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Contact of silica with powerful oxidizing agents such as fluorine, chlorine trifluoride, manganese
trioxide, or oxygen difluoride may cause fires
10.6 Hazardous Decomposition or By-products
Silica will dissolve in Hydrofluoric Acid and produce a corrosive gas – silicon tetrafluoride.
SECTION XI – TOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION
11.1 Exposure Routes: Skin contact, skin adsorption, eye contact, inhalation, or ingestion.
11.2 Symptoms related to physical/chemical/toxicological characteristics:
Inhalation: May cause respiratory tract irritation. Causes damage to organs through
prolonged or repeated exposure. This product contains crystalline silica. Prolonged or
repeated inhalation of respirable silica from this product can cause silicosis.
Skin contact: Causes skin irritation. Handling can cause dry skin, discomfort, irritation, and
dermatitis. May cause sensitization by skin contact. Product becomes extremely alkaline
when exposed to moisture, and can cause alkali burns and affect the mucous membranes.
Eye Contact: Causes serious eye damage. Symptoms may include discomfort or pain,
excess blinking and tear production, with marked redness and swelling of the conjunctiva.
Ingestion: Harmful if swallowed. Ingestion may cause discomfort and/or distress, nausea or
vomiting.
11.3 Delayed, immediate and chronic effects of short-term and long-term exposure
Short Term
Skin Corrosion/Irritation: Causes severe skin burns.
Serious Eye Damage/Irritation: Causes severe eye damage.
Respiratory Sensitization: Not available
Skin Sensitization: May cause an allergic skin reaction.
Specific Target Organ Toxicity-Single Exposure: (Category 3) may cause respiratory
irritation.
Aspiration Hazard: Not available
Long Term
Carcinogenicity: May cause cancer through chronic inhalation.
Germ Cell Mutagenicity: Not available
Reproductive Toxicity: Not available
Specific Target Organ Toxicity- Repeated Exposure: (Category 1) Causes damage to lungs
through prolonged/repeated exposure
Synergistic/Antagonistic Effects: Not available.
SECTION XII – ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION