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GMEL # 2003.10
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Skin Protection: None required for normal use. Use butyl rubber gloves when handling leaking batteries.
Eye Protection: None required for normal use. Wear safety goggles when handling leaking batteries.
SECTION 9: PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
Appearance and Odor: Small cylindrical batteries. Contents dark in color.
Specific Gravity: Not applicable Boiling Point: Not applicable
Water Solubility: Insoluble Melting Point: Not applicable
Vapor Pressure: Not applicable Flash Point: 29°F (-2°C) (1,2-Dimethoxyethane)
Vapor Density: Not applicable Autoignition Point: Not applicable
SECTION 10: STABILITY AND REACTIVITY
Stability: This product is stable.
Incompatibility/Conditions to Avoid: Contents are incompatible with strong oxidizing agents. Do not
heat, crush, disassemble, short circuit or recharge.
Hazardous Decomposition Products: Thermal decomposition may produce hazardous fumes of lithium
and manganese; hydrofluoric acid, oxides of carbon and sulfur and other toxic by-products.
Hazardous Polymerization: Will not occur
SECTION 11: TOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION
Acute Toxicity Data:
Manganese Dioxide: LD50 oral rat >3478 mg/kg
1,2-Dimethoxyethane: LDLo oral rat 1000 mg/kg, LCLo inhalation rat 63 g/m3/6 hr
Propylene Carbonate: LD50 oral rat 29100 uL/kg; LD50 dermal rabbit >20 mL/kg; LC50 inhalation rat
>5 g/m3
Ethylene Carbonate: LD50 oral rat 10,000 mg/kg; LD50 dermal rabbit >3000 mg/kg
Lithium Trifluoromethane Sulfonate: LD50 oral rat 1250-1500 mg/kg
Chronic Effects: The chemicals in this product are contained in a sealed can and exposure does not
occur during normal handling and use. No chronic effects would be expected from handling a leaking
battery.
Target Organs: Skin, eyes and respiratory system.
Carcinogenicity: Carbon Black is classified by IARC as Possibly Carcinogenic to Humans (Group 2B).
None of the other components of this product are listed as carcinogens by ACGIH, IARC, NTP or OSHA.
SECTION 12: ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION
No ecotoxicity data is available. This product is not expected to present an environmental hazard.
SECTION 13: DISPOSAL INFORMATION