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PAGE 4 OF 8 East Penn Manufacturing Co., Inc.
MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET
LEAD ACID BATTERY WET, FILLED WITH
ACID
(US, CN, EU Version for International Trade)
EXPOSURE GUIDELINES & LIMITS:
OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL/TWA) Lead, inorganic (as Pb) 0.05 mg/m
3
Sulfuric acid 1.00 mg/m
3
Antimony 0.50 mg/m
3
Arsenic 0.01 mg/m
3
ACGIH 2007 Threshold Limit Value (TLV) Lead, inorganic (as Pb) 0.05 mg/m
3
Sulfuric acid 0.20 mg/m
3
Antimony 0.50 mg/m
3
Arsenic 0.01 mg/m
3
Quebec Permissible Exposure Value (PEV) Lead, inorganic (as Pb) 0.15 mg/m
3
Sulfuric acid 1.00 mg/m
3
TWA
3.00 mg/m
3
STEV
Antimony 0.50 mg/m
3
Arsenic 0.10 mg/m
3
Ontario Occupational Exposure Level (OEL) Lead (designated substance) 0.10 mg/m
3
Sulfuric acid 1.00 mg/m
3
TWAEV
3.00 mg/m
3
STEV
Antimony 0.50 mg/m
3
Arsenic (designated
substance)
0.01 mg/m
3
Netherlands Maximaal Aanvaarde Concentratie (MAC) Lead, inorganic (as Pb) 0.15 mg/m
3
Sulfuric acid 1.00 mg/m
3
Germany Maximale Arbeitsplatzkonzentrationen (MAK) Lead, inorganic (as Pb) 0.10 mg/m
3
Sulfuric acid 1.00 mg/m
3
TWA
2.00 mg/m
3
STEL
Antimony 0.50 mg/m
3
Occupational Exposure Standard (OES) Lead 0.15 mg/m
3
United
Kingdom Antimony 0.50 mg/m
3
Arsenic 0.10 mg/m
3
TWA: 8-Hour Time-Weighted Average; STE: Short-Term Exposure; mg/m
3
: milligrams per cubic meter of air; NE: Not
Established; STEV: Short-Term Exposure Value; TWAEV: Time-Weighted Average Exposure Value; STEL: Short-Term
Exposure Limit
Additional Information
• Batteries are housed in polypropylene cases which are regulated as total dust or respirable dust only when they are
ground up during recycling. The OSHA PEL for dust is 15 mg/m
3
as total dust or 5 mg/m
3
as respirable dust.
• May be required to meet Domestic Requirements for a Specific Destination(s).
SECTION 9: PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
APPEARANCE:
Industrial/commercial lead acid battery
ODOUR:
Odourless
ODOUR THRESHOLD:
NA
PHYSICAL STATE:
Sulfuric Acid: Liquid; Lead: solid
pH:
<1
BOILING POINT:
235-240° F (113-116° C) (as sulfuric acid)
MELTING POINT:
NA
FREEZING POINT:
NA
VAPOUR PRESSURE:
10 mmHg
VAPOUR DENSITY (AIR = 1):
> 1
SPECIFIC GRAVITY (H
2
O = 1):
1.27–1.33
EVAPORATION RATE (n-BuAc=1):
< 1
SOLUBILITY IN WATER:
100% (as sulfuric acid)
FLASH POINT:
Below room temperature (as hydrogen gas)
AUTO-IGNITION TEMPERATURE:
NA
LOWER EXPLOSIVE LIMIT (LEL):
4% (as hydrogen gas)
UPPER EXPLOSIVE LIMIT (UEL):
74% (as hydrogen gas)