BGZCV - DISPERSALLOY, UNISON

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Product Identification

Product ID:DISPERSALLOY, UNISON
MSDS Date:03/22/1988
FSC:6520
NIIN:00F008992
MSDS Number: BGZCV

Responsible Party
JOHNSON & JOHNSON DENTAL CARE COMPANY
501 GEORGE STREET
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ 08903

Cage: DO392

Contractor
JOHNSON & JOHNSON ORTHOPAEDICS, INC
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ 08903

Telephone: 800-526-2459

Cage: DO392

Ingredients

MERCURY (SARA III)

CAS: 7439-97-6

RTECS: OV4550000

Fraction By Weight: 100%

OSHA PEL S, C, 0.1 MG/M3

ACGIH TLV: S, 0.05 MG/M3; 9192

EPA Report Quantity: 1 LB

DOT Report Quantity: 1 LB

Hazards

LD50 LC50 Mixture:LD50 150UG/M3/46 DAYS INHALATION-WOMAN
Routes of Entry: Inhalation:YES Skin:YES Ingestion:YES
Reports of Carcinogenicity:NTP:NO IARC:NO OSHA:NO
Health Hazards Acute and Chronic:EYES: IRRITANT. SKIN:
IRRITANT/NEUROTOXIN/NEPHROTOXIN/REDNESS. INHALATION:
IRRITANT/SENSITIZER/NEUROTOXIN/DYSPNEA/COUGH/FEVER/NAUSEA/VOMITING/
DIARRHEA/STOMATITIS/SALIVATION & METALLIC TASTE. IRRITATIO N TO
SKIN, EYES, RESPIRATORY TRACT & MUCOUS MEMBRANES. INGESTION:
NEUROTOXIC/NEPHROTOXIC.
Explanation of Carcinogenicity:NONE
Effects of Overexposure:EYE: VISUAL DISTURBANCES. SKIN: IRRITATION,
SENSITIZATION DERMATITIS, PSYCHIC DISTURBANCES, PERIPHERAL
NEUROPATHY & KIDNEY DAMAGE. INHALATION: MERCURIALISM, TREMORS,
SALIVATION, STOMATITIS, LOOSENING OT THE TEETH. INGESTION:
EXISTING INTERNAL SORES MAY ALLOW MERCURY TO ACCUMULATE W/SERIOUS
OR EVEN FATAL RESULTS.
Medical Cond Aggravated by Exposure:INGESTION: EXISTING INTERNAL SORES
MAY ALLOW MERCURY TO ACCUMULATE W/SERIOUS OR EVEN FATAL RESULTS.

First Aid

First Aid:EYES: WASH W/COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF WATER. GET MED ATT. SKIN:
REMOVE CONTAMINATED CLOTHING/SHOES. WASH W/SOAP & WATER. GET MED
ATT. INHALATION: REMOVE FROM AREA TO FRESH AIR. IF BREATHING STOPS
GIVE ARTIF ICIAL RESPIRATION. ADMINISTER OXYGEN IFAVAILABLE. GET
MED ATT. INGESTION: IF VICTIM IS CONSCIOUS/NOT CONVULSIVE GIVE 2-4
GLASSES OF WATER/INDUCE VOMITING. KEEP PATIENT WARM & REST. GET MED
ATT.

Fire Fighting

Fire Fighting Procedures:AVOID BREATHING CORROSIVE & POISONOUS VAPORS,
KEEP UPWIND.

Handling

Handling and Storage Precautions:MERCURY IS AN IRRITANT TO SKIN, EYES,
RESPIRATORY TRACT & MUCOUS MEMBRANES.

Exposure Controls

Work Hygienic Practices:REMOVE CONTAMINATED CLOTHING & SHOES
IMMEDIATELY.
Supplemental Safety and Health
DISPERSALLOY SELF ACTIVATING CAPSULES ARE SPECIAL PACKAGE DESIGN
CONTAINING BOTH ALLOY POWDER & MERCURY. WHEN PROPERLY UTILIZED,
EXPOSURE TO LIQUID MERCURY IS ELIMINATED. HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE
PRESE NCE OF LIQUID IN PACKAGE, THE COMPONENTS ARE COVERED UNDER
TWO SEPARATE MSDS. PT. A-ALLOY POWDER. PT. B-LIQUID MERCURY.

Chemical Properties

Boiling Pt:B.P. Text:675F
Melt/Freeze Pt:M.P/F.P Text:-38F
Vapor Pres:0.0012
Spec Gravity:13.6
Appearance and Odor:SILVER-WHITE, HEAVY MOBILE LIQUID METAL

Stability

Stability Indicator/Materials to Avoid:YES
ACETYLINIC CPDS/AMMONIA/BORON/DIIODOPHOSHINE/ETHYLENE
OXIDE/AL/K/LI/NA/METHYL AZIDE/METHYISILANE/OXYGEN/NITROMETHANE.
Stability Condition to Avoid:CONTACT W/INCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS RESULTS
IN VIOLENT REACTION. AVOID TETRACARBONYLNICKEL, SILVER PERCHLORATE,
RUBIDIUM.

Disposal

Waste Disposal Methods:DISPERSALLOY SELF ACTIVATING CAPSULES ARE A
SPECIAL PACKAGE DESIGN CONTAINING BOTH ALLOY POWDER & MERCURY.

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