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HEALTH & ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH Industrial Hygiene & Toxicology Laboratories
THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY
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GENERAL
DATA SHEET OF PROPERTIES, HEALTH HAZARDS, AND PRECAUTIONS FOR SAFE HANDLING OF MATERIALS , , ,, ,,
MOLECULAR formula Q ^
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MOLECULAR AEIGIIT INDUSTRIAL hygiene guide
62.50
See be!ow*
STRUCTURAL FORMULA . OfT COMPOSITION
H
HAM^ SYNONYMS
Vinyl chloride
Chloroethene; Chloroethylene; VCM;
Cl-C=CH
NOTE: SEE DOW POSITION STATEMENT DATED 5/28/74 FOR OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES (ATTACHED).
FOILING POINT
-13.9-c 760
CCRRCjWEnESA IT* CtnintA
EXPLOSIVE LIMITS n VOL. IN Atm
4-22
FLASH POINT
'78C
ignition temp.
MELTING POINT
. -F 472.2-c
SIC AL. STA76
-153.71
VAPOR PRESS. "Mtf. )S*C.
*c 29.433
it Not corrosive when dry dHfcuucAL. REACTIVITY
Gas
None
ODOR {|owd* C*acat'o*i*a la Air)
y Not dangerously reactive except for fire hazard
z * STABILITY IXm ptl Chwft, H*at, Lifhll
Sweet_______
Will polymerize in presence of air, sunlight, oxygen or heat
type of contact
** EYE
a
0
CLASSIFICATION OF TOXIC PROPERTIES
MAY CAUSE HO RESPONSE OR NO MORE THAN VERY SLIGHT TO SLIGHT TRANSITORY PAIN AND OR SLIGHT TRANSIENT CORNEAL INJURY AND OR IRRITATION OF THE EYEUQS.
MAT CAUSE SUFFICIENT INJURY TO THE ETC TO RE5ULT IN LOSS OF TIME FROM WORK. (THIS INCLUDES DAMAGE TO THE CORNEA WHICH HCaLS OR NEARLY HEALS IN A WEEK AND OR CONSIDERABLE CONJUNCTIVAL IRRITATION WITH EOEMA.)
MAY CAUSE SOME PERMANENT LOSS OF VISION (THIS INCLUDES DAMAGE TO CORNEA OR :NTERNAL INJURY WHICH IS INCOMPLETELY HEALED IN ONE wEEK.l
VAPOR EXPOSURE MAY CAUSE SEVERE PAIN. LACRYUATION OR SERIOUS INJURY TO THE EYES.
SINGLE PROLONGED EXPOSURE (HOURS) CAUSES NO EFFECT SEVERAL REPEATED PROLONGED EXPOSURES MAY OR MAY NOT CAUSE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOME SLIOHT IRRITATION,
SINGLE SHORT EXPOSURE (MINUTES) MAY CAUSE CONSIDERABLE IRRITA TION ANO OR SINGLE PROLONGED OR FREQUENTLY REPEATED SHORT EX POSURES CAUSE A BURN AND OR mat CAUSE SYSTEMIC INJURY. EVEN DEATH.
SINGLE PROLONGED EXPOSURE MAY CAUSE SOME REDDENING OF THE SKIN. REPEATEO PROLONGED CONTACTS MAT CAUSE
APPRECIABLE IRRITATION, POSSIBLY A MILO BURN ANOOR
may Cause appreciable systemic injury due to absorption.
AN EXPOSURE RAPIDLY CAUSES SEVERE BURNS ANO-OR SERIOUS SYSTEMIC INJURY. EVEN DEATH.
NO SYSTEMIC INJURY EXPECTEO, NO IRRITATION TO HOSE ANO throat in dusty OR misty atmospheres.
