PRODUCT NAME: REFRIGERANT 115 (CFC-115)

CHEMICAL NAME: CHLOROPENTAFLUOROETHANE

GENERAL USE: REFRIGERANT

 

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COMPONENTS-HAZARDOUS:                    CAS #              %

CHLOROPENTAFLUOROETHANE (R-115)          76-15-3             100.0

*LISTED SARA SECTION 313

NFPA= 2-0-0

 

PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE LIMITS:

ACGIH (TLV) :TWA =1,000PPM

 

OSHA FINAL LIMITS:

TWA=1,000PPM

 

INGESTION:

N/A - PRODUCT IS A GAS AT AMBIENT CONDITIONS.

NEVER GIVE ANYTHING BY MOUTH TO AN UNCONSCIOUS PERSON.

 

DERMAL:

FLUSH EXPOSED SKIN WITH LUKEWARM WATER (NOT HOT) - OR USE OTHER MEANS TO WARM SKIN SLOWLY. GET MEDICAL ATTENTION IF FROSTBITTEN BY LIQUID OR IF IRRITATION OCCURS.

 

EYE CONTACT:

IF IN EYES, IMMEDIATELY FLUSH EYES WITH PLENTY OF WATER FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES. GET MEDICAL ATTENTION.

 

INHALATION:

IF INHALED, REMOVE TO FRESH AIR. IF NOT BREATHING, GIVE ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION. IF BREATHING IS DIFFICULT GIVE OXYGEN. GET MEDICAL ATTENTION.

 

FLASH POINT: NONFLAMMABLE

FLAMMABLE LIMITS: LOWER: NA UPPER: NA

AUTOIGNITION TEMP.: NA

 

EXTINGUISHING MEDIA:

USE EXTINGUISHING MEDIA APPROPRIATE TO SURROUNDING FIRE CONDITIONS.

 

SPECIAL FIRE FIGHTING PROCEDURES:

WEAR SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS IF FIGHTING FIRES NEAR THIS PRODUCT DUE TO TOXICITY OF THERMAL DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS. KEEP CONTAINERS COOL.

 

UNUSUAL FIRE AND EXPLOSION HAZARDS:

MAY DECOMPOSE DURING CONTACT WITH FLAMES, HEATING ELEMENTS, OR IN COMBUSTION ENGINES RELEASING IRRITATING, TOXIC, AND CORROSIVE GASES. CONTAINER MAY EXPLODE IF HEATED DUE TO RESULTING PRESSURE RISE.

 

REMOVE OR EXTINGUISH IGNITION OR COMBUSTION SOURCES. EVACUATE ENCLOSED SPACES UNTIL GAS IS DISPERSED. KEEP UPWIND. STOP LEAK IF POSSIBLE WITHOUT RISK. DISPERSE GAS WITH FLOOR-LEVEL FORCED-AIR VENTILATION. EXHAUST VAPORS OUTDOORS. REMOVE ALL FLAMES, HEATING ELEMENTS AND GAS ENGINES. WASH CONTAMINATED CLOTHES BEFORE USE. DESTROY CONTAMINATED SHOES.

 

DO NOT GET IN EYES, ON SKIN OR CLOTHING. DO NOT BREATHE VAPOR, MIST OR GAS. KEEP CONTAINER CLOSED. KEEP AWAY FROM HEAT, SPARKS AND FLAMES. STORE IN TIGHTLY CLOSED CONTAINERS. EMPTY CONTAINER MAY CONTAIN HAZARDOUS RESIDUE. DO NOT DROP, REUSE OR REFILL CONTAINER. DO NOT SMOKE. READ LABEL BEFORE USE. DO NOT CUT, GRIND OR WELD ON OR NEAR CONTAINER DUE TO POSSIBLE TOXIC FUME GENERATION.

 

VENTILATION REQUIREMENTS:

INVESTIGATE ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES TO REDUCE EXPOSURES BELOW AIRBORNE EXPOSURE LIMITS. PROVIDE VENTILATION IF NECESSARY TO CONTROL EXPOSURE LEVELS BELOW AIRBORNE EXPOSURE LIMITS (SEE INGREDIENTS SECTION).

DILUTION VENTILATION ACCEPTABLE, BUT LOCAL MECHANICAL EXHAUST VENTILATION PREFERRED, IF PRACTICAL, AT SOURCES OF AIR CONTAMINATION SUCH AS OPEN PROCESS EQUIPMENT.

 

EYE: WHERE THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR EYE CONTACT, WEAR CHEMICAL GOGGLES AND HAVE EYE FLUSHING EQUIPMENT IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE.

 

HAND (GLOVE TYPE):

WEAR LINED BUTYL GLOVES. LINED GLOVES ARE RECOMMENDED FOR PROTECTION FROM COLD.

