SDS

Material Safety Data Sheet
DuPont
™
SUVA
®
134a Auto
V ers io n 2 .4
R ev is io n Date 0 3/0 9 /2 0 1 2 R ef. 1 30 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 2 4
4 / 1 0
C ylin d ers are eq u ip p ed w ith p res s u re an d tem p eratu re relief d ev ic es , b u t m ay
s till ru p tu re u n d er fire c o n d itio n s . Dec o m p o s itio n m ay o c c u r. C o n tac t o f
w eld in g o r s o ld erin g to rc h flam e w ith hig h c o n c en tratio n s o f refrig eran t c an
res u lt in v is ib le c han g es in the s iz e an d c o lo u r o f the to rc h flam e. T his flam e
effec t w ill o n ly o c c u r in c o n c en tratio n s o f p ro d u c t w ell ab o v e the
rec o m m en d ed ex p o s u re lim it. T herefo re s to p all w o rk an d v en tilate to
d is p ers e refrig eran t v ap o rs fro m the w o rk area b efo re u s in g an y o p en flam es .
T his s u b s tan c e is n o t flam m ab le in air at tem p eratu res u p to 1 0 0 d eg . C (2 1 2
d eg . F ) at atm o s p heric p res s u re. H o w ev er, m ix tu res o f this s u b s tan c e w ith
hig h c o n c en tratio n s o f air at elev ated p res s u re an d /o r tem p eratu re c an
b ec o m e c o m b u s tib le in the p res en c e o f an ig n itio n s o u rc e. T his s u b s tan c e
c an als o b ec o m e c o m b u s tib le in an o x yg en en ric hed en v iro n m en t (o x yg en
c o n c en tratio n s g reater than that in air). W hether a m ix tu re c o n tain in g this
s u b s tan c e an d air, o r this s u b s tan c e in an o x yg en en ric hed atm o s p here
b ec o m e c o m b u s tib le d ep en d s o n the in ter-relatio n s hip o f 1 ) the tem p eratu re
2 ) the p res s u re, an d 3) the p ro p o rtio n o f o x yg en in the m ix tu re. In g en eral,
this s u b s tan c e s ho u ld n o t b e allo w ed to ex is t w ith air ab o v e atm o s p heric
p res s u re o r at hig h tem p eratu res ; o r in an o x yg en en ric hed en v iro n m en t. F o r
ex am p le this s u b s tan c e s ho u ld N O T b e m ix ed w ith air u n d er p res s u re fo r leak
tes tin g o r o ther p u rp o s es .
E x p erim en tal d ata hav e als o b een rep o rted w hic h in d ic ate c o m b u s tib ility o f
this s u b s tan c e in the p res en c e o f c ertain c o n c en tratio n s o f c hlo rin e.
Su itab le ex tin g u is hin g m ed ia :
U s e ex tin g u is hin g m eas u res that are ap p ro p riate to lo c al c irc u m s tan c es an d
the s u rro u n d in g en v iro n m en t.
F irefig htin g In s tru c tio n s :
In the ev en t o f fire, w ear s elf-c o n tain ed b reathin g ap p aratu s .
C o o l c o n tain ers / tan k s w ith w ater s p ray. W ater ru n o ff s ho u ld b e c o n tain ed
an d n eu traliz ed p rio r to releas e.
S E C T IO N 6 . A C C ID E N T A L R E L E A S E M E A S U R E S
N O T E : R ev iew F IR E F IG H T IN G ME A SU R E S an d H A N DL IN G (P E R SO N N E L ) s ec tio n s b efo re p ro c eed in g w ith c lean -
u p . U s e ap p ro p riate P E R SO N A L P R O T E C T IV E E Q U IP ME N T d u rin g c lean -u p .
Safeg u ard s (P ers o n n el) :
E v ac u ate p ers o n n el to s afe areas . V en tilate area, es p ec ially lo w o r en c lo s ed
p lac es w here heav y v ap o u rs m ig ht c o llec t.
Sp ill C lean u p :
E v ap o rates .
A c c id en tal R eleas e Meas u res :
Sho u ld n o t b e releas ed in to the en v iro n m en t.