OUSTY OR MISTY ATMOSPHERE PAiNFUL TO NOSE AND THROAT (INTOLER* ABLE TO MOST PEOPLE) ANO OR EXPOSURE MAY CAUSE SERIOUS SYSTEMIC
DUST OR
THROAT Af NOSE IRRITATION IN A DUSTY OR MISTY ATMOS
INJURY, EVEN OEaTH.
U MIST
PHERE 1$ PAINFUL BUT NOT INTOLERABLE ANO 'OR PRO LONGED OR REPEATED EXPOSURES MAY CAUSE SYSTEmiC
SHORT EXPOSURE (MINUTES) may CAUSE DEATH OR SERIOUS SYSTEMIC INJURY.
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*** VAPOR
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Indicotvd.
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EXPOSURES 00 HOT CAUSE ANY EFFECTS OTHER THAN SOME VERY SLIGHT IRRITATION OR PAIN TO THE EYES OR RESPfRA * TORT PASSAGES AT THE MOST,
EXPOSURES MAY CAUSE EXTREME DROWSINESS. AND OR SERIOUS SYSTE MIC INJURY. AND OR MAY CAUSE INTOLERABLE IRRITATION TO THE RES PIRATORY passages.
SINGLE EXPOSURES EXCEEDING 1/7 HOUR, OR FREQUENTLY REPEATED EXPOSURES OF SHORTER DURATION, MAY CAUSE SLIGHT ANESTHESIA ANO/OR SLIGHT SYSTEMIC INJURY. AND/ OR CAUSE APPRECIABLE. BUT NOT INTOLERABLE. IRRITA TION OF RESPIRATORY PASSAGES.
SHORT EXPOSURES MAY CAUSE UNCONOOUSNESS, ANO DR SERIOUS SYSTE MIC INJURY, INCLUDING DEATH.
n EVEN VERY SHORT EXPOSURE will CAUSE SERIOUS SYSTEMIC INJURY OR OEATH.
AMOUNTS which MAY BE SWALLOWED INCIDENTAL TO IN DUSTRIAL handling WILL NOT CAUSE INJURY, however, IF SUBSTANTIAL OUANYITlES SHOULD BE SWALLOwEO. MORE OR LESS SERIOUS EFFECTS MAY OCCUR.
AMOUNTS WHICH MAY BE SWALLOWED INCIDENTAL TO INDUSTRIAL HAND LING ANO USE MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY.
POMMEHTS
*Dow Industrial Hygiene Guide: 10 ppm TWA; OSHA Standard: 1 ppm TWA.
**Eye and skin contact may cause frostbite. Vinyl chloride liquid boils away rapidly enough to freeze tissue beneath it.
***Repeated exposures to high concentrations have caused cancer in the human subject.
rnwFinFNTIA L - FOR THE USE OF DOW EMPLOYEES ONLY
R&Sl60847
Vinyl chloride
DEGREES OF EXPOSURE RELATED TO TYPES OF ORATION
NO CONTACT
wNOR CONTACT
OCCASIONAL DAILY CONTACT CRCSS CONTACT '.KELT
CHARACTERIZED BY REMOTE OPERATION WITH EQUIPMENT ISOLATED FROM THE WORK AREA. The persons entering isolated areas will require the personal protection outlined POR IV BELOW.
CHARACTERIZED BT CLOSED SYSTEMS WITH EQUIPMENT VENTEO OUTSIDE THE WORK AREA! IN STRUMENT CONTROL. MECHANICAL HANDLING OF MATERIALS IN BULK. EXAMPLES ARE) CONTINUOUS REACTORS. STILLS AND FILTERS. ENCLOSED CONVEYORS; VENTILATED PACKAGING-
CHARACTERIZED ay manual HANOUNC Of MATERIALS IN PACKAGES SUCH AS BAGS. ORUMi ANO fiSERPAXS. VENTILATION MAY BE PROVIDED POR SPECIFIC JOBS. MANY BATCH OPERATIONS PALL INTO THIS CATEGORY.