 

RESPIRATOR TYPE:

AVOID BREATHING VAPOR, MIST, OR FUME. USE NIOSH/MSHA APPROVED FULL FACE (TC-19C) SUPPLIED AIR RESPIRATOR OR SELF CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS WHERE AIRBORNE EXPOSURE IS LIKELY. IF USED, FULL FACEPIECE REPLACES NEED FOR CHEMICAL GOGGLES AND /OR FACESHEILD. IF EXPOSURES CANNOT BE KEPT AT A MINIMUM WITH ENGINEERING CONTROLS, USE NIOSH/MSHA APPROVED RESPIRATORY EQUIPMENT AS NOTED ABOVE. OBSERVE RESPIRATOR USE LIMITATIONS SPECIFIED BY NIOSH/MSHA OR THE MANUFACTURER. FOR EMERGENCY AND OTHER CONDITIONS WHERE THERE MAY BE A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE, USE AN APPROVED FULL FACE POSITIVE-PRESSURE AIRLINE WITH AUXILIARY SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS OR POSITIVE PRESSURE AIRLINE WITH AUXILIARY SELF-CONTAINED AIR SUPPLY. RESPIRATORY PROTECTION PROGRAMS MUST COMPLY WITH 29 CFR SECTION 1910.134.

 

OTHER PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT:

WEAR APPROPRIATE CHEMICAL RESISTANT PROTECTIVE CLOTHING TO PREVENT SKIN CONTACT.

 

BOILING POINT/RANGE: -38.7 C (-37.7 F)

MELTING POINT: NA

FREEZING POINT: -106.1 C (-159 F)

MOLECULAR WEIGHT: 154.4

SPECIFIC GRAVITY (H20=1): 1.3 @ 21C / 70 F

VAPOR PRESSURE (MM HG): 119.1 PSIA @ 21 C / 70 F

VAPOR DENSITY (AIR=1): 5.3

SOLUBILITY IN H20: SLIGHT

% VOLATILES BY VOLUME: 100

APPEARANCE AND ODOR:

CLEAR, COLORLESS, LIQUEFIED GAS WITH FAINT ETHEREAL (ETHER LIKE) ODOR.

 

 

STABILITY: CONDITIONS CONTRIBUTING TO INSTABILITY:

STABLE

THERMAL DECOMPOSITION DUE TO EXPOSURE TO HEAT (>800 F) OR FIRE.

 

INCOMPATIBILITY-AVOID CONTACT WITH:

AVOID CONTACT WITH STRONG ALKALI OR ALKALINE EARTH METALS, FINELY POWDEREDMETALS SUCH AS ALUMINUM, MAGNESIUM OR ZINC AND STRONG OXIDIZERS SINCE THEY MAY REACT WITH OR ACCELERATE DECOMPOSITION OF THIS MATERIAL.

 

HAZARDOUS DECOMPOSITION THERMAL AND OTHER:

THERMAL DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS INCLUDE HYDROGEN FLUORIDE, HYDROGEN CHLORIDE, CARBON MONOXIDE, CARBON DIOXIDE AND CHLORINE.

 

CONDITIONS TO AVOID:

FLAMES, EXTREMELY HOT METAL SURFACES, HEATING ELEMENTS, COMBUSTION ENGINES, ETC.

 

ROUTE                     ANIMAL            DATA

ORAL                     SEE BELOW

DERMAL                  SEE BELOW

INHALATION              SEE BELOW

 

TOXIC EFFECTS/ROUTES OF ENTRY

 

OTHER TOXIC EFFECTS:

SKIN CONTACT AND INHALATION ARE EXPECTED TO BE THE PRIMARY ROUTES OF

OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE. AS WITH MOST LIQUEFIED GASES, CONTACT WITH THE RAPIDLY VOLATILIZING LIQUID OR COLD VAPORS CAN CAUSE FROSTBITE TO ANY TISSUE DUE TO THE CRYOGENIC (EXTREME LOW TEMPERATURE) EFFECT OF THIS MATERIAL. VAPORS MAY BE MILDLY IRRITATING TO THE EYES. ACUTE STUDIES WITH LABORATORY ANIMALS INDICATE THAT THE COMPONENTS OF THIS HALOCARBON MIXTURE ARE PRACTICALLY NON-TOXIC BY THE INHALATION ROUTE. HOWEVER, EXPOSURE TO HALOCARBON GASES AT HIGH CONCENTRATIONS MAY AFFECT THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND PRODUCE A RAPID ANESTHETIC EFFECT. THE DENSE VAPOR OF THIS PRODUCT DISPLACES AIR IN CONFINED PLACES AND REDUCES OXYGEN AVAILABLE FOR BREATHING. UPON EXPOSURE TO SUCH AN ATMOSPHERE, A PERSON MAY EXPERIENCE SYMPTOMS OF OXYGEN DEFICIENCY INCLUDING HEADACHE, DIZZINESS, DROWSINESS, CYANOSIS AND LACK OF MUSCLE CONTROL FOLLOWED BY COLLAPSE. PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO AN OXYGEN- DEFICIENT ATMOSPHERE MAY BE FATAL. AS WITH MANY OTHER HALOCARBONS, INHALATION OF THIS COMPOUND MAY CAUSE AN INCREASE IN THE SENSITIVITY OF THE HEART TO ADRENALINE, WHICH COULD RESULT IN IRREGULAR OR RAPID HEARTBEATS AND REDUCED HEART FUNCTION. DUE TO THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SUCH EFFECTS ON THE HEART, WORKERS WITH HEART DISEASE OR COMPROMISED HEART FUNCTION SHOULD HAVE LIMITED EXPOSURE TO THIS MATERIAL.

