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Safety Data Sheet For All Grades of Vacuum Salt (Sodium Chloride) (Also Applicable To All Grades of Compacted Products)
Safety Data Sheet For All Grades of Vacuum Salt (Sodium Chloride) (Also Applicable To All Grades of Compacted Products)
Safety Data Sheet for all grades of Vacuum Salt (Sodium Chloride)
(also applicable to all grades of compacted products)
2. Hazard Identification
Eye Contact: Salt and salt solutions are not toxic to the eye but
concentrations much above that of tears cause a
stinging sensation.
3. Composition
Flammability: Non-flammable
Personal Precautions: Avoid prolonged contact with the skin and inhalation
of dust concentrations, otherwise normal good
handling and housekeeping practice is adequate.
No special protective clothing is required. An
eyewash bottle with clean water should be available.
Skin Protection: Skin should be washed to remove salt. Dry salt and
concentrated solutions can cause withdrawal of fluid
from the skin.
(a) Conditions to avoid: Reacts with strong sulphuric acid or nitric acid to give
hydrogen chloride gas.
(b) Material to avoid: Under wet conditions can corrode many common
metals, particularly iron, aluminium and zinc. Stainless
steel and Monel resist attack. Does not react with
alkalis at ordinary temperatures.
(c) Thermal Decomposition Trace amounts of hydrogen chloride gas may be
Products: evolved at temperatures in excess of 800oC. Contains
no water of crystallisation.
User:
Not classified as hazardous to users.
EEC Classification:
Under the Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Substances
Regulations, 1984, this material is not dangerous for supply or conveyance.