Clear Medium for Glow Pigment MSDS

MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET

 SECTION I – MANUFACTURER IDENTIFICATION

DISTRIBUTOR'S NAME: Glow Inc.

ADDRESS: 1539 Florida Ave., Severn, MD 21144

EMERGENCY PHONE: 704-456-9462

INFORMATION PHONE: SAME

TRADE NAME: Glow Inc. Clear Medium for Glow Pigment

DATE LAST UPDATED: 08/16/2010

SECTION II – HAZARDOUS INGREDIENTS/SARA III INFORMATION 

 OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS 

 *Indicates toxic chemicals subject to the reporting requirements of section 313 of Title III and 40CFR 372

 SECTION III – PHYSICAL/CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS

 BOILING RANGE: 171F – 228F SPECIFIC GRAVITY (H20=1): 0.95-1.00

VAPOR DENSITY: (AIR=1) : 3.2 -3.6 @20C

VAPOR PRESSURE: 35-42 MM Hg

EVAPORATION RATE: SLOWER THAN ETHER

COATING V.O.C: 6.15 LB/GAL

SOLUBILITY IN WATER: APPROMIMATELY 10%

APPEARANCE AND ODOR: COLORED SOLUTION, ESTERS ODOR

  SECTION IV – FIRE AND EXPLOSION HAZARD

FLASH POINT: 45ºF            

METHOD USED: TCC

FLAMMABILITY LIMITS IN AIR BY VOLUME - LOWER: 1.0 UPPER: 9.0

EXTINGUISHING MEDIA: FOAM, ALCOHOL FOAM, CO2, DRY CHEMICAL, LARGE VOLUME WATER FOG

SPECIAL FIRE FIGHTING PROCEDURES: MATERIALS BURN RAPIDLY WITH INTENSE HEAT, USE SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS AND PROTECTIVE CLOTHING. FIGHT FIRE FROM A DISTANCE DUE TO THE THREAT OF PRESSURES IN CONTAINERS WHICH CAN CAUSE AN EXPLOSION.

USUAL FIRE AND EXPLOSION HAZARDS:  AVOID UNNECESSARY EXPOSURE TO HEAT, VAPORS AND TRAVEL TO SOURCE OF IGNITION AND FLASH BACK. 

SECTION V – REACTIVITY DATA

STABILITY: STABLE

CONDITIONS TO AVOID: HEAT SPARKS, OPEN FLAME, STATIC

INCOMPATIBILITY (MATERIALS TO AVOID: ALKALINE METALS, STRONG ACIDS OXIDATING AGENTS

HAZARDOUS DECOMPOSITION OR BYPRODUCTS: OXIDES OF NITROGEN-CARBON DIOXIDE/MONOXIDE 

SECTION VI – HEALTH HAZARD DATA

INHALATION HEALTH RISKS AND SYMPTOMS OF EXPOSURE: VAPORS MAY BE IRRITATING AND CAUSE DIZZINESS, HEADACHE, NAUSEA VOMITING AND NARCOSIS

SKIN AND EYE CONTACT HEALTH RISKS AND SYMPTOMS OF EXPOSURE:  BRIEF CONTACT WITH SKIN SHOULD NOT PRODUCE AND HARMFUL EFFECTS, BUT PROLONGED CONTACT, AS FROM CLOTHING WET WITH CHEMICALS, MAY CAUSE IRRITATION. EYE CONTACT CAUSES SEVERE IRRITATION.

INGESTION HEALTH RISKS AND SYMPTOMS OF EXPOSURE: MAY CAUSE TOXICOLOGICAL AND NEUROLOGICAL EFFECTS.

HEALTH HAZARDS (ACUTE AND CHRONIC): ACUTE INGESTION CAN CAUSE HEADACHE, DROWSINESS AND UNCONSCIOUSNESS, ACUTE INHALATION OF VAPORS ARE IRRITATING TO NASAL PASSAGES AND THROAT. ACUTE REPEATED OR PROLONGED SKIN CONTACT CAN CAUSE DRYNESS OF SKIN, AND ACUTE VAPOR OR LIQUID MAY BE HARMFUL TO THE EYES.

CARCINIGENICITY: N/A      

NTP? NO. 

IARC MONOGRAPHS? NO.     

OSHA REGULATED? NO.

MEDICAL CONDITIONS GENERALLY AGGRAVATED BY EXPOSURE: EMPHYSEMA, ASTHMA, DERMATITIS

EMERGENCY AND FIRST AID PROCEDURES: IF SWALLOWED, CALL A PHYSICIAN. SKIN –  FLUSH WITH WATER. IF INHALED REMOVE TO FRESH AIR AND CALL A PHYSICIAN, GIVE ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION IF BREATHING IS DIFFICULT. EYES – FLUSH WITH WATER AT LEAST 15 MINUTES. TREATMENT SHOULD BE DIRECTED AT THE CONTROL OF SYMPTOMS AND THE CLINICAL CONDITIONS, THERE IS NO SPECIFIC ANTIDOTE. 

 SECTION VII – PRECAUTIONS FOR SAFE HANDLING AND USE

STEPS TO BE TAKEN IN CASE MATERIAL IS RELEASED OR SPILLED: WEAR SUITABLE PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. SPILLS SHOULD BE COLLECTED FOR DISPOSAL BY APPROPRIATE METHODS. FOR LARGE SPILLS IN EXCESS OF R.Q. REPORTABLE QUANTITIES CONTACT NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER AT 800-424-8802.

