Ammonium Molybdate, 1% W/V in Sulfuric Acid, 1N

SECTION 2: Hazards identification

Emergency Overview Appearance: Colorless Caution! Corrosive. Causes eye and skin burns. Causes digestive and respiratory tract burns. Target Organs: None.

Potential health effects

Eye: Causes severe eye burns. Eye contact can result in blindness; exposure to mist leads to watering, irritation. Skin: Skin contact may result in severe burns, blistering, pain. Ingestion: May cause severe and permanent damage to the digestive tract. Causes gastrointestinal tract burns. Vomiting and diarrhea of dark blood may occur; asphyxia from throat swelling. Stomach and esophagus may become perforated. - 1 - Inhalation: May cause severe irritation of the respiratory tract with sore throat, coughing, shortness of breath and delayed lung edema. Causes chemical burns to the respiratory tract. At 5mg/M3 concentrations, nose and throat irritation occurs, with headache, cough, increased respiratory rate, impairment of lung to ventilate. Chronic: Delayed symptoms include tight chest, fluid in lungs, cyanosis (blue color), hypotension, bronchitis or emphysema. tracheobronchitis, dental erosion/discoloration, pneumonia, gastrointestinal disturbances may occur. Skin irritation/dermatitis, conjunctivitis and lacrimation of the eye can occur.