Fuel Cell Earth

1 Identification of substance:

• Product details:
  
• Trade name: Perfluorosulfonic acid-PTFE copolymer, 5% w/w solution
  
  
• Stock number: NS-05
  
  
• Manufacturer/Supplier:
  Fuel Cell Earth LLC.
  200F Main St. Suite 365
  Stoneham, MA 02180
  Emergency Phone: (617) 532-0582
  CHEMTREC: (800) 424-9300
  Web Site: www.fuelcellearth.com
  
  
• Information department: Health, Safety and Environmental Department
  
• Emergency information:
  During normal hours the Health, Safety and Environmental Department. After normal hours call Chemtrec at (800) 424-9300.

2 Composition/Data on components:

• Chemical characterization:
  Description: (CAS#)
  Perfluorosulfonic acid-PTFE copolymer
  (CAS# 31175-20-9), 5%
  Methanol
  (CAS# 67-56-1), <5%
  1-Propanol
  (CAS# 71-23-8), 15-30%
  2-Propanol
  (CAS# 67-63-0), 15-30%
  Water
  (CAS# 7732-18-5), Balance

3 Hazards identification

• Hazard description:
  Xn Harmful
  F  Highly flammable
  
• Information pertaining to particular dangers for man and environment
  R 11          Highly flammable.
  R 20/21/22    Harmful by inhalation, in contact with skin and if swallowed.
  R 40/20/21/22 Harmful: possible risk of irreversible effects through inhalation, in contact with skin and if swallowed.
  R 41          Risk of serious damage to eyes.
  R 67          Vapours may cause drowsiness and dizziness

4 First aid measures

• After inhalation
  Supply fresh air. If required, provide artificial respiration. Keep patient warm.
  Seek immediate medical advice.
  
• After skin contact
  Immediately wash with water and soap and rinse thoroughly.
  Seek immediate medical advice.
  
• After eye contact
  Rinse opened eye for several minutes under running water. Then consult a doctor.
  
• After swallowing Seek immediate medical advice.

5 Fire fighting measures

• Suitable extinguishing agents
  Carbon dioxide, extinguishing powder or water spray. Fight larger fires with water spray or alcohol resistant foam.
  
• Special hazards caused by the material, its products of combustion or
  resulting gases:
  In case of fire, the following can be released:
  Carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide
  Hydrogen fluoride (HF)
  Sulfur oxides (SOx)
  
• Protective equipment:
  Wear self-contained respirator.
  Wear fully protective impervious suit.

6 Accidental release measures

• Person-related safety precautions:
  Wear protective equipment. Keep unprotected persons away.
  Ensure adequate ventilation
  Keep away from ignition sources
  
• Measures for environmental protection:
  Do not allow material to be released to the environment without proper governmental permits.
  
• Measures for cleaning/collecting:
  Dispose contaminated material as waste according to item 13.
  Ensure adequate ventilation.
  Keep away from ignition sources.
  
• Additional information:
  See Section 7 for information on safe handling
  See Section 8 for information on personal protection equipment.
  See Section 13 for disposal information.

7 Handling and storage

• Handling
  
• Information for safe handling:
  Keep container tightly sealed.
  Store in cool, dry place in tightly closed containers.
  Ensure good ventilation at the workplace.
  
• Information about protection against explosions and fires:
  Keep ignition sources away.
  Protect against electrostatic charges.
  Fumes can combine with air to form an explosive mixture.
  
  
• Storage
  
• Requirements to be met by storerooms and receptacles:
  Store in a cool location.
  
• Information about storage in one common storage facility:
  Store away from oxidizing agents.
  Aqueous solutions are incompatible with alkali and alkaline earth metals and many reactive organic and inorganic chemicals.
  
• Further information about storage conditions:
  Keep container tightly sealed.
  Store in cool, dry conditions in well sealed containers.

8 Exposure controls and personal protection

• Additional information about design of technical systems:
  Properly operating chemical fume hood designed for hazardous chemicals and having an average face velocity of at least 100 feet per minute.
  
