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Chemical Identification/RIDS
<br />Inhalation Exposure:
<br />1. Move victims to fresh air. Emergency personnel should avoid self -exposure to sulfuric acid.
<br />2. Evaluate vital signs including pulse and respiratory rate, and note any trauma. If no pulse is detected, provide CPR. If not breathing,
<br />provide artificial respiration. If breathing is labored, administer oxygen or other respiratory support.
<br />3. Obtain authorization and/or further instructions from the local hospital for administration of an antidote or performance of other invasive
<br />procedures.
<br />4. RUSH to a health care facility.
<br />Dermal/Eye Exposure:
<br />1. Remove victims from exposure. Emergency personnel should avoid self- exposure to sulfuric acid.
<br />2. Evaluate vital signs including pulse and respiratory rate, and note any trauma. If no pulse is detected, provide CPR. If not breathing,
<br />provide artificial respiration. If breathing is labored, administer oxygen or other respiratory support.
<br />3. Remove contaminated clothing as soon as possible.
<br />4. If eye exposure has occurred, eyes must be flushed with lukewarm water for at least 15 minutes.
<br />5. Wash exposed skin areas THOROUGHLY with soap and water.
<br />6. Obtain authorization and/or further instructions from the local hospital for administration of an antidote or performance of other invasive
<br />procedures.
<br />7. RUSH to a health care facility.
<br />Ingestion Exposure:
<br />1. Evaluate vital signs including pulse and respiratory rate, and note any trauma. If no pulse is detected, provide CPR. If not breathing,
<br />provide artificial respiration. If breathing is labored, administer oxygen or other respiratory support.
<br />2. Rinse mouth with large amounts of water. Instruct victims not to swallow the water.
<br />3. DO NOT induce vomiting or attempt to neutralize!
<br />4. Obtain authorization and/or further instructions from the local hospital for administration of an antidote or performance of other invasive
<br />procedures.
<br />5. Activated charcoal is of no value.
<br />6. Give the victims water or milk: children up to 1 year old, 125 mL (4 oz or 1/2 cup); children 1 to 12 years old, 200 mL (6 oz or 3/4 cup);
<br />adults, 250 mL (8 oz or 1 cup). Water or milk should be given only if victims are conscious and alert.
<br />7. RUSH to a health care facility. (EPA, 1998)
<br />Reactivity
<br />AIR AND WATER REACTIONS:
<br />Reaction with water is negligible unless acid strength is above 80-90% then heat from hydrolysis is extreme, may cause severe burns
<br />[Merck, 11th ed. 1989]. During sulfonation of mononitrobenzene by fuming sulfuric acid, a leak from an internal cooling coil permitted water
<br />to enter the reaction tank. A violent eruption occurred due to the heat of solution [MCA Case History 944 19631.
<br />CHEMICAL PROFILE:
<br />SULFURIC ACID is strongly acidic. Reacts violently with bromine pentafluoride [Mellor 2 Supp. 1:172 1956]. Exploded with
<br />para-nitrotoluene at 80 °C [Chem. Eng. News 27:25041. An explosion occurred when concentrated sulfuric acid was mixed with crystalline
<br />potassium permanganate in a vessel containing moisture. Manganese heptoxide was formed, which explodes at 70°C [Delhez 1967]. A
<br />mixture of acrylonitrile with concentrated sulfuric acid must be kept well chilled, otherwise a vigorous exothermic reaction occurs [Chem.
<br />Safety Data Sheet SD -31:8. 1949]. Mixing sulfuric acid (96%) in equal portions with any of the following substances in a closed container
<br />caused the temperature and pressure to increase: acetonitrile, acrolein, 2-aminoethanol, ammonium hydroxide (28%), aniline,
<br />n-butyraldehyde, chlorosulfonic acid, ethylene diamine, ethyleneimine, epichlorohydrin, ethylene cyanohydrin, hydrochloric acid (36%),
<br />hydrofluoric acid (48.7%), propiolactone, propylene oxide, sodium hydroxide, styrene monomer [NFPA 1991]. Sulfuric acid (concentrated)
<br />is extremely hazardous in contact with carbides, bromates, chlorates, fulminates, picrates, and powdered metals [Haz. Chem. Data 1966].
<br />Allyl chloride may polymerize violently under conditions involving an acid catalyst, such as sulfuric acid [Ventrone 19711. React
<br />exothermically with sodium hypochlorite to produce chlorine gas. Mixing chlorosulfuric acid and 98% sulfuric acid may evolve HCI [Subref:
<br />Anon, Loss Prev. Bull. 1977, (013), 2-3].
<br />REACTIVE GROUPS:
<br />Acids, Inorganic Oxidizing
<br />Reactive Hazards
<br />Strong Oxidizing Agent, Water -Reactive
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