FISHER SCIENTIFIC -- SODIUM BROMIDE, S-255  -- 6810-00N039743
<pre>=====================  Product Identification  =====================

Product ID:SODIUM BROMIDE, S-255
MSDS Date:04/06/1994
FSC:6810
NIIN:00N039743
=== Responsible Party ===
Company Name:FISHER SCIENTIFIC
Address:1 REAGENT LANE
City:FAIR LAWN
State:NJ
ZIP:07410
Country:US
Info Phone Num:201-796-7100
Emergency Phone Num:800-424-9300 (CHEMTREC)
CAGE:1B464
=== Contractor Identification ===
Company Name:FISHER SCIENTIFIC CO.  CHEMICAL MFG DIV
Address:1 REAGENT LANE
Box:City:FAIRLAWN
State:NJ
ZIP:07410-2802
Country:US
Phone:201-796-7100
CAGE:1B464

=============  Composition/Information on Ingredients  =============

Ingred Name:ING 14: MORE SEV INVOLVEMENT IN WHICH ORAL MEDICATION IS
    IMPOSS, GIVE NORM SALINE, 1 LITER EVERY 8 HOURS (ING 16)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 15: INTRAVENOUSLY TO MAX OF 2 LITERS DAILY. SODIUM
    CHLORIDE THERAPY MUST BE CONTINUED UNTIL BLOOD BROMIDE (ING 17)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 16: LEVEL DROPS BELOW 50 MG/DL. SIMULTANEOUS ADMIN OF
    DIURETICS IS ALSO USEFUL (DREISBACH, HANDBOOK OF (ING 18)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 17: POISONING, 12TH EDITION). ANTIDOTE SHOULD BE
    ADMINISTERED BY QUALIFIED MEDICAL PERSONNEL.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:RESP PROT: SPECIFIC OPERATION, MUST NOT EXCEED WORKING LIMS
    OF RESP & MUST BE APPRVD BY NIOSH. ANY DUST & MIST (ING 20)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 19: RESP; ANY AIR-PURIFYING RESP W/HIGH-EFFICIENCY
    PARTICULATE FILTER; ANY POWERED AIR-PURIFYING RESP W/DUST(ING 21)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 20: & MIST FILTER; ANY POWERED AIR-PURIFYING RESP
    W/HIGH-EFFICIENCY PARTICULATE FILTER; ANY TYPE 'C' SUPP- (ING 22)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 21: AIR RESP OPERATED IN PRESS-DEMAND/OTHER POS
    PRESS/CONTINUOUS-FLOW MODE; ANY SCBA. FOR FIREFIGHTING & (ING 23)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING OTHER IMMED DANGEROUS TO LIFE/HLTH CNDTNS: ANY SCBA
    W/FULL FACEPIECE & OPERATED IN PRESS-DEMAND/OTHER POS- (ING 24)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 23: PRESS MODE. ANY SUPP-AIR RESP W/FULL FACEPIECE &
    OPERATED IN PRESS-DEMAND/OTHER POS-PRESS MODE IN (ING 25)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 24: COMBINATION W/AUXILIARY SCBA OPERATED IN
    PRESS-DEMAND/OTHER POSITIVE-PRESSUDE MODE.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:SODIUM BROMIDE
CAS:7647-15-6
RTECS #:VZ3150000
Fraction by Wt: 100%
OSHA PEL:N/K 
ACGIH TLV:N/K 