  Components with limit values that require monitoring at the workplace:
  
  1-Propanol
  ppm
  ACGIH TLV             200; 250-STEL (skin)
  Belgium TWA           200; 250-STEL (skin)
  Denmark TWA           200 (skin)
  Finland TWA           200; 250-STEL (skin)
  France TWA            200; 250-STEL (skin)
  Hungary TWA           100; 200-STEL
  Netherlands TWA       200 (skin)
  Poland TWA            200
  Russia TWA             10 mg/m3-STEL
  Sweden TWA            150; 250-STEL (all isomers)
  Switzerland TWA       200 (skin)
  USA PEL               200; 250-STEL (skin)
  
  Methyl alcohol
  ppm
  ACGIH TLV             200; 250-STEL, A4 (skin)
  Belgium TWA           200; 250-STEL, (skin)
  Denmark TWA           200 (skin)
  Finland TWA           200; 250-STEL (skin)
  France TWA            200; 1000-STEL
  Germany TWA           200
  Hungary TWA            50; 100-STEL
  Ireland TWA           200; 250-STEL (skin)
  Netherlands TWA       200 (skin)
  Poland TWA            100
  Russia TWA            200; 5 mg/m3-STEL (skin)
  Sweden TWA            200; 250-STEL (skin)
  Switzerland TWA       200; 400-STEL (skin)
  United Kingdom TWA    200; 250-STEL (skin)
  OSHA PEL              200
  
  Isopropyl alcohol (2-Propanol)
  ppm
  ACGIH TLV             400; 500-STEL
  Belgium TWA           400; 500-STEL
  Denmark TWA           200 (skin)
  France TWA            400
  Germany TWA           200
  Ireland TWA           400; 500-STEL (skin)
  Netherlands TWA       250
  Russia TWA            400-STEL
  Sweden TWA            150; 250-STEL
  Switzerland TWA       400; 800-STEL
  United Kingdom TWA    400; 500-STEL
  OSHA PEL              400
  
• Additional information: No data
  
  
• Personal protective equipment
  
• General protective and hygienic measures
  The usual precautionary measures for handling chemicals should be followed.
  Keep away from foodstuffs, beverages and feed.
  Remove all soiled and contaminated clothing immediately.
  Wash hands before breaks and at the end of work.
  Avoid contact with the eyes.
  Avoid contact with the eyes and skin.
  
• Breathing equipment:
  Use suitable respirator when high concentrations are present.
  
• Protection of hands: Impervious gloves
  
• Eye protection:
  Safety glasses
  Tightly sealed goggles
  
• Body protection: Protective work clothing.

9 Physical and chemical properties:

• Form: Liquid
  
• Color:
  Colorless
  Yellow
  
• Odor: Alcohol-like
  
• Value/Range  Unit    Method
  
• Change in condition
  
• Melting point/Melting range: Not determined
  
• Boiling point/Boiling range: Not determined
  
• Sublimation temperature / start: Not determined
  
  
• Flash point: 6 ° C     approx
  
  
• Ignition temperature: Not determined
  
  
• Decomposition temperature: Not determined
  
  
• Explosion limits:
  
• Lower: Not determined
  
• Upper: Not determined
  
  
• Vapor pressure: Not determined
  
  
• Density: at   20 ° C       0.85-0.95 g/cm³
  
  
• Solubility in / Miscibility with
  
• Water: Fully miscible

10 Stability and reactivity

• Thermal decomposition / conditions to be avoided:
  Decomposition will not occur if used and stored according to specifications.
  
• Materials to be avoided:
  Oxidizing agents
  Aqueous solutions are incompatible with alkali and alkaline earth metals and many reactive organic and inorganic chemicals.
  
• Dangerous reactions No dangerous reactions known
  
• Dangerous products of decomposition:
  Carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide
  Hydrogen fluoride
  Sulfur oxides (SOx)

11 Toxicological information

• Acute toxicity:
  LD/Lc50 values that are relevant for classification:
  ORL-RAT LD50: 5628 MG/KG (METHANOL)
  ORL-MUS LD50: 7300 MG/KG (METHANOL)
  SKN-RBT LD50: 15800 MG/KG (METHANOL)
  ORL-HMN LDLo: 143 MG/KG (METHANOL)
  ORL-RAT LD50: 5045 MG/KG (ISOPROPANOL)
  ORL-MUS LD50: 3600 MG/KG (ISOPROPANOL)
  SKN-RBT LD50: 12800 MG/KG (ISOPROPANOL)
  ORL-HMN LD50: 3570 MG/KG (ISOPROPANOL)
  ORL-RAT LD50: 1870 MG/KG (1-PROPANOL)
  ORL-MUS LD50: 6800 MG/KG (1-PROPANOL)
  ORL-RBT LD50: 2825 MG/KG (1-PROPANOL)
  SKN-RBT LD50: 4050 MG/KG (1-PROPANOL)
  IHL-MUS LC50: 48000 MG/KG (1-PROPANOL)
  
• Primary irritant effect:
  
• on the skin: Irritant to skin and mucous membranes.
  
