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2008-01-11
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Hydriodic Acid 55-58% (unstabilized or stabilized with 1.5 MAX H3PO2)
1.2.1 Relevant identified uses
Reducing agent, manufacture of inorganic iodides,
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Section 2
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Full Text Section 16) Hydriodic Acid 55-58% 10034- 233- +C: Corrosive R-20/21/22 85-2 109-9 R-34 Phosphinic Acid ≤1.5% 6303- 228- +C: Corrosive R-34 (Hypophosphorous Acid) 21-5 601-5 SECTION 3 - HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION EMERGENCY OVERVIEW This product MAY BE FATAL IF SWALLOWED OR INHALED. VAPORS CAUSE SEVERE IRRITATION TO SKIN, EYES, RESPIRATORY TRACT and mucous membranes and could cause severe burns to these tissues. Upon heating, toxic fumes are formed. Reacts violently with metal powders, antimony, ammonia, acetaldehyde, acetylene causing fire and explosion hazard. Prolonged exposure to iodides may produce iodism in sensitive individuals. Symptoms of iodism exposure include: skin rash, running nose, headache and irritation of the mucous membrane. For severe cases the skin may show pimples, boils, hives, blisters, and black and blue spots. Iodides are readily diffused across the placenta. Neonatal deaths from respiratory distress secondary to goiter have been reported. Iodides have been known to cause drug-induced fevers, which are usually of short duration. Always avoid contact with skin, eyes and mucous membranes. POTENTIAL HEALTH EFFECTS INHALATION: Inhalation may produce dyspnea, pleuritic chest pain, upper airway edema, pulmonary edema, hypoxemia, bronchospasm, pneumonitis, and persistent pulmonary function abnormalities. Airway hyperactivity has also been reported. SKIN: Contact with substance may cause severe burns to skin and eyes. See Inhalation. EYES: May cause severe burns to eyes. INGESTION: Ingestion of acids may result in burns, gastrointestinal bleeding, gastritis, perforations, dilation, edema, necrosis, vomiting, stenosis, fistula, and duodenal/jejunal injury. CARCINOGENICITY NTP? NO IARC MONOGRAPHS? NO OSHA REGULATED? NO Cal. Prop. 65? NO