Safety Data Sheet Article 26625588

ArticleInformationSheet(AIS)
HandlingPrecautions
StoragePrecautions Storebatteriesinadryplaceatnormalroomtemperature.Refrigerationdoesnot
makethemlastlonger.
SpillsofLargeQuantitiesofLoose
Batteries(unpackaged)
Notifyspillpersonneloflargespills.Irritatingandflammablevaporsmaybereleased
fromleakingorrupturedbatteries.Spreadbatteriesaparttostopshorting.
Eliminate
allignitionsources.Evacuateareaandallowvaporstodissipate.CleanͲuppersonnel
shouldwearappropriatepersonalprotectiveequipmenttoavoideyeandskincontact
andinhalationofvaporsorfumes.Increaseventilation.Carefullycollectbatteriesand
placeinappropriatecontainerfordisposal.Removeanyspilledliquidwithabsorbent
materialandcontainfordisposal.
8.DisposalConsiderations(GHSSection13)
Collection&ProperDisposal
USAEPARCRA(40CFR261)
Disposeofused(orexcess)batteriesincompliancewithfederal,state/provincialand
localregulations.Donotaccumulatelargequantitiesofusedbatteriesfordisposalas
accumulationscouldcausebatteriestoshortͲcircuit.
Donotincinerate.Incountries,
suchasCanadaandtheEU,wherethereareregulationsforthecollectionand
recyclingofbatteries,consumersshoulddisposeoftheirusedbatteriesintothe
collectionnetworkatmunicipaldepotsandretailers.Theyshouldnotdisposeof
batterieswithhouseholdtrash.
"Charged"lithiummetalbatteries
meetthecriteria(D003ͲReactivity)ofahazardous
wasteasdefinedundertheResourceConservationandRecoveryAct(RCRA)40CRT
261.23.Ifrecycled,lithiummetalbatteriesareclassifiedasUniversalWaste.
ExtinguishingMedia
6.FireHazard&Firefighting
7.Handling&Storage
FiresInvolvingLargeQuantitiesof
Batteries
Largequantitiesofbatteries
involvedinafirewillruptureandreleaseirritatingfumes
fromthermaldegradation
UseaClass“D”fireextinguisherorothersmotheringagentsuchasLithͲX,copper
powderordrysand.Ifusingwater,useenoughtosmotherthefire.Usingan
insufficientamountofwaterwillmakethefire
worse.Coolingexteriorofbatterieswill
helppreventrupturing.Burningbatteriesgeneratetoxicandcorrosivelithium
hydroxidefumes.FirefightersshouldwearselfͲcontainedbreathingapparatus.
DetailedinformationonfightingalithiummetalbatteryfirecanbefoundinUSDOT
EmergencyResponseGuide138(Substances–Water–Reactive).
Avoidmechanicalandelectricalabuse.
Donotshortcircuitorinstallincorrectly.
Batteriesmayruptureorventifdisassembled,crushed,rechargedorexposedtohigh
temperatures.Installbatteriesinaccordancewithequipmentinstructions.
Batteriesmayruptureorleakifinvolvedinafire.
Useanyextinguishingmediaappropriateforthesurroundingarea.Forincipient
(beginning)fires,carbon
dioxideextinguishersorcopiousamountsofwaterare
effectiveincoolingburninglithiummetalbatteries.Iffireprogressestowherelithium
metalisexposed(deepredflames),useaClassDextinguishersuitableforlithium
metal.
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