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Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
APPEARANCE Clear, colorless solution.
ODOR Ammonia odor.
SOLUBILITY Infinitely soluble.
SPECIFIC GRAVITY 0.9 (28% NH
4
OH)
PH 13.8 (29% solution).
% VOLATILES BY VOLUME @ 21C (70F) No information found.
BOILING POINT ca. 36C (ca. 97F)
MELTING POINT -72C (-98F)
VAPOR DENSITY (AIR=1) 0.60 NH
3
VAPOR PRESSURE (MM HG) 115 @ 20C for 10% solution; 580 @ 20C for 28% solution.
EVAPORATION RATE (BUAC=1) No information found.
STABILITY AND REACTIVITY
STABILITY Stable under ordinary conditions of use and storage.
HAZARDOUS DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS Burning may produce ammonia, nitrogen oxides.
HAZARDOUS POLYMERIZATION Will not occur.
INCOMPATIBILITIES Acids, acrolein, dimethyl sulfate, halogens, silver nitrate,
propylene oxide, nitromethane, silver oxide, silver
permanganate, oleum, beta-propiolactone. Most common
metals.
CONDITIONS TO AVOID Heat, sunlight, incompatibles, sources of ignition.
TOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION
AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE
Oral rat LD50: 350 mg/kg; eye, rabbit, standard Draize, 250
ug; severe, investigated as a mutagen.
AMMONIA
Inhalation rat LC50: 2000 ppm/4-hr; investigated as a
tumorigen, mutagen.
NTP CARCINOGEN
INGREDIENT KNOWN ANTICIPATED IARC CATEGORY
Ammonium Hydroxide
(1336-21-6)
No No None
Water (7732-18-5) No No None
ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION
ENVIRONMENTAL FATE This material is not expected to significantly bioaccumulate.
ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICITY 24 Hr LC50 rainbow trout: 0.008 mg/L;
96 Hr LC50 fathead minnow: 8.2 mg/L;
48 Hr LC50 bluegill: 0.024 mg/L;
48 Hr EC50 water flea: 0.66 mg/L
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 Ammonia solutions (with 10-35% ammonia)
HAZARD CLASS 8
UN/NA UN2672
PACKING GROUP III
INFORMATION REPORTED FOR PRODUCT/SIZE 385LB
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