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Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
APPEARANCE Colorless to yellowish liquid.
ODOR Suffocating, acrid.
SOLUBILITY Infinitely soluble.
SPECIFIC GRAVITY 1.41
PH 1.0 (0.1M solution)
% VOLATILES BY VOLUME @ 21C (70F) 100 (as water and acid)
BOILING POINT 122C (252F)
MELTING POINT -42C (-44F)
VAPOR DENSITY (AIR=1) 2-3
VAPOR PRESSURE (MM HG) 48 @ 20C (68F)
EVAPORATION RATE (BUAC=1) No information found.
STABILITY AND REACTIVITY
STABILITY Stable under ordinary conditions of use and storage.
Containers may burst when heated.
HAZARDOUS DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS When heated to decomposition, emits toxic nitrogen oxides
fumes and hydrogen nitrate. Will react with water or steam to
produce heat and toxic and corrosive fumes.
HAZARDOUS POLYMERIZATION Will not occur.
INCOMPATIBILITIES A dangerously powerful oxidizing agent, concentrated nitric
acid is incompatible with most substances, especially strong
bases, metallic powders, carbides, hydrogen sulfide,
turpentine, and combustible organics.
CONDITIONS TO AVOID Light and heat.
TOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION
NITRIC ACID
Inhalation rat LC50: 244 ppm (NO2)/30M; Investigated as a
mutagen, reproductive effector. Oral (human) LDLo: 430
mg/kg.
NTP CARCINOGEN
INGREDIENT KNOWN ANTICIPATED IARC CATEGORY
Nitric Acid (7697-37-2) No No None
Water (7732-18-5) No No None
ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION
ENVIRONMENTAL FATE No information found
ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICITY No information found
DISPOSAL CONSIDERATIONS
Whatever cannot be saved for recovery or recycling should be managed in an appropriate and approved waste facility.
Although not a listed RCRA hazardous waste, this material may exhibit one or more characteristics of a hazardous waste and
require appropriate analysis to determine specific disposal requirements. Processing, use or contamination of this product
may change the waste management options. State and local disposal regulations may differ from federal disposal regulations.
Dispose of container and unused contents in accordance with federal, state and local requirements.
TRANSPORT INFORMATION
PROPER SHIPPING NAME Nitric acid (with not more than 70% nitric acid)
HAZARD CLASS 8
UN/NA UN2031
PACKING GROUP II
INFORMATION REPORTED FOR PRODUCT/SIZE 6.5GL
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