• on the eye:
  Strong irritant with the danger of severe eye injury.
  Irritating effect.
  
• Sensitization: No sensitizing effects known.
  
• Subacute to chronic toxicity:
  Symptoms of methanol overexposure may include intoxication, headache, drowsiness, nausea, vomiting, blurred vision, blindness, coma and death.  It is a defatting agent and can cause skin and eye irritation. Absorption through the skin is possible.  Chronic exposure may cause liver and eye injury.
  2-Propanol (isopropyl alcohol) may act as a local irritant and in high concentrations as a narcotic with symptoms such as headache, nausea, dizziness, vomiting, mental depression, anesthesia, and coma.  Similar symptoms may be caused by ingestion.  It can cause corneal burns on contact with the eyes and has caused teratogenic, mutagenic and reproductive effects in laboratory animals.
  
• Subacute to chronic toxicity:
  Inhalation of n-propanol may have a mild narcotic effect.  Large doses may cause narcosis and CNS depression.  Mutagenic and carcinogenic effects have been reported.  May cause liver damage.
  
• Additional toxicological information:
  Danger through skin absorption.
  To the best of our knowledge the acute and chronic toxicity of this substance is not fully known.
  IARC-3: Not classifiable as to carcinogenicity to humans.

12 Ecological information:

• General notes:
  Do not allow material to be released to the environment without proper governmental permits.

13 Disposal considerations

• Product:
  
• Recommendation
  Consult state, local or national regulations for proper disposal.
  
  
• Uncleaned packagings:
  
• Recommendation:
  Disposal must be made according to official regulations.
  
• Recommended cleansing agent: Water, if necessary with cleansing agents.

14 Transport information

• DOT regulations:
  
• Hazard class: 3
  
• Identification number: UN1987
  
• Packing group: III
  
• Proper shipping name (technical name):
  Alcohols, n.o.s., methanol/1-propanol/2-                           propanol
  
  
• Land transport ADR/RID  (cross-border)
  
• ADR/RID class: 3 Flammable liquids
  
• Item: 31c
  
• Danger code (Kemler): 30
  
• UN-Number: 1987
  
• Description of goods: Alcohols, n.o.s., methanol/1-propanol/2-
  propanol
  
  
• Maritime transport IMDG:
  
• IMDG Class: 3
  
• UN Number: 1987
  
• Packaging group: III
  
• Proper shipping name: Alcohols, n.o.s., methanol/1-propanol/2-
  propanol
  
  
• Air transport ICAO-TI and IATA-DGR:
  
• ICAO/IATA Class: 3
  
• UN/ID Number: 1987
  
• Packaging group: III
  
• Proper shipping name: Alcohols, n.o.s., methanol/1-propanol/2-
  propanol

15 Regulations

• Product related hazard informations:
  
  
• Hazard symbols:
  Xn Harmful F Highly flammable
  
  
• Risk phrases:
  11          Highly flammable.
  20/21/22    Harmful by inhalation, in contact with skin and if swallowed.
  40/20/21/22 Harmful: possible risk of irreversible effects through inhalation, in contact with skin and if swallowed.
  41          Risk of serious damage to eyes.
  67          Vapours may cause drowsiness and dizziness
  
  
• Safety phrases:
  9           Keep container in a well-ventilated place.
  16          Keep away from sources of ignition - No smoking.
  26          In case of contact with eyes, rinse immediately with plenty of water and seek medical advice.
  36/37/39    Wear suitable protective clothing, gloves and eye/face protection.
  60          This material and its container must be disposed of as hazardous waste.
  
  
• National regulations
  All components of this product are listed in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Toxic Substances Control Act Chemical Substance Inventory.
  
  
• Information about limitation of use:
  For use only by technically qualified individuals.
  This product is subject to the reporting requirements of section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act of 1986 and 40CFR372.

16 Other information:

Employers should use this information only as a supplement to other information gathered by them, and should make independent judgment of suitability of this information to ensure proper use and protect the health and safety of employees.  This information is furnished without warranty, and any use of the product not in conformance with this Material Safety Data Sheet, or in combination with any other product or process, is the responsibility of the user.



• Department issuing MSDS: Health, Safety and Environmental Department.
  
• Contact: Ennio Verderese