SECTION 1 MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET PAGE 1 INK NAME: 6050 CATALYST INK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HEALTH: 2 CODE: 0=MINIMAL FLAMMABILITY: 1 1=SLIGHT REACTIVITY: 0 2=MODERATE PERSONAL PROTECTION: D 3=SERIOUS 4=SEVERE --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION 2: HAZARDOUS INGREDIENTS INGREDIENT PERCENT ACGIH-TLV OSHA-PEL CAS NO 2-ETHOXYETHANOL 5.00 5 PPM 50 PPM 110-80-5 METHYL ISOBUTYL KETONE 5.00 NOT DETERMINED 50 PPM 108-10-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION 3: PHYSICAL & CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS BOILING POINT: 200 F VAPOR DENSITY: 5.6 SPECIFIC GRAVITY: 1.2 SOLUBILITY IN WATER: MODERATE VAPOR PRESSURE: < 0.1 MM HG APPEARANCE & ODOR:PIGMENT COLORED VISCOUS FLUID WITH CHARACTERISTIC ODOR pH: NOT APPLICABLE EVAPORATION RATE: < 0.01 PERCENT VOLITILE BY VOLUME: APPROX 15 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION 4: FIRE & EXPLOSION DATA FLASHPOINT: 200 F FLAMMABLE LIMITS: LEL: UNKNOWN UEL: UNKNOWN LEL VALUE REPORTED IS LOWEST ONE LISTED FOR ANY INGREDIENT IN MIXTURE EXTINGUISHING MEDIA: WATER FOG EXTINGUISHING MEDIA: MULTIPURPOSE FOAM EXTINGUISHING MEDIA: DRY CHEMICAL EXTINGUISHING MEDIA: CO2 SPECIAL FIRE PROCEDURES: FIGHT AS VOLATILE LIQUID FIRE SPECIAL FIRE PROCEDURES: USE WATERSPRAY TO COOL FIRE- EXPOSED AREA SPECIAL FIRE PROCEDURES: USE WATERSPRAY TO PROTECT PERSONNEL. "EMPTY" CONTAINERS RETAIN RESIDUE (LIQUID AND/OR VAPOR) AND CAN BE DANGEROUS. DO NOT PRESSUIZE, CUT, WELD, BRAZE, SOLDER, DRILL, GRIND, EXPOSE TO HEAT, FLAME, SPARKS OR OTHER SOURCES OF IGNITION. THEY MAY EXPLODE. SEE SECTION 9 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION 5: REACTIVITY DATA STABLE, Y=YES, N=NO : Y CONDITIONS TO AVOID: DO NOT STORE IN CONTAINERS OF ALUMINUM; COPPER; ZINC INCOMPATABILITY: STRONG OXIDIZING AGENTS; STRONG ACIDS; STRONG BASES; ALKALI METALS; HALOGENS; WILL REACT WITH WATER HAZARDOUS DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS: CO; CO2; NITROGEN OXIDES AND OTHER TOXIC PRODUCTS HAZARDOUS POLYMERIZATION: WILL NOT OCCUR --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION 6: HEALTH HAZARDS THRESHHOLD LIMIT VALUE: THE TLV HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED FOR HTE MIXTURE. THE VALUE REPORTED IS FOR THE INGREDIENTWITH THE LOWEST CALCULATED VALUE OF TLV PERCENT IN THE MIXTURE. OSHA THRESHHOLD LIMIT VALUE: NOT DETERMINED ACGIH THRESHHOLD LIMIT MALUE: NOT DETERMINED EFFECTS OF EXPOSURE: INGESTION: SLIGHTLY IRRITATING TO GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT. CAN CAUSE HEADACHE, DIARRHEA, DROWSINESS, BREATHING DIFFICULTIES, NAUSEA, VOITING. LD50 RAT>500-5000MG/KG EYES: MODERATELY IRRITATING OR OTHER SYMPTOMS (REDNESS, BLURRED VISION, ETC) PERSISTING MORE THAN SEVEN DAYS WITH REVERSIBLE CORNEAL OPACITY. SKIN: MODERATELY IRRITATING. TOXIC. SENSITIZER. PROLONGED OR WIDESPREAD CONTACT WILL LEAD TO IRRITATION, DEFATTING OR DERMATITIS, AND ABSOPTION MAY LEAD TO HEADACHE, DROWSINESS, DIZZINESS, NAUSEA, BREATHING DIFFICUTIES INHALATION: TOXIC OR MODERATELY IRRITATING TO NASAL AND RESPIRATORY TRACTS. CAN CAUSE HEADACHE DIZZINESS, DROWSINESS, BREATHING DIFFUCULTIES, NAUSEA, UNCONCIOUSNESS. EMERGENCY FIRST AID INGESTION: DO NOT INDUCE VOMITING. ASPIRATION OF MATERIAL CAN CAUSE CHEMICAL PNEUMONITIS WHICH CAN BE FATAL. SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION. EYES: FLUSH IMMEDIATELY WITH WATER FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES OR UNTIL MEDICAL PERSONNEL INDICATE TO STOP. GET MECICAL ATTENTION. SKIN: REMOVE CONTAMINATED CLOTHING. THOROUGHLY WASH WITH SOAP AND LARGE AMOUNTS WATER. SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION. INHALATION: REMOVE TO FRESH AIR. IF NOT BREATHING GIVE ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION. IF BREATHING IS DIFFICULTGIVE OXYN. GET MEDICAL ATTENTION. TARGET ORGANS: LIVER, KIDNEYS, BLOOD MEDICAL CONDITIONS AGGRAVATED BY EXPOSURE: AS NOTED IN THE PREFACE TO PUBLISHED VALUES ADOPTED BY THE ACGIH, TLV’S REPRESENT “CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH IT IS BELEVED THAT NEARLY ALL