Material Safety Data Sheet
I. Identification of the Substance / Preparation and Company
Product Information: Nonylphenol
Other Information: Suggested Use and Prohibitions: Non-ionic surfactant , Lubricating oil additive , Bacatericide ,
Polymer anti-oxidant. Water environment harm material
Information on Producer/Supplier Name, Addresses, Phone:
China Man-made Fiber Corporation Kaohsiung Plant
8, Ching Chien Road, Dashe Township, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan, R.O.C
Tel : (886)-7-3512161 ~ 9
Emergency Phone: (886)-7-3512161 ~ 9
Fax: (886)-7-3513035
II. Hazard Identification
Hazard Category:
Class 4 acute toxic substance (ingestion), class 1 skin corrosive/irritating substance, class 1
serious eye injury/irritation substance, class 2 reproduction toxic substance, class 1 water
environment harm substance(Slow toxicity)
Labeled Contents:
Symbols:
Warning sign: Dangerous
Hazard Warning Information:
1. The pyrolysis produces the irritant smog, mainly exposes the way for the skin, the
eye contact and the inspiration vapor
2. Ingestion to the human body causes the harm
3. In the high potency produces under the vapor will cause the eye or the respiratory
tract has the pricking
4. The short time exposure will cause the skin stabbing pain and once burnt; The long
time exposure will cause two degrees to burn
5. Possible to affect the embryo and to reduce the birth ability
Hazard Prevention Measures:
1. The operational site refuses to smoke or the diet
2. According to request use individual protection apparatus
3. After the work, must wash the hands thoroughly
4. The work area should be clean
5. Avoids inhaling the vapor or the smog
Other Hazards:
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1. The adding water biology has the toxicity, causes the aquatic environment ecology
long-term characteristic harm
2. May initiate the breast cancer, the testicle cancer, the endometrium unusual
proliferation, to suppress the immunity, the nerve behavior change and so on
III. Composition / Information on Ingredients (Single)
English Name: Nonylphenol
Synonyms: Hydroxy No. 253、NONYL PHENOL、NP、PHENOL, NONYL-、PREVOSTSEL
VON-100、p-Nonylphenol, branched、Phenol, 4-nonyl-, branched、4-t-Nonylphenol
Chemical Abstracts Number (CAS NO.): 25154-52-3、84852-15-3
Percentage for Chemical Ingredient (%):100
IV. First Aid Measures
Emergency and First Aid Procedures:
Inhalation:
1. If the patient realizes soberly, gives the milk or the water, and as fast as possible delivers
the medicine
2. Carries on with the massive clear water rinses mouth, do not carry on urges to spit
Ingestion:
1. Moves the patient to the air circulation place
2. If has the scant of breath, then provides the oxygen
3. Pays attention to the patient wounded to rest with maintains warmth
4. Delivers the medicine immediately
Eye Contact:
1. Opens the eyelid immediately, flushes 15 minutes continually by the clear water
2. As fast as possible delivers medical handling
3. If eyes wear contact glasses should be take down immediately
Skin Contact:
1. Immediately by massive clear water flushing body and clothing
2. Takes off the pollution clothes and the shoe, by soap and clear water clean body
exposition spot
3. As fast as possible delivers the medicine, asks the medical care personnel to continue to
sickness to carry on looks after
Major Disease and Harm Effects:
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Burns, the cough, the scant of breath, the sore throat, consciousness unclear and the skin
inflammation. The high potency produces under the vapor will cause the eye or the
respiratory tract has the slight pricking, the short time exposure will cause the skin stabbing
pain and once burnt; The long time exposure will cause second burn
First-Aid Personal Protection:
1. The first-aid personnels must understand involves the material, protects itself and takes
the measure
2. When necessity matches the belt positive pressure from to take along the type respirator
and to put on chemistry protective suit
3. Cannot use the mouth suitable artificial respiration law, suggested grants when the
artificial respiration the use has cone-way valve's pocket face guard or other suitable
auxiliary breath medical supplies
Prompt to Doctor:
1. The nonyl phenol by way of the lungs or the skin absorption, the harm influence initial
period previous 18 hours, will cause the esophagus, the upper respiratory tract to the
human body to burn, and will present the hypotension, the palpitation accelerates and
twitches the phenomenon, when necessity use vasopressor and antiarrhythmic to remedy.
2. Observes the patient and wounded breathes the situation, when the necessity uses
treatments respirator, intubation and intravenous injection and so on.
3. Ingestion may using the gastric lavage, the activated carbon and the vegetables rapeseed
oil and so on slows down the human body absorption
V. Fire Fighting Measure
Urgent Strain Principle of Management
Principle of management 153
Suitable Extinguishing Media:
1. Cannot the water used spray the material itself directly, may use the ethyl alcohol froth,
chemistry dried powder, the carbon dioxide and the Pipefish fire-extinguishing control fire
intensity.
2. Spray the water cooling exposes by the mist in the scene the storage tank or the vessel
flank.
Flame ：
Use chemistry dried powder, the carbon dioxide or water spray control fire intensity
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Fire：
Use chemistry dried powder, the carbon dioxide, Dry sand, anti-ethyl alcohol froth or water
spray control fire intensity
Surrounds the collection fire prevention water used, treats the following handling; Cannot
scatter the divulging material
Special Exposure Hazards:
When pyrolysis, will discharge the pungent smog and the irritant poison gas.
Special Extinguishing Procedure:
1. Retreat and extinguish the fire from a safe distance or protected area.
2. Place at upwind position to avoid hazardous vapor and irritant resolvent.
3. Avoids of reservoir vessel the close possible heating.
4. Under the safe condition permission, the reservoir vessel will be far away from the fire
hazard.
Special Protection Equipment:
Suggested that fire fighters must wear class B chemical-resistant protective outfits and air
respirators (When necessity in addition anti-dodges the fire aluminum nature to throw over
the duplicate coat).
VI. Accidental Release Measures
Personal Protection:
1. Restrict personnel from entering the leaking area until completely cleaned.
2. Make sure that only trained personnel are allowed to clean up.
3. Wear appropriate personal protection equipment.
Environmental Protection:
1. Remove all ignition sources.
2. Ventilate and change the air in this area.
3. Reports the government safety and health and the environmental protection unit
concerned.
4. Prevents to enter in the drain.
Methods for Cleaning Up:
1. Do not touch the leaking substance.
2. Prevent the spilled substances from entering the drainage or closed spaces.
3. May using lime (CaO), the limestone (CaCO3) or the sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
carries on the sum
4. Water spray and the mist reduction vapor, avoids the waste water contact leaking
substance.
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VII. Handling and Storage
Handling:
1. Uses the stainless steel, the metal and the revertex system vessel elected.
2. Avoids with the oxidant contact.
3.The vessel maintains airtight.
Storage:
1. Suggestion storage in initial vessel
2. Stores up decides elected dry, cool and ventilates the good place
3. Is far away from the oxidized substance
4. The reservoir vessel avoids receiving the physical property destruction
5. Is far away from the heat source and the sunlight perpendicular incidence
6. Inspects regularly whether to have divulging or the overflow
7. Storage in corrosion resistance and in anti-spoiled lining's vessel
VIII. Exposure Control / Personal Protection
Engineering Control:
1. The working environment should have the partial exhaust and the vent
2. If in the working environment presents the smog, must use the breath preventer
3. The warehouse or the airtight space must provide enough ventilation
Control Factor
TWA
－
STEL
－
CEILING
－
BEIS
－
Personal Protection Equipment:
Respiratory Protection:
The air feed type breathes against equipment maintenance or the air respirator
(self-contained breathing apparatus)
Hand Protection:
Wearing Chlorbutene rubber，Nitrate material quality Leak-proof gloves and so on
Eye Protection:
1. Safety glasses
2. Chemical safety goggles.
Skin & Body Protection:
Above-mentioned whole-body protective outfit 、work boots and urgent flusher
Hygiene Procedures:
1. After work, remove the contaminated clothes as quickly as possible. Throw away or wash
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clothes thoroughly before wearing again. Notify the laundry personnel of the danger of the
contaminated clothes.
2. Smoking and eating are strictly prohibited in work areas.
3. Wash hands thoroughly after handling this substance.
4. Keep the work area clean.
IX. Physical and Chemical Properties / Characteristics
Appearance: colorless to yellow (straw color)
corrosive liquid
Odor: light phenol odor
Odor threshold: －
Melting point: －
pH value: －
Boiling Point / Boiling Range: - ℃
Flammability (solid, gas): flammable gas
Decomposition Temperature: －
Flash Point: 141 ℃
Spontaneous Temperature: －
Exposure Limits: －% ~ －%
Test Method: Close Cup
-5
Vapor Pressure: 2.36×10 mmHg (25 ℃)
Specific Gravity: 0.95 (20 ℃)
Vapor Density: 7.59
Solubility: 6.35 mg/L (25 ℃)
Log kow: 5.71 (20 ℃)
Percent volatile: -
X. Stability and Reactivity
Stability: Stable under normal conditions.
