SECTION  I - GENERAL  INFORMATION

Black Swan Manufacturing Co.

4540 W. Thomas Street 

Chicago, IL   60651-3318

Telephone No:   1-773-227-3700

          Fax No:   1-773-227-3705

For chemical emergencies during

transportation only call

INFOTRAC

1-800-535-5053

24 hours per day - 7 days a week

Date Prepared

                                    01/01/08

Trade Name

                                    POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE

SECTION II  - HAZARDOUS  INGREDIENTS  /  IDENTITY  INFORMATION

HAZARDOUS COMPONENTS                                         CAS#                                APPROX%                                ACGIH-TLV                         OSHA-PEL       

POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE                   7722-64-7              97% min. KmnO4                    

Title III Section 313 Supplier Notification: this product contains toxic chemicals subject to the reporting requirements of Section 313 of the Emergency planning and community Right-to-Know Act of 1966 and of 40CFR372. This information must be included in all MSDS’s  that are copied and distributed for this material.

SHIPPING INFORMATION

ID NUMBER:  UN  1490

HAZARD CLASS: OXIDIZER

DIVISION: 5.1

PACKING GROUP: II

SPECIAL  HAZARD  DESIGNATIONS

                                HMIS         NFPA               HAZARD  RATING

HEALTH                        1                                                  0 -   MINIMAL

FLAMMABILITY          0                                                  1-    SLIGHT

REACTIVITY                 0                                                 2-   MODERATE

PROTECTIVE                                                                    3-    SERIOUS

        EQUIPMENT                                                              4-    SEVERE

SECTION  III  -  PHYSICAL  DATA

APPEARANCE

DARK PURPLE SOLID WITH A METALLIC LUSTER

ODOR

ODORLESS

    BOILING  POINT

N/A

SPECIFIC  GRAVITY (H2O=1)

2.7 @ 20ºC (68ºF),

VAPOR  PRESSURE (mm Hg.)

N/A

    VOLATILE  BY  VOLUME (%)

NOT VOLATILE

VAPOR  DENSITY  (AIR=1)

N/A

EVAPORATION  RATE (BUAC=1)

N/A

    SOLUBILITY  IN  WATER

6% at 20ºC (68ºF), and 20% at 65ºC (149ºF)

SECTION  IV  -  FIRE  AND  EXPLOSION  HAZARD  DATA

FLASH POINT  ( METHOD USED)

FLAMMABLE   LIMITS

LEL

UEL

N/A

(PERCENT  BY  VOLUME)

N/A

N/A

FIRE  EXTINGUISHING  MEDIA

USE LARGE QUANTITIES OF WATER. WATER WILL TURN PINK TO PURPLE IF IN CONTACT WITH POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE. DIKE TO CONTAIN. DO NOT USE DRY CHEMICALS, CO2, HALON® OR FOAMS.

SPECIAL  FIRE FIGHTING PROCEDURES

IF MATERIAL IS INVOLVED IN FIRE, FLOOD WITH WATER.  COOL ALL AFFECTED CONTAINERS WITH LARGE QUANTITIES OF WATER.  APPLY WATER FROM AS FAR A DISTANCE AS POSSIBLE. WEAR SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS AND FUL PROTECTIVE CLOTHING.

UNUSAL  FIRE  AND  EXPLOSION  HAZARD

POWERFUL OXIDIZING MATERIAL. MAY DECOMPOSE SPONTANEOUSLY IF EXPOSED TO INTENSE HEAT (150ºC/302ºF) WITH EVOLUTION OF GASEOUS OXYGEN. MAY UNDERGO RAPID EXOTHERMIC REACTION WHEN IN CONTACT WITH CERTAIN OTHER CHEMICALS (SECTION 10). MAY REACT VIOLENTLY WITH FINELY DIVIDED AND READILY OXIDIZABLE SUBSTANCES. INCREASES BURNING RATE OF COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL.

SECTION  V  - HEALTH  HAZARD  DATA

PRIMARY  ROUTES  OR  ENTRY        ______Inhalation              ______Skin contact           ______Eye contact     ______Ingestion             

EFFECT OF  OVEREXPOSURE

1. ACCUTE OVEREXPOSURE- IRRITATING TO BODY TISSUE WITH WHICH IT COMES INTO CONTACT.

2. CHRONIC OVEREXPOSURE-NO KNOWN CASES OF CHRONIC POISONING DUE TO POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE HAVE BEEN REPORTED.  PROLONGED EXPOSURE, USUALLY OVER MANY YEARS, TO HEAVY CONCENTRATIONS OF MANGNESE OXIDES IN THE FORM OF DUST AND FUMES, AMY LEAD TO CHRONIC MANGANESE POISONING, CHIEFLY INVOLVING THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.

3. CARCINOGENICITY- POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE HAS NOT BEEN CLASSIFIED AS A CARCINOGEN BY OSHA, NTP, IARC.

MEDICAL  CONDITIONS  AGGRAVATED  BY  EXPOSURE

MEDICAL CONDITIONS GENERALLY AGGRAVATED BY EXPOSURE –POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE WILL CAUSE FURTHER IRRITATION OF TISSUE, OPEN WOUNDS, BURNS OR MUCOUS MEMBRANES.

EMERGENCY AND  FIRST  AID  PROCEDURES

1. EYES- IMMEDIATELY FLUSH EYES WITH LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES HOLDING LIDS APART TO ENSURE FLUSHING OF THE ENTIRE SURFACE.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO NEUTRALIZE CHEMICALLY. SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION IMMEDIATELY.  NOTE TO PHYSICIAN: SOLUBLE DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS ARE ALKALINE. INSOLUBLE DECOMPOSITION PRODUCT IS BROWN MANGANESE DIOXIDE.

2. SKIN- IMMEDIATELY WASH CONTAMINATED AREAS WITH LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER. REMOVE CONTAMINATEDN CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR.  WASH CLOTHING AND DECONTAMINATE FOOTWEAR BEFORE REUSE. SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION IMMEDIATELY IF IRRITATION IS SEVERE OR PERSISTENT.

3.  INHALATION- REMOVE PERSON FROM CONTAMINATED AREA TO FRESH AIR. IF BREATHING HAS STOPPED, RESUSCITATE AND ADMINISTER OXYGEN IF READILY AVAILABLE. SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION IMMEDIATELY.

4. INGESTION – NEVER GIVE ANYTHING BY MOUTH TO AN UNCONSCIOUS OR CONVULSING PERSON. IF PERSON IS CONSCIOUS, GIVE LARGE QUANTITIES OF WATER. SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION IMMEDIATELY.

SECTION  VI -  REACTIVITY

STABILITY

UNSTABLE

CONDITIONS TO AVOID

STABLE

      X

CONTACT WITH INCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS OR HEAT (>150ºC/302ºF).

INCOMPATIBILITY (MATERIALS  TO  AVOID)

ACIDS, PEROXIDES, FORMALDEHYDE, ANTI-FREEZE, HYDRAULICS FLUIDS, AND ALL COBUSTIBLE ORGANIC OR READILY OXIDIZABLE INORGANIC MATERIALS INCLUDING METAL POWDERS. WITH HYDROCHLORIC ACID, TOCIX CHLORINE GAS IS LINERATED.

HAZARDOUS  DECOMPOSITION  PRODUCTS

WHEN INVOLVED IN A FIRE, POTASSIUM PERMANGANTE MAY FORM CORROSIVE FUMES.

HAZARDOUS

POLYMERIZATION

MAY  OCCUR

CONDITIONS TO AVOID

WILL  NOT  OCCUR

    X

SECTION  VII  -  SPILL  OR  LEAK  PROCEDURES

STEPS  TO  BE  TAKEN  IN  CASE  MATERIAL  IS  RELEASED  OR  SPILLED

CLEAN UP SPILLS IMMEDIATELY BY SWEEPING OR SHOVELING UP THE MATERIAL. DO NOT RETURN SPILLED MATERIAL TO THE ORIGINAL CONTAINER. TRANSFER TO A CLEAN METAL FRUM.  EPA BANNED THE LAND DISPOSAL OF D001 IGNITABLE WASTE OXIDIZERS. THESE WASTES MUST BE DEACTIVATED BE REDUCTION. TO CLEAN FLOORS, FLUSH ABUNDANT QUANTITITES OF WATER INTO SEWER, IF PERMITTED BY FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL REGULATIONS. IF NOT PERMITTED, COLLECT WATER AND TREAT CHEMICALLY.

WASTE  DISPOSAL  METHOD

SECTION  VIII  -  SPECIAL  PROTECTION  INFORMATION

RESPIRATORY  PROTECTION (Specify type)

IN THE CASE WHERE OVEREXPOSURE MAY EXIST, THE USE OF AN APPROVED NIOSH-MSHA DUST RESPIRATOR OR AN AIR SUPPLIED RESPIRATOR IS ADVISED.  ENGINEERING OR ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS AHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED TO CONTROL DUST.

VENTILATION

PROVIDE SUFFICIENT AREA OR LOCAL EXHAUST TO MAINTAIN EXPOSURE BELOW THE TLV-TWA.

PROTECTIVE  GLOVES                                                       

RUBBER OR PLASTIC GLOVES SHOULD WORN.

EYE  PROTECTION

FACESHIELD, GOGGLES, OR SAFETY GLASSES WITH SIDE SHIELDS SHOULD BE WORN. PROVIDE EYE WASH IN WORKING AREA.

OTHER  PROTECTIVE  EQUIPMENT AND  HYGIENIC  PRACTICES

NORMAL WORK CLOTHING COVERING ARMS AND LEGS, AND RUBBER OR PLASTIC APRON SHOULD BE WORN.

SECTION IX  -  SPECIAL  PRECAUTIONS

PRECAUTIONS  TO  BE  TAKEN  IN  HANDLING  AND  STORING

WORK/HYGENIC PRACTICES- WASH HANDS THOROUGHLY WITH SOAP AND WATER AFTER HANDLING POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE, AND BEFORE EATING OR SMOKING.  WEAR POPER PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. REMOVE CONTAMINATED CLOTHING.

VENTILATION REQUIREMENTS- PROVIDE SUFFICIENT AREA OR LOCAL EXHAUST TO MAINTAIN EXPOSURE BELOW THE TLV-TWA.

OTHER  PRECAUTIONS

This information contained herein is based on data considered accurate.  However, no warranty is expressed or implied regarding the accuracy of this data or the results to be obtained from the use thereof.