATICALLY & SUPPORTIVELY. ADMIN OF
    OXYGEN SH OULD BE PERFORMED BY QUALIFIED PERS. GET MED ATTN IMMED.
    SKIN: GET MED ATTN. IF CASE OF FROSTBT, WARM SKIN IN WARM WATER AT
    TEMP NOT GREATHER THAN 107F. IF WATER IS NOT AVAIL/IMPRACTICAL TO
    (ING 18)

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

Extinguishing Media:USE MEDIA SUITABLE FOR SURROUNDING FIRE .
Fire Fighting Procedures:WEAR NIOSH APPRVD SCBA & FULL PROT EQUIP .
    MOVE CONTR FROM FIRE AREA IF POSS. STAY AWAY FROM STOR TANK ENDS.
    COOL FIRE-EXPOSED CONTRS W/WATER (SUP DAT)
Unusual Fire/Explosion Hazard:PROD HAS NEGLIG FIRE HAZ WHEN EXPOSED TO
    HEAT/FLAME, & ITSELF IS BROADLY USED AS FIRE EXTING AGENT. PRIMARY
    HAZ OF EXPOS IS PRESENTED BY PRODUCT'S (ING 24)

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

Spill Release Procedures:DO NOT TOUCH SPILLED MATERIAL. STOP LEAK IF
    YOU CAN DO SO WITHOUT RISK. KEEP UNNECESSARY PEOPLE AWAY; ISOLATE
    HAZARD AREA AND DENY ENTRY. VENTILATE CLOSED SPACES BEFORE
    ENTERING.
Neutralizing Agent:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.

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

Handling and Storage Precautions:STORE AWAY FROM INCOMPATIBLE
    SUBSTANCES. DO NOT STORE IN SUBSURFACE OR CLOSED AREAS. STORE IN
    ACCORDANCE WITH 29 CFR 1910.101.
Other Precautions:DO NOT PERMIT PHYSICAL DAMAGE/OVERHEATING OF
    CONTAINERS. CONTENTS UNDER PRESSURE; CONTAINERS MAY RUPTURE
    VIOLENTLY & TRAVEL A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE. CONTACT OF LIQUEFIED
    GASES W/WATER MAY CAUSE VIOLEN T EXPLO DUE TO RAPID TEMP
    FLUCTUATIONS.

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

Respiratory Protection:FOR IMMED DANGEROUS TO LIFE CNDTNS: NIOSH APPRVD
    SCBA W/FULL FACEPIECE OPERATED IN POS PRESS-DEMAND/OTHER POS PRESS
    MODE. NIOSH APPRVD SUPP-AIR RESP W/FULL FACEPIECE & OPERATED IN
    PRESS-DEMAND/OTHER P OS PRESS MODE IN COMBINATION W/AUX SCBA.
Ventilation:PROVIDE GENERAL DILUTION VENTILATION TO MEET PUBLISHED
    EXPOSURE LIMITS.
Protective Gloves:COLD INSULATING GLOVES.
Eye Protection:ANSI APPRVD CHEM WORKERS GOGGLES .
Other Protective Equipment:ANSI APPRVD EMER EYEWASH & DELUGE SHOWER .
    IF POSS, WEAR APPROP PROT EQUIP & CLTHG TO PVNT SKIN FREEZING.
Work Hygienic Practices:CONTACT LENSES SHOULD NOT BE WORN.
Supplemental Safety and Health
MP: VARIES W/PRESS & TAKES PLACE ONLY W/PRESS AT/GREATER THAN 75.1
    PSIA. MP @ 75.1 PSIA: -70F, -57C. APPEAR/ODOR: ACID UPON CONT
    W/MOISTURE. CAN CAUSE BURNING SENSATION IN NOSE. FIRE FIGHT PROC:
    FROM  SIDE UNTIL WELL AFTER FIRE IS OUT. APPLY WATER AS FAR DIST AS
    POSS. DO NOT USE WATER DIRECTLY ON MATL, AS WATER (ING 2)

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

Melt/Freeze Pt:M.P/F.P Text:SUP DAT
Vapor Pres:853 PSIA
Spec Gravity:1.522
Solubility in Water:SOLUBLE
Appearance and Odor:NON-FLAMM COLORLESS GAS, W/SLIGHT ACIDIC TASTE &
    SMELL. FORMS CARBONIC (SUP DAT

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

Stability Indicator/Materials to Avoid:YES
ACRYLALDEHYDE, BARIUM PEROXIDE, CESIUM OXIDE & DIETHYL MAGNESIUM. FOR
    MORE DETAILED LIST CONTACT NEHC .
Stability Condition to Avoid:STABLE UNDER NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND
    PRESSURES.
Hazardous Decomposition Products:TEMPERATURES ABOVE 1700C MAY CAUSE
    DECOMPOSITION AND THE RELEASE OF OXYGEN AND HIGHLY TOXIC CARBON
    MONOXIDE.

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

Waste Disposal Methods:OBSERVE ALL FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL REGULATIONS
    WHEN STORING OR DISPOSING OF THIS SUBSTANCE. FOR ASSISTANCE,
    CONTACT THE DISTRICT DIRECTOR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
    AGENCY.

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