*  Exposure Controls/Personal Protection  *
Respiratory Protection:USE NIOSH  CERTIFIED MIST RESPIRATORY WHERE
Ventilation:USE WITH ADEQUATE VENTILATION. KEEP CONTAINER CLOSED.
Other Protective Equipment:EYE WASH & DELUGE SHOWER MEETING ANSI DESIGN
    CRITERIA .
Work Hygienic Practices:AVOID CONTACT WITH EYES, SKIN, AND CLOTHING.
    WASH THOROUGHLY AFTER HANDLING.
Supplemental Safety and Health
SPILL PROC: NATRL WATERWAYS. IF CONTAINMENT IS IMPOSSIBLE, NEUT CONTAMD
    AREA & FLUSH W/LG QTYS OF WATER. CLEAN UP ANY REMAINING SOLIDS &
    DISPOSE OF I/A/W FED, STATE/LOC REQUIREMENTS. COMPLY W/APPLIC E
    NVIR REGS. AIR SPILL: ONLY WATER WILL EVAP FROM SPILL. MATL DOES
    NOT CONSTITUTE AIR POLLUTION HAZARD. (OTHER INFO)
*  Product Identification  *
Product ID:N (R) SODIUM SILICATE
Resp. Party Other MSDS Num.:PQN
CAGE:0STM5
CAGE:0STM5
*  Composition/Information on Ingredients  *
Ingred Name:WATER
Ingred Name:SODIUM SILICATE
*  Hazards Identification  *
Routes of Entry: Inhalation:YES  Skin:YES  Ingestion:YES
Reports of Carcinogenicity:NTP:NO    IARC:NOOSHA:NO
Health Hazards Acute and Chronic:POTENTIAL HEALTH EFFECTS: ACUTE: EYE
    CONT: CAUSES EYE IRRITATION. SKIN CONT: CAUSES SKIN IRRITATION.
    INGEST: MAY CAUSE IRRITATION TO MOUTH, ESOPHAGUS, AND STOMACH.
    INHAL: INHALATION OF SPRAY MIST CAUS ES IRRITATION TO RESPIRATORY
    TRACT. SIGNS & SYMPTOMS OF EXPOSURE: EYES: PAIN, REDNESS, AND
    TEARING. SKIN: REDNESS, ITCHING OR BURNING. INGEST: BITTER TASTE,
    PAIN IN MOUTH OR DIGESTIVE TRACT, NAUSEA. I NHAL: SNEEZING,
    COUGHING, BURNING OR ITCHING IN NOSE AND THROAT. POTENTIAL PHYSICAL
    HAZARDS: CHRONIC: REPEATED INGESTION OF LARGE QUANTITIES (>1 GRAM)
    MAY CAUSE KIDNEY STONES OR OTHER KIDNEY CHANGES.  (EFTS OF OVEREXP)
Explanation of Carcinogenicity:THERE ARE NO KNOWN REPORTS OF
    CARCINOGENICITY OF SODIUM SILICATES.
Effects of Overexposure:HLTH HAZS: DRIES TO FORM GLASS FILM WHICH CAN
    EASILY CUT SKIN. SPILLS ARE VERY SLIPPERY. CAN ETCH GLASS IF NOT
    PROMPTLY REMOVED. TARGET ORGANS: ACUTE ORAL LETHALITY RSLTS FROM
    NONSPECIFIC CAUSES. TARG ET ORGANS FOR ACUTE SKIN, EYE, &
    INHALATION EXPOSURE ARE THE SITES OF EXPOSURE; NO SYSTEMIC TOXICITY
    IS OBSERVED.
Medical Cond Aggravated by Exposure:INHALATION OF SPRAY MIST MAY
    AGGRAVATE ASTHMA AND LUNG DISEASES. CONTACT WITH SKIN MAY AGGRAVATE
    PREEXISTING SKIN CONDITIONS.