WORKERS MAY BE REPEATEDLY EXPOSED DAY AFTER DAY WITHOUT ADVERSE EFFECT. BECAUSE OF WIDE VARIATION IN INDIVIDUAL SUSCEPTIBILITY HOWEVER, A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF WORKERS MAY EXPERIENCE DISCOMFORT FROM SOME SUBSTANCES AT CONCDETRATONS AT OR BELOW THE THRESHOLD LIMIT; A SMALLER PERCENTAGE MAY BE AFFECTED MORE SERIOUSLY BY AGGRAVATION OF A PREEXISTING CONDITIONS OR BY DEVELOPMENT OF AN OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS.” --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION 7: SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS HYGIENIC PRACTICESIN HANDLING AND STORAGE: STORE IN TIGHTLY CLOSED OR PROPERLY VENTE CONTAINER AWAY FROM HEAT, SPARKS OPEN FLAME, OR STRONG OXIDIZING AGENTS. CONTAINERS MUST BE PROPERLY GRONDED AND ADEQUATE VENTILATION PROVIDED. UNSCREW ALL CAS SLOWLY. DO NOT UNSCREW ENTIRELY UNTIL ALL PRESSURE HAS BEEN COMPLETELY RELEASED. SEE ALSO SECTON 8. REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF CONTAMINATED EQUIPMENT: HANDLE ALL EQUIPMENT CONTAINING LIQUID MIXTURE AS REPORTED ON THIS MSDS. EQUIPMENT WITH DRIED MIXTURE” MUST BE HANDLED WITH THE SAME CARE AS OTHER DRIED ORGANIC COATINGS. ALL CLEANING MATERIAL SHOULD BE HANDLED ACCORDING TO THEIR INSTRUCTIONS AND THEIR MSDS’S OTHER PRECAUTIONS: USE ONLY WITH ADEQUAE VENTAILATION. DISPOSE OF "EMPTY" CONTAINERS PROMPTLY AND PROPERLY. SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS: WEAR FULL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT INCLUDING SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS WHEN FIGHTING FIRE IN AREA OF THSI PRODUCT. POTENTIAL SKIN SENSITIZER. AVOID CONTACT WITH EYES, SKIN AND CLOTHING. AVOID BREATHING VAPOR. LAUNDER CONTAMINATED CLOTHING BEFOR REUSE. AIR DRY CONTAMINATED CLOTHING IN A WELL VENTILATED AREA BEFORE LAUNDERING. CONTAMINATED LEATHER ARTICLES, INCLUDING SHOES, CANNOT BE DECONTAMINATED AND SHOULD BE DESTROYED. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION 8: SPECIAL PROTECTION INFORMATION EYE PROTECTION: CHEMICAL SAFETY GOGGLES. DO NOT WEAR CONTACT LENSES! RESPIRATORY PROTECTION: SELF CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS AS NECESSARY SKIN PROTECTION: CHEMICAL SAFETY GLOVES AND PROTECTIVE CLOTHING (SLEEVES, APRON, BOOTS, AND HEADGEAR AS REQUIRED) VENTILATION: GOOD VENTILATION IS ESSENTIAL TO PREVENT ACCUMULATION OF VAPORS. FANS SHOULD BE EXPLOSION PROOF. OTHER PROTECTION: AVAILABILITY OF EYE WASH APPARATUS AND SAFETY SHOWER RECOMMENDED --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION 9: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PROCEDURES SPILL RESPONCE: SECURE AREA AND REMOVE ALL SOURCES OF IGNITION AND HEAT. PREVENT ADDITIONAL DISCHARGE OF MATERIAL. ABSORB SMALL SPILLS WITH SAND, FILTER-AID, VERMICULITE OR OTHER INERT ABSORBENT MATERIAL. FOR LARGE SPILLS, PREVENT MATERIAL FROM ENTERING SEWERS OR WATER COURSES. CONTAIN SPILL WITH SAND, OR EARTH DIKES. RECOVER AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BY PUMPING. TREAT REMAINDER AS SMALL SPILL. WEAR CHEMICAL GOGGLES, GLOVES, BOOTS, AND APRON. WEAR RESPIRATOR IF NECESSARY. WASTE DISPOSAL METHOD: CONSULT FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL REGUALTONS FOR ACCEPTED PROCEDURES OF DISPOSAL, AND ANY REORTING OR NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER SECTION DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY: AS THE CONDITIONS OR METHODS OF USE ARE BEYOND OUR CONTROL, WE DO NOT ASSUME ANY RESPONSIBILITY AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMALL LIABILITY FOR ANY USE OF THIS MATERIAL. INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS GIVEN IN GOOD FAITH AND BELIEVED TO BE TRUE AND ACCURATE. BUT ALL STATEMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS ARE MADE WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THE ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION, THE HAZARDS CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF THE MATERIAL OR RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE THEREOF. INFORMATION ON MSDS SUPPLIED BY INK MANFACTURER. PREPARED BY: ALLEN WERWA, SAFETY DIRECTOR