CHARACTERIZED BY HANO OPERATION. EXAMPLES ARE: EMERGENCY REPAIRS, CLEANING EQUIP MENT. CLEANING FILTERS* TAXING CARE Of SPILLS. PACKAGING VOLATILE OR OUSTY MATERIALS VtTHCUT VENTILATION, WHEELING ANO TRAY DRYING.
PRECAUTIONS (SEE COPE BELOW*
EYES
' SKIN
INHALATION'
OUST OR MIST
vapor
INGES-
T10N
AA
AA
BA
0A
BA
0A
DA
DA
EYE CONTACT
SKIM" CONTACT
A NO ZYi PROTECTION NEEDED.
D use CHEMICAL WORKER} goggles.
B USE safety classes without SIDE SHIELDS.
E USE CAS TIGHT goggles or a full face gas mask.
C USE SAFETY GLASSES WITH SIDE SHIELDS.
, A BXTH AMO CLEAN CLOTHES ONCE PER WEEK ALONG WITH THE USUAL FASHING AT MEALTIMES SHOULD BE AOEQUATE PRECAUTIONS.
CLOTHING SHOULD BE CHANGED AND SKIN WASHED PROMPTLY UPON ANT - DETECTABLE CONTACT. EACH USE WILL REQUIRE SPECIAL CONSIDERATION
GROSSLY CONTAMINATED CLOTHING AND SHOES MUST BE REMOVED NOT
TO DETERMINE SUITABLE PROTECTIVE DEVICES AND STANDARDS OF
B LATER THAN THE END OF THE WORK PERIOD AND MUST BE THOROUGHLY PERSONAL CLEANLINESS
CLEANED BEFORE RE'USE.
IMPERVIOUS CLOTHINO SUCH AS RUBBER BOOTS. RUBBER APRONS. ANO
r REQUIRE SHOWER AT THE END OF THE WORK PERIOD AND CLEAN CLbTH- E RUBBER GLOVES WILL BE REQUIRED. SPECIFIC ITEMS WILL BE DICTATED AS
* INC FROM THE SKIN OUT AT THE START OF EACH WORK DAT.
REQUIRED BY CIRCUMSTAHCE,
OUST OR
MIST
VAPOR
A NO RESPIRATORY PROTECTION.
NO PROTECTION REOUIRED FOR EXPOSURE OF THIRTY MIN. DURATION OR LESS TO OBVIOUSLY DUSTY ATMOSPHERES. EXPOSURES OP LONGER B DURATION WILL REQUIRE THE USE OF A OUST RESPIRATOR BEARING THE APPROVAL OF THE U.S. BUREAU OP MINES FOR THE USE WITH TOXIC OUSTS._______________________________________________________________
) A .MO PRECAUTIONS NECESSART.
I I
{ NO PRECAUTIONS NECESSART FOR SINGLE EXPOSURES OF LESS THAN
j I'l HOUR. LONGER SINGLE EXPOSURES. OR FREQUENTLY REPEATEO I B EXPOSURES WILL REQUIRE A OAS MASK OR RESPIRATOR EQUIPPED ! WITH APPROPRIATE CANISTER.
ANT EXPOSURE TO OBVIOUSLT OUSTT ATMOSPHERES WILL REOUIRE A OUST D RESPIRATOR BEARING THE APPROVAL OF THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES FOR
USE WITH TOXIC OUSTS. w ANY EXPOSURE TO OUSTT ATMOSPHERES WILL REOUIRE THE USE OF AH AIR
LINE RESPIRATOR. BLOWER MASK. OR CHEMOX MASK.
NO PRECAUTIONS NECESSART FOR SINGLE EXPOSURES OF NO MORE THAN C TEN MINUTES. LONGER EXPOSURES EITHER SINGLE OR REPEATED. WILL RE
OUIRE GASMASK OR RESPIRATOR EQUIPPED WITH APPROPRIATE CANISTER.