Ingred Name:SUP DAT: DELUSIONS & HALLUCINATIONS MAY OCCUR.
    HYPERACTIVITY, SLUGGISH/ABSENT DEEP TENSION REFLEXES, GENERALIZED
    (ING 3)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 2: WEAK, ABSENCE OF SEXUAL DESIRE & TRANSITORY
    SCHIZOPHRENIA HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED. OTHER EFTS MAY INCL (ING 4)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 3: INCRD INTRACRANIAL PRESS, PAPILLEDEMA &
    HYPERTENSION. CONTINUED EXPOS MAY RSLT IN STUPOR & COMA. SKIN (ING
    5)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 4: MANIFESTATIONS MAY INCL ACNEIFORM,
    NODULAR/ERYTHEMATOUS RASH. EARLY LESIONS MAY INCL PAPULES,
    PUSTULES, (ING 6)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 5: EDEMATOUS PLAQUES & ULCERS. CLASSIC CUTANEOUS SIGN
    OF BROMISM IS A PUSTULE-STUDDED, ECTHYMA-LIKE PLAQUE (ING 7)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 6: ON LEGS. OTHER SYSTEMIC EFTS MAY INCL RHINITIS,
    BRONCH IRRIT, LACRIMATION, CONJ, BLEPHARITIS, INCR IN (ING 8)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 7: PUPIL SIZE, SUBNORM RXNS TO LIGHT/ACCOMODATION,
    DISTURB OF COLOR VISION & VISUAL HALLUCINATIONS. (ING 9)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 8: DISCONTINUATION OF EXPOS WILL NORM RSLT IN REVERSAL
    OF SYMPS. MATERNAL EXPOS MAY RSLT IN HYPOTONIA IN NEONATES.
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:FIRST AID PROC: LIFTING UPPER & LOWER LIDS, UNTIL NO
    EVIDENCE OF CHEM REMAINS (APPROX 15-20 MIN). GET MED ATTN (ING 11)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 10: IMMED. INGEST: TREAT SYMPTOMATICALLY &
    SUPPORTIVELY. GET MED ATTN IMMED. IF VOMIT OCCURS, KEEP HEAD (ING
    12)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 11: LOWER THAN HIPS TO PVNT ASPIR. ANTIDOTE: THE
    FOLLOWING ANTIDOTE HAS BEEN REC. HOWEVER, THE DECISION AS (ING 13)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 12: TO WHETHER SEV OF POIS REQUIRES ADMIN OF ANY
    ANTIDOTE & ACTUAL DOSE REQUIRED SHOULD BE MADE BY QUALIFIED(ING 14)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

Ingred Name:ING 13: MED PERS. BROMIDE POISONING: GIVE SODIUM CHLORIDE,
    1 GRAM ORALLY EVERY HR IN WATER/SALT TABLETS; FOR (ING 15)
RTECS #:9999999ZZ

=====================  Hazards Identification  =====================

LD50 LC50 Mixture:LD50 (ORAL RAT): 3500 MG/KG.
Routes of Entry: Inhalation:YES  Skin:YES  Ingestion:YES
Reports of Carcinogenicity:NTP:NO    IARC:NO	OSHA:NO
Health Hazards Acute and Chronic:MOD TOX BY INGEST. TARGET EFTS: POIS
    MAY AFFECT SKIN & GI SYS & CNS. ACUTE: INHAL: DUSTS MAY CAUSE MUC
    MEMB IRRIT. INGEST: POIS BY ACUTE EXPOS IS RARE BECAUSE BROMIDES
    IRRITATE GI MUCOSA WHEN INGESTED  IN LGE AMTS AS A SINGLE DOSE &
    CAUSE IMMED ABDOM PAIN, NAUS & VOMIT. HOWEVER, IN EVENT OF KIDNEY
    DMG, (EFTS OF OVEREXP)
Explanation of Carcinogenicity:NOT RELEVANT.
Effects of Overexposure:HLTH HAZ: SYSTEMIC POIS MAY OCCUR BY SINGLE
    DOSE & POSS CAUSE PARAL & COMA. CHRONIC: INHAL: SYSTEMIC EFTS DUE
    TO INGEST & SUBSEQUENT EXCRETION OF BROMIDE ION THRU RESP TRACT MAY
    CAUSE RHINITIS & BRONC H IRRIT. INGEST: RPTD/PRLNG INGEST OF
    BROMIDES MAY CAUSE "BROMISM" WHICH MOST FREQUENTLY AFFECTS GI SYS,
    CNS & (SUP DAT)
Medical Cond Aggravated by Exposure:PERSONS WITH IMPAIRED LIVER
    FUNCTION.