*  First Aid Measures  *
First Aid:INHAL: REMOVE TO FRESH AIR. IF NOT BRTHG, GIVE ARTF RESP. IF
    BRTHG IS DFCLT, GIVE OXYGEN. EYE CONT: IMMEDIATELY FLUSH W/PLENTY
    FLUSH W /PLENTY OF WATER. REMOVE CONTAMD CLOTHING & SHOES. GET
    MEDICAL ATTN. WASH CLOTHING BEFORE REUSE. THOROUGHLY CLEAN SHOES
    BEFORE REUSE. INGEST: DO NOT INDUE VOMITING. GET MEDICAL ATTN
    IMMEDIATELY. IF VI CTIM IS FULLY CONSCIOUS, GIVE CUPFUL OF WATER.
    NEVER GIVE ANYTHING BY MOUTH TO UNCONSCIOUS PERSON.
*  Fire Fighting Measures  *
Extinguishing Media:NOT APPLICABLE. NONCOMBUSTIBLE. MEDIA SUITABLE FOR
    SURROUNDING FIRE .
Fire Fighting Procedures:USE NIOSH APPROVED SCBA AND FULL PROTECTIVE
    EQUIPMENT .
*  Accidental Release Measures  *
Spill Release Procedures:RELEASE NOTES: THERE IS NO CERCLA REPORTABLE
    QTY DESIGNATED FOR MATL. IF SPILL GOES OFF SITE, NOTIFICATION OF
    STATE & LOC AUTH IS REC. SM SPILL: MOP UP & NEUT LIQ, THEN
    DISCHARGE TO SEWER I/A/W FED, S TATE, & LOC REGS/PERMITS. LG SPILL:
    ISOLATE, DIKE & STORE DISCHARGED MATL, IF POSS. USE SAND/EARTH TO
    CNTN SPILL MATL. PVNT RUNOFF FROM ENTERING INTO STORM SEWERS &
    DITCHES WHICH LEAD TO (SUPDAT)
*Handling and Storage  *
    KEEP CNTNR CLSD. PROMPTLY CLEAN RESIDUE FROM CLOSURES W/CLOTH
    DAMPENED W/WATER. SHELF LIFE: INDEFINITE,  IF STORED W/IN SPECIFIED
    TEMPS IN TIGHTLY CLSD CNTNRS TO PVNT EVAPORATION & CONTAMINATION.
Other Precautions:STORE IN CLEAN STEEL, OR PLASTIC CONTAINERS. SEPARATE
    FROM ACIDS, REACTIVE METALS, AND AMMONIUM SALTS. SPEC SENSITIVITY:
    DO NOT STORE IN ALUMINUM, FIBERGLASS, COPPER, BRASS, ZINC OR
    GALVANIZED CONTAIN ERS.
*  Physical/Chemical Properties  *
Evaporation Rate & Reference:NOT DETERMINED
Solubility in Water:COMPLETELY MISCIBLE
Appearance and Odor:CLEAR TO HAZY, THICK LIQUID. COLORLESS. ODORLESS.
*  Stability and Reactivity Data  *
Stability Indicator/Materials to Avoid:YES
GELS & GENERATES HEAT WHEN MIXED W/ACID. MAY REACT WITH AMMONIUM SALTS
    RESULTING IN EVOLUTION OF AMMONIA GAS.
Stability Condition to Avoid:FLAMMABLE HYDROGEN GAS MAY BE PRODUCED ON
    PROLONGED CONTACT WITH ALUMINUM, TIN, LEAD AND ZINC.
Hazardous Decomposition Products:HYDROGEN.
*  Toxicological Information*
Toxicological Information:LIFETIME FEEDING STUDY OF ZEOLITE A (WHICH
    RAPIDLY DECOMPOSES TO AMORPHOUS SODIUM ALUMINATES & SODIUM SILICATE
    0.1% IN DIET OF RATS DI D NOT PRDCE CANCER/CHRONIC ORGAN TOX.