D CAS MASK WITH APPROPRIATE CANISTER REQUIRED AT ALL TIMES.
_ EVACUATE AREA AT ONCE ANO ENTER ONLY WITH AIRLINE
t * RESPIRATOR. BLOWER MASK OR CHEMOX MASK.
INGESTION
A NO UNUSUAL PROCEDURES REOUIREO.
mehts
"good practice requires that GROSS AMOUNTS OF AMT CHEMICAL 3 REMOVED FROM THE SKIN AS SOON AS 1$ PRACTICAL
FOOD AMO TOBACCO SHOULD NOT BE PRESENT IN THE WORK AREA. HANDS AND FACE SHOULD BE WASHED BEFORE SMOKING AM> EATING.
SUITABLE GASMASK CANISTER
(Sww SLP Twk Bulletin *3)
Organic Vapor
REVISED: EJSchneider zmiiA
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4/14/76
MATERIAL' SAFETY DATA SHEET
(APPROVED BY THE U.S. DE'AR ImENT OF LABOR AS 'nennall,
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FOR HAZARDOUS I'RODUCTS UiED IN PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT
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faction M4NUFACTU*R'1 name THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY t fRU T AOOR C*i <c) 2030 DOW CENTER city, itate, zip codc
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t#) MIDLAND. MICHIGAN 48640
CMEMi;L NAME. TRADE NAVI. AND JYNONYAU
() Vinyl Chloride, Monomer__
FORMULA or PRIMARY COMPONENT!*' 4* T F* U C T OM A L *
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NAME & PRODUCT
tMEFr#r iCT P-ORE
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<b,517-636-4400
Foi loteit dole, con. flAlf T.iil form nR'TtEN
twit nionvfocturer. [dl February 22, 1972
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91575
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Section 2
INGREDIEMTS
s
TLV (unit*)
Vinyl Chloride Fnenol*
99 500 ppm O.OC 5 5 ppm
(Not specification values)
* In inhibited product only.
Section 3
PHYSICAL DATA
i BOILING POINT (F.) VAPOR PRESSURE (mmHgat 20c)
+7.16_ 2524
t SPECIFIC GRAVITY (H^O* 1) 0.9104 70/70or ' S VOLATILE BY VOLUME ____1QQ_______
a VAPOR DENSITY (oi. = 1)
2.15
t COLOR AND ODOR Colorless *
* SOLUBILITY IN WATER
Slleht
> PHYSICAL STATE Llauified eas
Section 4
FIRE AND
I0EL43H POINT (AMO utlHSO uS(O)
,O
-108.4F Cleveland Open Cup
ti.EXTIN.
CUISHING MEDIA:
water
X. FOG
X
ri^a"L
UJPCCUL FIRE i* iCH TIN O PROTECTIVE EOUPMEX*
EXPLOSION HAZARD DATA ll r ,, a wma CSLC LSW-T$ .>TP
LF.L.
4
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in DRY CHEMICAL
OTHER
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Self-contained breathing apparatus.
* Uninhibited: Faint, sweet odor. Inhibited: Faint phenolic odor from
14.UNUSUAL P|RE And CAPLOSION HAZARDS
inhibit
Vapors can form flammable and explosive mixtures with air at all normal
ambient temperatures. All sources of ignition should be avoided in areas
where vinyl chloride vapors.^are. presents
Section 5
REACTIVITY DATA
STABILITY
NORMAL CONDITIONS
PIRE CONDITIONS
1 4.CONO* T ON 1 TO AVO'O
Exposure to air, oxygen,
Ignites in air at 882F.
heat,
moisture.
"INCOMPAT IBILITY (Moteriol* to ovoid)
WATER
11 11 ACID
_ BASE
Mother;___________ ______________________ ,
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1
! CORROSIVE
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OXIDIZING MATERIAL
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II.HAf ARD^Ui DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS
Hydrogen chloride, carbon monoxide.
