Note: Ingredients listed on restricted chemical lists
EC/CAS
7732-18-5
Name of the chemical
Water, distilled, conductivity or of similar purity H2O
Concentration
N/A
General Information
Revision date
2009-09-18
Product name
Acetate buffer (for chlorine, for cyanide)
Product Synonyms
Acetate buffer pH 4 (for chlorine), Acetate buffer (for cyanide)
Emergency telephone
(800) 424-9300
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Company Information
company name
LabChem Inc
Section 2
SECTION 2: Hazards identification
Emergency Overview Appearance: Clear, colorless solution Caution! Causes burns to eyes, skin, respiratory, and gastrointestinal tracts. Target Organs: Eyes, skin, respiratory system, teeth
Potential health effects
Eye: Eye contact may result in swelling, irritation, and damage to the cornea and conjunctiva, resulting in blurred or partial loss of vision. Skin: May cause irritation, redness, burns, blisters, brown or yellow stains. Ingestion: May result in severe burns to mouth, throat, stomach with pain, diarrhea, vomiting. Asphyxia from throat swelling can occur. - 1 - Inhalation: Exposure to 50ppm acetic acid is intolerable for most individuals. May cause coughing, dizziness, weakness, dry throat/chest, chest pain, dyspnea, frothy sputum, hypotension, cyanosis, pneumonitis, fatal pulmonary edema. Chronic: Chronic exposure to acetic acid may cause erosion of dental enamel, bronchitis, eye irritation, darkening of the skin, and chronic inflammation of the respiratory tract. Acetic acid can cause occupational asthma. One case of a delayed asthmatic response to glacial acetic acid has been reported in a person with bronchial asthma. Skin sensitization to acetic acid is rare, but has occurred.
