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SECTION 7. HANDLING AND STORAGE
Handling
Advice on safe handling:
Avoid short circuiting the cell. Avoid mechanical damage of the cell. Do not open or disassemble.
Advice on protection against fire and explosion
Keep away from open flames, hot surfaces and sources of ignition.
Storage
Requirements for storage rooms
and vessels:
Storage at room temperature (approx. 20°C) at approx. 20- 60% of the nominal capacity
(OCV approx. 3.6 - 3.9 V/cell).
Keep in closed original container.
SECTION 8. EXPOSURE CONTROLS AND PERSONAL PROTECTION
Ingredient
Risk
Codes
Safety
Description
Hazard
Exposure Controls/Personal Protection
Cobalt oxide
R22, R43, R50/53
S24; S37; S60; S61
Xn (Harmful)N
(Dangerous
for
the
environment)
0.1 mg/m3 (TWA)
Manganese
(VI) oxide
R20/22
S25
Xn (Harmful)
Airborne Exposure Limits:
- OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL):
5 mg/m3 Ceiling for manganese compounds
as Mn
- ACGIH Threshold Limit Value (TLV):
0.2 mg/m3 (TWA) for manganese,
elemental and inorganic compounds as Mn
Nickel oxide
R43, R49, R53
S45, S53, S61
T(Toxic)
Airborne Exposure Limits:
For Nickel, Metal and Insoluble
Compounds, as Ni:
- OSHA Permissible Exposure Limits (PEL) -
1 mg/m3 (TWA).
For Nickel, Elemental / Metal:
- ACGIH Threshold Limit Value (TLV) -
1.5 mg/m3 (TWA), A5 - Not suspected as
a human carcinogen.
For Nickel, Insoluble Compounds, as Ni:
- ACGIH Threshold Limit Value (TLV) -
0.2 mg/m3 (TWA), A1 - Confirmed human
carcinogen
Carbon
R36/37/38
R36/37
R20,
R10
S22; S24/25
F(Highly F
lammable)
Xn (Harmful)
Xi (Irritant)
Airborne Exposure Limits:
- OSHA Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs):
activated carbon (graphite, synthetic):
Total particulate = 15 mg/m3
Aluminum
foil
R17, R15, R36/38,
R10, R67, R65,
R62, R51/53,
R48/20, R38, R11,
S7/8, S43, S26, S62
S61,
S36/37, S33,
S29, S16, S9
F (Highly
Flammable)
Xn (Harmful)
Xi (Irritant)
Airborne Exposure Limits:
-OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL):
15 mg/m3 (TWA) total dust and 5 g/m3
(TWA)
repairable fraction for Aluminum metal as Al
-ACGIH Threshold Limit Value (TLV):
10 mg/m3 (TWA) Aluminum metal dusts