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P. O. Box 370
Waynesville, NC
28786
USA
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MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET
MAGNESIUM SULFATE
HEPTAHYDRATE
October 5, 2004
SECTION I.
Physical Address: P.O. Box 370, (102 Commerce Street)
Waynesville, NC 28786
Chemical Name: Magnesium Sulfate Heptahydrate
Formula: MgSO
4
’7H
2
O
CAS No: 7487 – 88 – 9 TSCA Considers Hydrates as
Mixtures of Anhydrous Salt and Water
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SECTION II.
Hazardous Ingredients
Material or Component: NONE
Hazard Date: NONE
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SECTION III.
Physical Data
Boiling Point 760 MM HG: DOES NOT BOIL
Specific Gravity (H
2
0.1): 1.68
Vapor Density (Air.1): N/A
% Volatiles by Volume: N/A
Appearance & Odor: SMALL COLORLESS CRYSTALS,
ODORLESS
Melting Point: “C 70D – LOSES WATER
Vapor Pressure: N/A
Solubility in H
2
O by Weight: APPRECIABLE
Evaporation Rate (Butyl Acetate): N/A
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SECTION IV.
Fire & Explosion Data
Flash Point (Test Method): NON-FLAMMABLE MATERIAL
Autoignition Temperature: N/A
Flammable Limits In Air, % by Volume: N/A
Extinguishing Media: N/A
Special Fire Fighting Procedures: PROPER BREATHING EQUIPMENT
Unusual Fire & Explosion Hazard: EXTREMELY HIGH TEMPERATURES
MAY PRODUCE SULFUR TRIOXIDE &
SULFUR DIOXIDE
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SECTION V.
Health Hazard Information
Health Hazard Data NO EXPOSURE LIMITS HAVE BEEN
ESTABLISHED BY OSHA
Routes of Exposure:
Inhalation: POSSIBLE DUST IRRITATION
Skin Contact: NONE
Skin Absorption: NONE
Eye Contact: POSSIBLE DUST IRRITATION
Ingestion: MAY CAUSE BOWEL MOVEMENT
IF SWALLOWED, CONSULT PHYSICIAN
NOTE TO PHYSICIAN:
Magnesium Sulfate/Heptahydrate (Epsom Salt), is an inorganic chemical having no properties which
are deleterious to the skin of humans, internally or externally. For several hundred years it has been widely used as a cathartic and
analgesic in aqueous solution. It is in the US Pharmacopia XXII as well as the Food Chemical Codex.