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Issue 3 : 30-07-2015
NiMH Material Safety Data Sheet
QAPTEC0023
SECTION III - PHYSICAL / CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Boiling Point
N.A.
Specific Gravity (H2O=1)
N.A.
Vapor Pressure (mm Hg)
N.A.
Melting Point
N.A.
Vapor Density (AIR=1)
N.A.
Evaporation Rate (Butyl Acetate)
N.A.
Solubility in Water
N.A.
Appearance and Odor
Cylindrical Shape, odorless
SECTION IV - REACTIVITY DATA
Stability Unstable Conditions to Avoid
Stable X
Incompatibility (Materials to Avoid)
Hazardous Decomposition or Byproducts
Hazardous Polymerization May Occur Conditions to Avoid
Will Not Occur X
SECTION V - FIRE AND EXPLOSION HAZARD DATA
If fire or explosion occurs when batteries are on charge shut off power to charger.
In case of fire where nickel metal hydride batteries are present, apply a smothering agent such as METL-X, sand,
dry ground dolomite, or soda ash, or flood the area with water. A smothering agent will extinguish burning nickel
metal hydride batteries. Water may not extinguish burning batteries but will cool the adjacent batteries and control
the spread of fire. Burning batteries will burn themselves out. Virtually all fires involving nickel metal hydride
batteries can be controlled with water. However, when water is used hydrogen gas may evolve. In a confined
space hydrogen gas can form an explosive mixture. In this situation smothering agents are recommended.
Fire fighters should wear self-contained breathing apparatus. Burning nickel metal hydride batteries can produce
toxic fumes including oxides of nickel, cobalt, aluminum, manganese, lanthanum, cerium, neodymium, and
praseodymium.