=======================  First Aid Measures  =======================

First Aid:INHAL: REMOVE TO FRESH AIR IMMED. IF BRTHG HAS STOPPED,
    PERFORM ARTF RESP. KEEP WARM & AT REST. TREAT SYMPTOMATICALLY &
    SUPPORTIVELY. GET MED ATTN IMMED. SKIN: REMOVE CONTAM CLTHG & SHOES
    IMMED. WASH  AFFECTED AREA W/SOAP/MILD DETERGENT & LGE AMTS OF
    WATER UNTIL NO EVIDENCE OF CHEM REMAINS (APPROX 15-20 MIN). GET MED
    ATTN IMMED. EYES: WASH IMMED W/LGE AMTS OF WATER/NORM SALINE, OCCAS
    (ING

=====================  Fire Fighting Measures  =====================

Flash Point:NON-FLAMMABLE
Extinguishing Media:DRY CHEMICAL, CARBON DIOXIDE, WATER SPRAY OR FOAM.
    FOR LARGER FIRES, USE WATER SPRAY, FOG OR ALCOHOL FOAM.
Fire Fighting Procedures:WEAR NIOSH APPROVED SCBA & FULL PROTECTIVE
    EQUIPMENT . NO ACUTE HAZARD. MOVE CONTR FROM FIRE AREA IF POSSIBLE.
    AVOID BREATHING VAPORS/DUSTS; KEEP UPWIND.
Unusual Fire/Explosion Hazard:NEGLIGIBLE FIRE HAZARD WHEN EXPOSED TO
    HEAT OR FLAME.

==================  Accidental Release Measures  ==================

Spill Release Procedures:THE FOLLOWING RESPS ARE REC BASED ON INFO
    FOUND IN PHYSICAL DATA, TOX & HLTH EFTS SECTIONS. THEY ARE RANKED
    IN ORDER FROM MIN TO MAX RESP PROT. SPECIFIC RESP SELECTED MUST BE
    BASED ON CONTAM LEVELS FO UND IN WORK PLACE, MUST BE BASED ON (ING
    19)
Neutralizing Agent:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.

======================	Handling and Storage  ======================

Handling and Storage Precautions:OBSERVE ALL FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL
    REGULATIONS WHEN STORING THIS SUBSTANCE. STORE AWAY FROM
    INCOMPATIBLE SUBSTANCES.
Other Precautions:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.

=============  Exposure Controls/Personal Protection  =============

Respiratory Protection:USE NIOSH APPROVED RESPIRATOR APPROPRIATE FOR
    EXPOSURE OF CONCERN .
Ventilation:PROVIDE LOCAL EXHAUST VENTILATION SYSTEM.
Protective Gloves:IMPERVIOUS GLOVES .
Eye Protection:ANSI APPRVD CHEM WORKERS GOGGLES .
Other Protective Equipment:ANSI APPRVD EMER EYEWASH & DELUGE SHOWER .
    APPROP PROT (IMPERVIOUS) CLTHG & EQUIP TO PVNT RPTD/PRLNG SKIN
    CONT.
Work Hygienic Practices:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.
Supplemental Safety and Health
PH: 6.5-8.0 (SOLN). EFTS OF OVEREXP: SKIN. GI DISTURB MAY INCL NAUS &
    VOMIT FROM GASTRIC IRRIT, FOUL BREATH, ANOREXIA, WT LOSS,
    DEHYDRATION & CONSTIP. NEUROLOGICAL MANIFESTATIONS MAY INCL HDCH,
    APATHY , SLURRED SPEECH, DECRD MEMORY, DROW, IMPAIRED INTELLECTUAL
    CAPACITY & EMOTIONAL CTL, TREMULOUSNESS & ATAXIA. (ING 2)

==================  Physical/Chemical Properties  ==================

Boiling Pt:B.P. Text:2534F,1390C
Melt/Freeze Pt:M.P/F.P Text:1377F,747C
Spec Gravity:3.203
pH:SUPDAT
Solubility in Water:116% @ 50C
Appearance and Odor:WHITE CUBIC, HYGROSCOPIC CRYSTALS OR POWDER WITH A
    SALINE, BITTER TASTE

=================  Stability and Reactivity Data  =================

Stability Indicator/Materials to Avoid:YES
ACIDS, ALKALOIDAL SALTS, HEAVY METAL SALTS: INCOMPATIBLE. BROMINE
    TRIFLUORIDE: RAPIDLY ATTACKED.
Stability Condition to Avoid:STABLE UNDER NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND
    PRESSURES.
Hazardous Decomposition Products:THERMAL DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS MAY
    INCLUDE TOXIC AND HAZARDOUS FUMES OF HYDROGEN BROMIDE AND SODIUM
    OXIDE.

====================  Disposal Considerations  ====================

Waste Disposal Methods:OBSERVE ALL FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL REGULATIONS
    WHEN DISPOSING OF THIS SUBSTANCE.

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