Hydrex 6913

SECTION 2: Hazards identification

EMERGENCY OVERVIEW: Appearance &Qdor: Cloudy, purple aqueous acid, with a faint characteristic odor. Danger Causes severe burns and eye damage. Contains acid mixture. Liquid is corrosive or severely irritating to eyes and corrosive or severely irritating to skin after contact. In incidents involving contact with incompatible alkali materials, significant heat may be generated. In incidents involving product contact with some metals, such as aluminum and zinc, flammable hydrogen gas may be generated. Product is corrosive to most metals. OSHA Regulatory Status: This material is considered hazardous by the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard (29 CFR 1910.1200).

Potential health effects

Signs or Symptoms of Exposure: Eyes: Causes severe burns and eye damage. Skin: Causes severe burns. Inhalation: Product mist or aerosol is irritating to mucous membranes, respiratory tract and lung tissues. River Bend Labs A Division of Chemtron Corporation (Oo Ingestion: Ingestion may cause gastrointestinal burns or severe irritation accompanied by pain, nausea, vomiting, and symptoms of shock (rapid pulse, sweating, collapse).

Potential chronic health

No known chronic effects of overexposure, Note trace level presence of carcinogens in section 12.

Environmental effects

Significant contamination of surface water may temporarily depress pH levels below minimum requirements for aquatic organisms. Metal compounds in product ~ individually, less than 1% each - may cause aquatic toxicity impacts for fish or other organisms in small bodies of surface water or at the point of a spill in a larger body of water. | SECTION 3 —-