Material Safety Data Sheet

DiversiTech Corporation
DOC27321
6650 Sugarloaf Parkway
Duluth, GA 30097
MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET
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10. STABILITY AND REACTIVITY
Stability: Stable under ordinary conditions of use and storage.
Hazardous Decomposition Products:
explosive hydrogen gas.
Hazardous Polymerization: Will not occur.
Incompatibilities: Potassium hydroxide in contact with acids and organic halogen compounds,
especially trichloroethylene, may causes violent reactions. Contact with metals such as aluminum,
Conditions to Avoid: Heat, incompatibles.
11. TOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION
Potassium hydroxide: 365 mg/kg oral-rat LD50. The severity of the tissue damage is a function
of its concentration, the length of tissue contact time, and local tissue conditions. After exposure
there may be a time delay before irritation and other effects occur. This material is a strong irritant
and is corrosive to the skin, eyes, and mucous membranes This material may cause severe burns
and permanent damage to any tissue with which it comes into contact.
Inhalation will cause severe irritation, possible burns with pulmonary edema, which may lead to
pneumonitis. Skin contact with this material may cause severe irritation and corrosion of tissue.
Eye contact can cause severe irritation, corrosion with possible corneal damage and blindness.
Ingestion may cause irritation, corrosion/ulceration, nausea, and vomiting. In general, chronic
effects are due to long-term irritation.
This material may cause dermatitis on the skin, or recurrent corneal ulceration and visual
disturbances of vision. In rare cases reports have noted long-term inhalation causes bronchial
12. ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION
Ingredient:
Potassium hydroxide, CAS#1310-58-3
Environmental Fate:
No information found.
Environmental Toxicity:
Sodium silicate, CAS# 1344-09-8
The following data is reported for sodium silicates on a 100% solids basis:
96-hour median tolerance for snail eggs (Lymnea) of 632 ppm
96-hour median tolerance for Amphipoda of 160 ppm.
FISH TOXICITY:
FATE AND TRANSPORT: This material is not persistent in aquatic systems, but its high pH when
undiluted or unneutralized is acutely harmful to aquatic life. It does not contribute to BOD.This
material does not bioaccumulate except in species that use silica as a structural material such
as diatoms and siliceous sponges. Where abnormally low natural silica concentrations exist (less
than 0.1ppm), dissolved silica may be a limiting nutrient for diatoms and a few other aquatic algal
species, however, the addition of excess dissolved silica over the limiting concentration will not
stimulate the growth of diatom populations; their growth rate is independent of silica concentration
once the limiting concentration is exceeded.
BIODEGRADATION: This material is inorganic and not subject to biodegradation.
PERSISTENCE: Diluted material rapidly depolymerizes to yield dissolved silica in a form that is