    FREQUENT INGEST OVER EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME OF GRAM QTYS OF
    SILICATES IS ASSOC W/FORMATION KIDNEY STONE & OTHER SILICEOUS
    URINARY CALCULI IN HUMANS. MUTAGENCITY : SODIUM SILICATE WAS NOT
    MUTAGENIC TO BACTERIUM E. COLI WHEN TESTED IN MUTAGENICITY
    BIOASSAY. REPRODUCTION: ONE STUDY RPTD DECR NUMBERS OF BIRTHS
    (TRANSPORT INFO)
*  Ecological Information  *
Ecological:CHEM FATE INFO: DILUTE MATL RAPIDLY DEPOLYMERIZES TO YIELD
    DISSOLVED SILICA IN FORM THAT IS INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM NATRL
    DISSOLVED SILICA. DOES NOT CONTRIBUTE TO BOD. DISTRIBUTION: ONLY
    WATER CONTENT  WILL EVAP TO AIR. WHERE ABNORMALLY LOW NATRL SILICA
    CONCS EXIST (<0.1PPM), DISSOLVED SILICA MAY BE LIMITIING NUTRIENT
    FOR DIATOMS & FEW OTHER AQUATIC ALGAL SPECIES. HOWEVER, ADDN OF
    EXCESS DISSOLVED S ILICA OVER LIMITING CONC WILL NOT STIMULATE
    GROWTH OF DIATOM POPULATIONS; THEIR GROWTH RATE IS INDEPENDENT OF
    SILICA CONC ONCE LIMITING CONC IS EXCEEDED. (SARA TITLE III)
*  Disposal Considerations  *
Waste Disposal Methods:RCRA HAZARD CLASS: NOT RCRA HAZ WASTE. DISPOSAL:
    NEUT & LANDFILL SOLIDS ACCORDING TO LOCA, STATE, AND FEDERAL REGS.
    FLUSH NEUT LIQ TO SEWER I/A/W FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL REGULATIONS
    OR PERMITS.
*  MSDS Transport Information  *
Transport Information:DOMESTIC (U.S. D.O.T.). OTHER SHIPPING INFO:
    SODIUM SILICATE.  SPECIAL SHIPPING NOTES: THIS MATEIRAL IS NOT A
    DOT REGULATED HAZARDOUS MATERIAL. FOOTNOTES. THIS IS NOT A DOT
    REGULATD HAZ MATL. TOX INFO : & SURVIVAL TO WEANING IN RATS FED
    NO OTHER RPTS OF ADVERSE REPRO EFTS OF SODIUM SILICATE. FOR MORE
    SPECIFIC INFORMATION CONT NEHC  .
*  Regulatory Information  *
    Y.--ECOLOGICAL INFO: NEITHER SILICA NOR SODIUM WILL APPRECIABLY
    BIOCONCENTRATE UP FOOD CHAIN. ECOTOX INFO: FOLLOWING DATA IS RPTD
    INFO CONT NECH .
Federal Regulatory Information:CERCLA REGULATORY: THERE IS NO CERCLA
    REPORTABLE QTY FOR THIS MATL. GEN REGULATORY: USE OF SODIUM
    SILICATE IS AUTHORIZED BY FDA: AS BOILER WATER ADDITIVE FOR
    WHEN MIGRATING FROM COTTON/COTTON FABRIC US ED IN DRY SUBSTANCE
    INFO)
State Regulatory Information:FED REGULATORY: OF THIS PROD APPEAR ON
    MATL IS NOT A RCRA HAZ WAST E. TSCA REGULATORY: ALL CHEM
    SUBSTANCESCOMPRISING THIS RPOD ARE LISTED ON TSCA INVENTORY. TSCA
    STATUS: ALL COMPONENTS OF THIS PROD ARE LISTED ON TSCA INVENTORY.
    OTHER INFO: BOOTS. GENERAL PROCEDURES:  ISOLATE HAZARD AREA. SHUT
    OFF LEAK IF SAFE TO DO SO.
*  Other Information  *
