SDS

Material Safety Data Sheet
DuPont
™
SUVA
®
134a Auto
V ers io n 2 .4
R ev is io n Date 0 3/0 9 /2 0 1 2 R ef. 1 30 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 2 4
5 / 1 0
Self-c o n tain ed b reathin g ap p aratu s (SC B A ) is req u ired if a larg e releas e
o c c u rs . A v o id o p en flam es an d hig h tem p eratu res .
S E C T IO N 7 . H A N D L IN G A N D S T O R A G E
H an d lin g (P ers o n n el) :
U s e s u ffic ien t v en tilatio n to k eep em p lo yee ex p o s u re b elo w rec o m m en d ed
lim its . F o r p ers o n al p ro tec tio n s ee s ec tio n 8 .
H an d le in ac c o rd an c e w ith g o o d in d u s trial hyg ien e an d s afety p rac tic e.
H an d lin g (P hys ic al A s p ec ts ) :
T he p ro d u c t s ho u ld n o t b e m ix ed w ith air fo r leak tes tin g o r u s ed w ith air fo r
an y o ther p u rp o s e ab o v e atm o s p heric p res s u re. C o n tac t w ith c hlo rin e o r
o ther s tro n g o x id iz in g ag en ts s ho u ld als o b e av o id ed .
Sto rag e :
V alv e p ro tec tio n c ap s an d v alv e o u tlet thread ed p lu g s m u s t rem ain in p lac e
u n les s c o n tain er is s ec u red w ith v alv e o u tlet p ip ed to u s e p o in t. Do n o t d rag ,
s lid e o r ro ll c ylin d ers . U s e a s u itab le han d tru c k fo r c ylin d er m o v em en t. U s e a
p res s u re red u c in g reg u lato r w hen c o n n ec tin g c ylin d er to lo w er p res s u re
(> 30 0 0 p s ig ) p ip in g o r s ys tem s . N ev er attem p t to lift c ylin d er b y its c ap . U s e a
c hec k v alv e o r trap in the d is c harg e lin e to p rev en t haz ard o u s b ac k flo w in to
the c ylin d er. C ylin d ers s ho u ld b e s to red u p rig ht an d firm ly s ec u red to
p rev en t fallin g o r b ein g k n o c k ed o v er.
Sep arate fu ll c o n tain ers fro m em p ty c o n tain ers . K eep at tem p eratu re n o t
ex c eed in g 5 2 °C . Do n o t s to re n ear c o m b u s tib le m aterials . A v o id area w here
s alt o r o ther c o rro s iv e m aterials are p res en t.
Sto rag e tem p eratu re :
< 5 2 ° C (< 1 2 6 ° F )
S E C T IO N 8 . E X P O S U R E C O N T R O L S /P E R S O N A L P R O T E C T IO N
E n g in eerin g c o n tro ls :
N o rm al v en tilatio n fo r s tan d ard m an u fac tu rin g p ro c ed u res is g en erally
ad eq u ate. L o c al ex hau s t s ho u ld b e u s ed w hen larg e am o u n ts are releas ed .
Mec han ic al v en tilatio n s ho u ld b e u s ed in lo w o r en c lo s ed p lac es . R efrig eran t
C o n c en tratio n m o n ito rs m ay b e n ec es s ary to d eterm in e v ap o r c o n c en tratio n s
in w o rk areas p rio r to u s e o f to rc hes o r o ther o p en flam es , o r if em p lo yees are
en terin g en c lo s ed areas .
P ers o n al p ro tec tiv e eq u ip m en t
R es p irato ry p ro tec tio n :
F o r res c u e an d m ain ten an c e w o rk in s to rag e tan k s u s e s elf-c o n tain ed