WASTE DISPOSAL METHOD: DISPOSE OF WASTE BY APPROPRIATE METHODS OR INCINERATE IN A FURNACE WHERE PERMITTED UNDER APPROPRIATE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL REGULATIONS.

PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN HANDLING AND STORING:  STORE LARGE QUANTITIES ONLY IN BUILDINGS DESIGNED TO COMPLY WITH OSHA 1910.106. STORE IN COOL AREA.

OTHER PRECAUTIONS:  KEEP CLOSURE TIGHT AND CONTAINER UPRIGHT TO PREVENT LEAKAGE. DO NOT STORE OR USE HEAT, SPARKS OR OPEN FLAME. STORE DRUM OUT OF SUN AND AWAY FROM HEAT. STORE AND USE ONLY IN WELL-VENTILATED AREAS. DRUMS OF THIS MATERIAL SHOULD BE GROUNDED WHEN POURING. NEVER USE PRESSURE TO EMPTY. DRUM IS NOT A PRESSURE VESSEL. DO NOT PUNCTURE CONTAINER OR LEAVE OPENED OR UNCOVERED. DRUMS SHOULD NOT BE WASHED OUT OR USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES. DO NOT GET INTO EYES, AVOID SKIN CONTACT. HARMFUL IF INHALED. PREVENT PROLONGED OR REPEATED BREATHING OF VAPOR OR MIST. READ INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING.

SECTION VIII – CONTROL MEASURES

RESPIRATORY PROTECTION:  IN OPEN AREAS, USE APPROVED MECHANICAL FILTER RESPIRATORS TO REMOVE SOLID AIR-BORNE PARTICLES. IN RESTRICTED VENTILATED AREA USE OSHA APPROVED CHEMICAL/MECHANICAL FILTER RESPIRATORS DESIGNED TO REMOVE A COMBINATION OF PARTICLES AND VAPOR, IF LOCAL EXHAUST IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO KEEP LEL BELOW STATED IN SECTION III.

VENTILATION:  ALL APPLICATION AREAS SHOULD BE VENTILATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH OSHA REGULATION 29CFR.1910 TO KEEP AIR CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATION LEVELS BELOW APPLICATION OSHA PERMISSIBLE EPOSURE LIMITS OR ACGIH’S TLV LIMIT.

PROTECTIVE GLOVES: REQUIRED FOR PROLONGED OR REPEATED CONTACT.

EYE PROTECTION: USE SAFETY EYE WEAR WITH SPLASH GUARDS OR SIDE SHIELDS.

OTHER PROTECTIVE CLOTHING OR EQUIPMENT: EYE BATH, SAFETY SHOWER, APRONS

WORK/HYGIENIC PRACTICES: WEAR PROTECTIVE CLOTHING WHEN NECESSARY.

 SECTION IX – EMERGENCY AND FIRST AID PROCEDURES

EYE CONTACT – MOVE VICTIM AWAY FROM EXPOSURE TO VAPORS AND INTO FRESH AIR. IF IRRITATION OR REDNESS DEVELOPS, SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION. FOR DIRECT CONTACT FLUSH THE AFFECTED EYE WITH CLEAN WATER FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES. SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION.

SKIN CONTACT – REMOVE ALL CONTAMINATED CLOTHING. CLEANSE AFFECTED AREAS THOUROUGHLY BY WASHING WITH MILD SOAP AND WATER. IF IRRITATION OR REDNESS DEVELOPS AND PERSISTS, SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION.

INHALATION (BREATHING) – IF SYMPTOMS OF EXPOSURE DEVELOP (SEE SECTION V), MOVE VICTIM AWAY FROM SOURCE OF EXPOSURE AND INTO FRESH AIR. IF SYMPTOMS PERSIST, SEEK IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION. IF VICTIM IS NOT BREATHING, ARTIFICIAL RESPIRARTION SHOULD BE ADMINISTERED BY QUALIFIED PERSONNEL. IF BREATHING DIFFICULTIES DEVELOP, OXYGEN SHOULD BE ADMINISTERED BY QUALIFIED PERSONNEL. SEEK IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION.

INGESTION- (SWALLOWING) – SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION. IF VICTIM IS DROWSY OR UNCONSCIOUS, PLACE ON LEFT SIDE WITH HEAD DOWN. DO NOT GIVE ANYTHING BY MOUTH. IF VICTIM IS CONSCIOUS AND ALERT VOMITING SHOULD BE INDUCED FOR INGESTION OF LARGE AMOUNTS (MORE THAN 5 OUNCES IN AN ADULT) PREFERABLY WITH SYRUP OF IPECAC UNDER DIRECTION FROM A PHYSICIAN OR POISON CENTER. IF SYRUP OF IPECAC IS NOT AVAILABLE, VOMITING CAN BE INDUCED BY GIVING 3 TABLESPOONS OF DISH WASHING LIQUID SOAP IN A GLASS OF WATER OR BY GENTLY PLACING 2 FINGERS IN THE BACK OF THE THROAT. IF POSSIBLE DO NOT LEAVE THE VICTIM UNATTENDED. SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION.