THIS PRODUCT IS HAZARDOUS ACCORDING TO THE CRITERIA OF WORKSAFE AUSTRALIA.

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IDENTIFICATION

UN NUMBER:

1760

DANGEROUS GOODS CLASS:

8

SUBSIDIARY RISK:

NONE

HAZCHEM CODE:

2R

PACKAGING GROUP:

III

POISONS SCHEDULE:

S5

USE:

PREPARATION AND CLEANING OF SURFACES PRIOR TO

TREATMENT OR PAINTING, GENERAL CLEANING AND

DEGREASING, RATES OF DILUTION BETWEEN 1:5 AND 1:50

WITH WATER

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION AND PROPERTIES

APPEARANCE:

TRANSLUCENT, REFLECTS RED, TRANSMITS

GREEN/YELLOW

ODOUR:

CITRUS

BOILING POINT:

ABOVE 80°

VAPOUR PRESSURE:

NOT AVAILABLE

PERCENT VOLATILE, VOLUME:

GREATER THAN 90%

PERCENT VOLATILE, MASS:

APPROXIMATELY 10%

SPECIFIC GRAVITY:

APPROXIMATELY 1.05 kg/l

FLASH POINT:

ABOVE 61°

FLAMMABILITY LIMIT:

NOT FLAMMABLE

SOLUBILITY IN WATER:

THIS PRODUCT IS COMPLETELY MISCIBLE WITH WATER

pH:

13

INGREDIENTS:

CHEMICAL NAME:

CAS NUMBER

MASS PERCENT CLASSIFICATION/RISK

ALKALINE SALTS

1-10%

HYDROCARBON SOLVENT

1-10%

NON-IONIC SURFACTANTS

1-10%

ALKYL METHOXYL ALCOHOL

1-10%

ETHYLENE GLYCOL MONOBUTYL ETHER

111-76-2

1-10%

ANIONIC SURFACTANTS

1-10%

ANHOTERIC SURFACTANT

1-10%

SEQUESTRANTS

1-10%

DYE

LESS THAN 1%

WATER

TO 60%

THIS PRODUCT IS HAZARDOUS ACCORDING TO THE CRITERIA OF WORKSAFE AUSTRALIA.

HEALTH HAZARD INFORMATION

HEALTH EFFECTS - ACUTE

SWALLOWED:

CORROSIVE AND MODERATELY TOXIC. IRRITATING TO MOUTH AND THROAT.

EYE:

CORROSIVE AND A SEVERE IRRITANT.

SKIN:

MODERATELY CORROSIVE. MODERATELY IRRITATING.

INHALED:

MODERATIVELY CORROSIVE. WILL IRRITATE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM.

HEALTH EFFECTS - CHRONIC

SWALLOWED:

SEE ACUTE EFFECTS. REPEATED INGESTION MAY RESULT IN OEDEMA OF THE

ESOPHAGUS.

EYE:

REPEATED, PROLONGED CONTACT WITH EYES MAY RESULT IN PERMANENT

DAMAGE.

SKIN:

PROLONGED OR REPEATED CONTACT ITH SKIN OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME

MAY CAUSE DERMATITIS OR OTHER SKIN COMPLAINTS.

INHALED:

REPEATED, PROLONGED INHALATINON OF THIS PRODUCT MAY RESULT IN

PERMANENT LUNG AND BRACHIAL DAMAGE.

FIRST AID

SWALLOWED:

THOROUGHLY RINSE MOUTH WITH WATER. GIVE WATER TO DRINK. DO NOT

INDUCE VOMITING. SEEK MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.

EYE:

IRRIGATE WITH COPIOUS QUANTITIES OF CLEAN FRESH WATER FOR 15

MINUTES. SEEK MEDICAL ADVICE.

SKIN:

REMOVE AFFECTED CLOTHING AND WASH BEFORE RE-USE. WASH AFFECTED

SKIN WITH SOAP AND WATER.

INHALED:

REMOVE FROM EXPOSURE. REMOVE ANY AFFECTED CLOTHING. KEEP

COMFORTABLE AND WARM.

ADVICE TO MEDICAL PERSONNEL:

TREAT SYMPTOMATICALLY, THE HEALTH RISK PRESENTED BY

THIS PRODUCT AS IT RELATES TO ITS CORROSIVENESS IS GREATLY

REDUCED WHEN DILUTED TO COMMON CONCENTRATION LEVELS FOR

USE.

POISONS INFORMATION CENTRES IN EACH STATE CAPITAL

PROVIDE ADVICE FOR SCHEDULED POISONS. POISONS CONTROL

PHONE 13 11 26

TOXICITY:

NO LD50 DATA IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS PRODUCT. THE

CONCENTRATIONS OF POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS INGREDIENTS ARE

EXTREMELY LOW AND ARE NOT CONSIDERED A SIGNIFICANT HEALTH

HAZARD UNDER CONDITIONS OF GOOD OCCUPATIONAL WORK

PRACTICE.

THIS PRODUCT IS HAZARDOUS ACCORDING TO THE CRITERIA OF WORKSAFE AUSTRALIA.

PRECAUTIONS FOR USE

NO SPECIFIC EXPOSURE STANDARDS EXIST FOR THIS SPECIFIC MATERIAL BY WORKSAFE.

ENGINEERING CONTROLS

THE WORKPLACE OR SITE WHERE THIS PRODUCT IS BEING USED SHOULD BE VENTILATED SUFFICIENTLY TO

ENSURE THAT EXPOSURE TO THE CORROSIVE VAPOURS OF THIS PRODUCT DO NOT CONSTITUTE A HEALTH RISK.

ENSURE AIRFLOW WHERE THIS PRODUCT IS BEING USED.

PERSONAL PROTECTION

AVOID CONTACT WITH EYES. AVOID REPEATED OR PROLONGED SKIN CONTACT.

DO NOT USE THIS PRODUCT IF YOU HAVE BECOME SENSITIZED TO THE CHEMICAL ENTITIES LISTED IN THIS

PUBLICATION, OR IF YOU HAVE SKIN OR OTHER DISORDERS WHICH MAKE YOU PARTICULARLY SENSITIVE TO SKIN

IRRITANTS.

PERSONS WITH ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, OR OTHER LUNG COMPLAINTS SHOULD CONSIDER AVOIDING THIS AND

OTHER CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS WHICH MAY TRIGGER AN ATTACK.

DO NOT SMOKE WHILE USING THIS PRODUCT. WHILE USING THIS PRODUCT, WASH HANDS THOROUGHLY BEFORE

EATING, SMOKING, OR USING TOILET FACILITIES.

FLAMMABILITY

THIS PRODUCT IS NOT FLAMMABLE OR COMBUSTIBLE DURING NORMAL CONDITIONS, INCLUDING CONDITIONS OF

USE..

THIS PRODUCT WILL RELEASE TOXIC AND CORROSIVE VAPOURS IF BURNED IN A LARGE FIRE.

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PRECAUTIONS FOR USE, CONTINUED

RISK PHRASES

R20/21: HARMFUL BY INHALATION AND IN CONTACT WITH SKIN.

R38:

IRRITATING TO SKIN.

R43:

MAY CAUSE SENSITISATION BY SKIN CONTACT.

SAFE HANDLING

STORAGE/TRANSPORT

CLASSIFIED AS A DANGEROUS GOOD, CLASS 8, PACKAGING GROUP III, FOR TRANSPORT PURPOSES.

STORE IN A WELL-VENTILATED STOREROOM AWAY FROM IGNITION SOURCES.

DO NOT STORE NEAR STRONG OXIDIZING AGENTS. DO NOT STORE NEAR FOODSTUFFS.

STORE IN A DRY LOCATION BETWEEN 5º - 30º C. KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN.

HAZCHEM 2R

THIS PRODUCT IS HAZARDOUS ACCORDING TO THE CRITERIA OF WORKSAFE AUSTRALIA.

SPILLS AND DISPOSAL

SPILLS IN SMALL AMOUNTS, OR SPILLS OF THIS PRODUCT WHICH HAVE BEEN DILUTED FOR USE, MAY BE FLUSHED

TO SEWER WITH WATER.

LARGE SPILLS OF CONCENTRATED PRODUCT SHOULD BE CONTAINED WITH ABSORBENT SPILL COMPOUNDS, SOIL,

OR SAND.

DISPOSE ACCORDING TO LOCAL OR STATE/TERRITORY REGULATIONS.

FIRE/EXPLOSION HAZARDS

THIS PRODUCT IS NOT CONSIDERED A FIRE RISK UNDER NORMAL STORAGE AND SHIPPING CONDITIONS.

THIS PRODUCT MAY REACT WITH STRONG OXIDIZING AGENTS.

ENVIRONMENTAL

SOME COMPONENTS OF THIS PRODUCT ARE CONSIDERED A HAZARD TO AQUATIC LIFE. DO NOT ALLOW

CONCENTRATED PRODUCT TO ENTER WATERWAYS. PACKAGING OF THIS PRODUCT MAY BE RECYCLED OR

DISPOSED OF AS AUTOMATIC DISHWASHING POWDER CONTAINERS. MACLEOD INDUSTRIES AUSTRALIA WILL

ACCEPT PACKAGING FOR ANY OF ITS PRODUCTS FOR SAFE DISPOSAL. DO NOT BURN THIS PRODUCT'S PACKAGING

IN AN INCINERATOR OTHER THAN A TOXIC INCINERATOR.

AUTHOR’S STATEMENT

THIS MSDS IS OFFERED IN GOOD FAITH, AND REPRESENTS THE BEST KNOWLEDGE AVAILABLE TO THE AUTHOR AS

TO THE APPROPRIATE HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES PERTAINING TO THIS PRODUCT. THE USER SHOULD READ THIS

MSDS AND THE MSDS FOR PART B TO BE USED WITH THIS PRODUCT AND RELATE IT TO HOW HE/SHE WILL BE USING

THE PRODUCT. SOME RISK OR SAFETY PHRASES HAVE BEEN USED WHERE THEY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN MANDATED

BY REGULATION, BUT WHERE THE AUTHOR BELIEVES THAT PROVIDING THOSE RISK OR SAFETY PHRASES IS IN THE

INTEREST OF THE USER.

AUTHOR: MIKE FINKE