Special Conditions of Hazardous Reaction: －
Conditions to Avoid: －
Incompatibility: Avoids with the oxidant contact
Hazardous Decomposition Products: Pungent smog and irritant poison gas
XI. Toxicological Information
Exposure route: ingestion, inhalation, eye contact and skin contact
Symptoms:
Burns, the cough, the scant of breath, the sore throat, consciousness unclear and the skin
inflammation. If may cause by the human body absorption the night sweating, thirsty,
disgusting, the vomit, the diarrhea, the spirit absent minded, the blood pressure to drop, takes
a breath, the abdominal pain, anemia, to twitch excessively, the stupor, the lungs to be
tumescent and the inflammation and may cause the respiratory failure and the kidney harm
Acute Toxicity:
Inhalation:
1. Creates the upper respiratory tract slight uncomfortableness
2. If by way of the lungs absorption, will make a sneak attack the cardiovascular and
the nervous system
Ingestion:
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1. Harms the stomach saying that the massive food enter cause the serious mucous
membrane harm and possibly cause the harm to the personnel
2. May cause the digesting system harm
Eye contact:
1. Creates slightly to the serious eye stimulation, the pinkeye, the ache and the vision
blurring
2. Possibly causes the eye overall or the partial permanent harm
3. Causes the serious stimulation to the eye to cause the inflammation, redundant or
under long time exposition stimulation, will cause the conjunctivitis
Skin contact:
Creates the uncomfortableness to the skin and possibly causes to burn
LD50 (test animal, absorption route): 1600 mg/L (Mouse, ingestion)
2140 mg/L (Rabbit, ingestion)
LC50 (test animal, absorption route): 0.164(0.145~0.186) mg/L/48H (dace class)
0.137(0.34~.0140) mg/L/72H (dace class)
0.135(0.098~0.187) mg/L/96H (dace class)
3.0 mg/L/96H (Shellfish)
0.56~0.92 mg/L/96H (Red trout class)
Chronic:
1. The long-term exposition will cause the skin to burn
2. The appetite and the body weight reduce
3. Weak
4. Muscles ache
5. Liver harm
6. The skin breaks out
7. Diarrhea
8. Complication
9. Headache
10. Dizzy
11. Skin and eye color deterioration
12. Liver and kidney harm
XII. Ecological Information
Eco-toxicity:
LC50 (Fish): 0.164(0.145~0.186) mg/L/48H (dace class)
0.137(0.34~.0140) mg/L/72H (dace class)
0.135(0.098~0.187) mg/L/96H (dace class)
0.56~0.92 mg/L/96H (Red trout class)
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Bio-concentration Factor (BCF): 2~350
Durability and Degradability:
1. The nonyl phenol manufacturing and uses takes the non-ionic surface active agent, the oil
dope, the disinfectant, oxidation inhibitor of the polymer, may abandon the pipeline
emissions by way of each kind to the environment
2. In atmosphere gaseity nonyl phenol permeable photochemical reaction then subduction,
but granular may wet and the dry subsidence removes from the atmosphere. If discharges
to the soil in is not easy to move, if discharges to the water body, and the settling has the
very strong adsorptive attraction to the suspended solid
3. The nonyl phenol does not have any settling including 1.0 ppm the river or the pond water
sample, under the temperature 16℃ condition in the loop system, the half-life is 16 days;
In the open system its half-life is 2.5 days
Half-life (air): 7.5 hrs
Half-life (water surface): 2.5 days
Half-life (underground water): －
Half-life (soil): －
Biological Accumulation:
The adding water biology has the toxicity, causes the aquatic environment ecology long-term
characteristic harm
Fluidity in soil: When released into the soil, it is not easy to move
Other adverse effects:
1. Possibly causes the harm to the embryo or the embryo
2. The masculine zoosperm number and reproduction ability reduce
3. The adding water biology has the toxicity, will possibly cause the long-term harm function
to the aquatic environment ecology
XIII. Disposal Information
Disposal Information:
Feeds in the crematory, the increase flammability resolver carries on cremated processing
XIV. Transport Information
The United Nations Number (UN No.): 3145
UN Transport Name: Liquid state alkyl phenol
Transport Hazard Classification:
1. UNDG Class：8 (American Ministry of Communications)
2. ICAO/IATA Class：8 (International shipping organization)
3. IMDG Class：8 (International marine transportation organization)
Packaging Category:
1. UNDG Class：III (American Ministry of Communications)
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2. ICAO/IATA Class：III (International shipping organization)
3. IMDG Class：III (International marine transportation organization)
Marine Pollutant (Yes/No): －
Special Transport Way and Note: ICAO/IATA Class：A3 (International shipping organization)
XV. Regulation Information
Apply Regulation:
1. Enforcement Rules of the Labor Safety and Health Act.
2. Regulations of Hazard Communication on Dangerous and Harmful Material.
3. Standards for the Storage, Clearance, and Disposal of Industrial Waste.
4. Toxic Chemical Substances Control Act.
5. Traffic Safety Regulations.
6. Public Hazardous Materials and Flammable Pressurized Gases Establishment Standards
and Safety Control Regulations.
XVI. Other Information
Reference
1. Council of Labor Affairs, Executive Yuan, Taiwan, GHS in Taiwan website.
http://ghs.cla.gov.tw/tw/ghs_main.asp
Responsible
Department
Name: China Man-made Fiber Corporation Kaohsiung Plant
Address: 8, Ching Chien Road, Dashe Township, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan,
R.O.C
Tel: (886)-7-3512161~ 9
Prepared by
Title: Director
Date
2010/03/11
Note
The "-" symbol in the text above indicates that there is no current available data
while the "/" symbol indicates that this field is not applicable to this substance.
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