 

TARGET ORGAN TOXIN:

TARGET ORGANS AFFECTED BY EXPOSURE TO THIS MATERIAL ARE: EYES, SKIN, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM, RESPIRATORY SYSTEM, HEART.

 

TOXICITY COMMENTS:

TOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION

DATA FROM THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE ON CFC 115 ARE SUMMARIZED BELOW.

SINGLE EXPOSURE (ACUTE) STUDIES INDICATE:

INHALATION - PRACTICALLY NON-TOXIC TO RATS AND GUINEA PIGS (4-HR LC50 > 800,000 PPM). HUMAN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DID NOT SHOW AN ASSOCIATION BETWEEN EXPOSURE TO CFC 115 AND EFFECTS ON NERVE CONDUCTION VELOCITIES OR EFFECTS ON THE HEART. NO ADVERSE EFFECTS WERE REPORTED IN RATS FOLLOWING REPEATED ORAL DOSING (2-WEEKS) OF CFC115 DISSOLVED IN CORN OIL AT LEVELS UP TO 172 MG/KG/DAY. STUDIES IN DOGS, RATS, MICE AND MONKEYS INDICATE THAT UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, INHALATION EXPOSURE TO CFC115 AT HIGH LEVELS (100,000-200,000 PPM) CAN INCREASE BLOOD PRESSURE AND HEART AND RESPIRATORY EFFECTS. AS WITH MANY OTHER CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS, INHALATION OF CFC115 FOLLOWED BY INTRAVENOUS INJECTION OF AN AGENT TO SIMULATE HUMAN STRESS REACTIONS, RESULTED IN HEART SENSITIZATION AT HIGH LEVELS (150,000 PPM IN DOGS AND 200,000 PPM IN MICE). NO ADVERSE EFFECTS WERE REPORTED IN MICE FOLLOWING INHALATION OF CFC ALONE AT 100,000 PPM FOR 24-HOURS OR IN GUINEA PIGS AND RATS FOLLOWING INHALATION OF 600,000 PPM FOR 2-HOURS. LONGER-TERM INHALATION (4-WEEKS) OF HIGH CONCENTRATIONS (200,000 PPM) WAS ALSO WITHOUT ADVERSE EFFECT IN RATS, GUINEA PIGS OR RATS. FOLLOWING INHALATION OF 100,000 PPM FOR 13-WEEKS, NO DEATHS WERE REPORTED IN RATS, FEMALE MICE, RABBITS OR MALE DOGS. MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF THE TISSUES OF THE RATS AND DOGS DID NOT INDICATE ANY TREATMENTRELATED EFFECTS. CFC 115 PRODUCED NO GENETIC CHANGES IN STANDARD TESTS USING ANIMAL OR BACTERIAL CELLS. IT IS RAPIDLY ELIMINATED FROM THE BLOODSTREAM OF DOGS FOLLOWING INHALATION EXPOSURE.

 

RECYCLE OR RECLAIM IF POSSIBLE. RECLAIMED MATERIAL MAY BE INCINERATED BUT TOXIC AND CORROSIVE COMBUSTION PRODUCTS (HF AND HCL) MUST BE HANDLED APPROPRIATELY. CONSULT FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL AUTHORITIES FOR PROPER DISPOSAL PROCEDURES.

 

DOMESTIC--OTHER THAN AIR (DOT)

 

PROPER SHIPPING NAME: CHLOROPENTAFLUOROETHANE (R-115)

 

UN NUMBER: 1020

 

HAZARD CLASS: 2.2 (NON-FLAMMABLE GAS)

 

DOT LABELS: 2.2 (NON-FLAMMABLE GAS)

 

DOT PLACARD: NON-FLAMMABLE GAS

 

PROPER SHIPPING DESCRIPTION: CHLOROPENTAFLUOROETHANE, 2.2, UN1020

 

SARA HAZARD NOTIFICATION: THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS SUBSTANCE(S) WHICH ARE DEFINED AS TOXIC CHEMICAL UNDER, AND SUBJECT TO THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF, SECTION 313 OF TITLE III OF THE SUPERFUND AMENDMENTS AND REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1986 AND 40 CFR PART 372. SEE INGREDIENTS-HAZARD CLASSIFICATION SECTION FOR LISTED CHEMICALS.