SAFETY DATA SHEET Directive C.E.E. 91/155
Decree of 5.01.93
1 - COMMERCIAL NAME

NITRIPLANT

ETS PLANTIN
84350 COURTHEZON FRANCE
Ph : (33) 4.90.70.20.03
Fax : (33) 4.90.70.23.52

2 - COMPOSITION - INFORMATION ON INGREDIENTS
NITRIC ACID with 53.5 % Weight/Weight of nitric acid
N° CAS = 7697 - 97 - 372
No hazardous impurities
3 - HAZARD IDENTIFICATION
Corrosive product (Class 8)
Produces destructive attack upon living tissues.
4 - FIRST AID MEASURES
Leave every dirty clothes
Eye and skin contact : wash abundantly with water and seek medical advice
If swallowed, don't induce vomiting hospitalise in emergency
5 - FIRE-FIGHTING MEASURES
In case of fire, use CO2 or water. Avoid alcalin powders. Wear protection clothes during fire attack.
Explosion risks because of hydrogen release if contact with metals. Don't breathe nitrogenous vapors.
6 - ACCIDENTAL RELEASE MEASURES
Prevent rejects in natural environment and dumps. don't use sawdust. Neutralize with alcalin water then pump.
7 -HANDLING AND STORAGE
Store away from heat and light. Keep away from combustible products.
Store in inox containers. Avoid all metals and ask manufacturers for plastic containers..
8 - EXPOSURE CONTROL AND PERSONAL PROTECTION
Wear goggles, gloves, anti-acid clothes and boots. Don't breathe vapors. Avoid skin and eyes contact.
Wash hands after every use. Maintain clean protections and work clothes.
9 - PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
Formula : H NO3 with 53.5 % W/W of nitric acid.
Noncoloured or lightly yellow liquid. Brown smokes of nitrogenous oxides.
Freezing temperature > - 40 °C; Boiling temperature : 121.6 °C. Mixable with water in all proportions.
10 - STABILITY AND REACTIVITY
Hazardous decompositin products : NOx
Hazardous reactions with metals, alcalis, organic łaterials and reductors.
11 - TOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION
Lethal Dose : N/A; CL 50 RAT : 310-334 ppm - Corrosive product
May produces high burns to eyes and mucous membrans. Pulmonary oedem in case of inhalation. Irritating smokes.
12 -ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION
Water pollutant (German laws : WGK 1)
13 - DISPOSAL CONSIDERATION
Don't reject in sewers. Directs towards a retreatment center or ask PLANTIN for further informations.
14 - TRANSPORT INFORMATION
GROUPE 81 201; N° U.N :2031; Classe RTMDR : 8 - 2 °b.
15 - REGULATORY INFORMATION
Risk phrases :
R 35 : Provokes severe burns.Increase inflammation of combustible products.
R 9 : May explodes if mixed with combustible products.
Security phrases :
S 2 : Keep away from reach of children.
S 23 : Don't breathe vapors.
S 26 : In case of eye contact, wash abundantly with water and seek an ophtalmologist advice.
S 27 : Leave fastly all dirty clothes.
This information completes technical use advices but don't replace them. The information contained on this sheet is based on knowledge of the product on the date of publication (10.10.94).

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