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General Information
Revision date
2020-01-10
Product name
Sulphur Hexafluoride
CAS No.
2551-62-4
Emergency telephone
0860
Icons in SDS
Company Information
company name
African Oxygen Limited
e-mail address of the competent person responsible for the Safety Data Sheet
special.markets@afrox.linde.com
GHS Information
Signal word
Warning
Hazard Codes
Hazard statements (CLP)
H280
Hazard statements
Code
Statements
H280
Contains gas under pressure; may explode if heated
Section 2
SECTION 2: Hazards identification
Emergency Colour: Colourless Overview Odour: Odourless Taste: Tasteless Physical State: Gas Form: Pressurised Liquefied Gas Odour: Odourless Main Hazards All cylinders are portable gas containers and must always be regarded as pressure vessels. Asphyxiant Adverse Health - The coordinating capacity of the nervous Effects system is impaired by even slight degrees of oxygen deficiency; the subject cannot think clearly or control his limbs accurately. The development of symptoms depends on the degree and duration of the oxygen deficiency, and on the rapidity with which the deficiency is developed. - In sudden and acute asphyxia, unconsciousness is immediate. When asphyxia develops slowly enough the following symptoms appear; increased volume of breathing, accelerated pulse rate, muscular incoordination, faulty judgement, emotional instability, fatigue, fainting, nausea, vomiting, disorientation, respiration in gasps. Chemical - Exposure to high temperature causes the product to decompose into by products that are considered toxic. the Inhalation of gaseous decomposition products of sulphur hexafluoride resulting from electrical decomposition should be avoided Biological - Products of Decomposition in Switchgear are Disulphur Decafluoride (S2F10) and Sulphur Pentafluoride (SF5) - Contact with liquid could cause frost burns. Vapour - High exposures may cause an abnormal Inhalation heart rhythm and prove suddenly fatal. May have a narcotic effect, very high Eye Contact - Vapour -No known effect - Liquid - Could cause serious cold burns. Skin Contact - Liquid - Could cause serious cold burns. Ingestion - Liquid - Could cause serious cold burns
Signal word
Warning
Hazard statements
H280 - Contains gas under pressure, may explode if heated - May displace oxygen and cause rapid suffocation
Precautionary statements
Storage: P410+P403 Protect from sunlight and store in a well-ventilated place
Disposal
Dispose ethically
2.3 Other hazards
Liquefied gas that do not - Hazardous decomposition products result in formed under fire conditions.
2.1 Classification of the substance or mixture
Gaseous hydrogen fluoride (HF). - Causes asphyxiation in high concentrations. - Hazardous decomposition products formed under fire conditions.