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HAZARDOUS POLYMERIZA. TION
MAY OCCUR
X
WILL NOT OCCUR
lO-CONOiT'ON* TO AVO'O
Exposure to oxygen (air), sunlight, moisture and
free radical initiators or other catalytic impuritic
Vinyl Chiorra , Lnouwer^c n\.< itnAnjuuu:*a
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Mot considered a pr blem becaupa product j a gas at axobUnt temperatures.
G__asIVI CONTACT - npt -liikelV
cauBe^4il1l ^fTfmeTbJTpFeI. . *L1iq>uid1 - _________ .__1X,e. _o_ Tf. e.ua-ing
at tHiH
Gee -notlikelyto cause irritation. -- Liquid - capableoxcausing
frnefchl ^-TypA-hitThTM
hfrfhl rnr----1 f ..cnncantrat.ad,,. ma
fTln toxic
i4-K,N AM<rTr IfetibBorbi
,.-. _ _
.n In pure form*
-^apounts.
if, concentrated^ maybe absor in toxic amount*.
INNHHALAtlON ITLV *A WHM<M M'Ah.
'
TLV - 500 ppm (1970); may be lowered tQ 200 P id 1972.
*1*KFFCCT* OF OVEItEftFOSUftK Lower concentr^tttdri
ETS drunkenness,possibly
lung Irritat_io__n_ . High concentration - aneathetic effect. ; `
,mi Flush with plenty of water for at least 15 min.: for eyes. Eves & Skin; get medical attention. Remove contaminated clothing and fr a
of chemical before reuae.
Inhalation;__If_person experiences ill effect n IfmVft
tP fiiffgh fill,
keep him quiet and varm and get medlcel attention. Give
_ .... artificial respiration if breathing stops**
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SPILL OR LEAK PROCEDURES
Sa.SYKF* t OB TAKEN IN CAII MATmiAtll FlLIAItOO* SKILLED
, T oBsanpv pall sources of ignition, supply ample ventilation,? allow only
) properly protected personnel into the area; do not allow vitayl: chloride to
enter me sewer system because of explos,lva '
It.DlOOIM. MCI MOO
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Dispose of vinyl chloride as a vapor, venting to an area free of any source
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of ignition;
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SO.VENTILATION
VOCAL EftMAUET )
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Six or more air changes per hr. Control to TLV level. or
full
face Tga8^ma8^ and canister: greater- self-contained breathing apparatus.
Impervious gloves* aprons, shoes. Clean, body-covering clothing.
nIt.CYC MftOTCCTlON I NOT NORMALLY NECESSARY
SAFETY GLASSES
WITHOUT SIDE SHIELDS
a GAS TIGHT GOGGLES OR EQUIVALENT
nOTHER:
-I4.0TMM FF TECTIVE EQUIPMENT
SAFETY GLASSES
r"J<CHEMICAL
WITH SIDE SHIELDS ' I TWORKERS GOGGLES
Rescue harness and lifeline for entering tanks or enclosed atorageepac
Eyewash stations and safety showers should be readily available.
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SH)M 9 jpECIAL PRECAUTIONS' OR OTHER COMMENTS
SS.PRECAUTIONS TQ BE TAKEN IN HANOLINtt ANO STORINS
Avoid all skin and eve contact, especially it!th_inhlblted product. Avoid breathing vapors. Vinyl-chloride should always;be handled with full recognition of ita volarllif-y and Its flamiahlllty. . Keep : the..material
enclosed and eliminate; all sources of ignltionj.
-; aSM'-O'-'-
I.OTHIR PRECAUTIONS
Storage should be in an Is lat d, well-ventllatedarea. Pits, depressions
and basements sh uld be avoided. . .ebJtxonom nod^a.-) , obi-vclrfo no^oib^H
Mr
*
! Ingestionv
.Not ijntitcflAaAt)
Gasyat
roomTCempaiatuie.
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