Perlite Products
Product Specifications

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1. PRODUCT INFORMATION

PRODUCT NAME: Holiday• Perlite
MANUFACTURER: V.I.L. Vermiculite Inc.
1775 -52nd Ave.
Lachine, QC
H8T 2Y1

 EMERGENCY NO:
(514) 631-4251
CHEMICAL NAME: Amourphous Silicate
FORMULA: Aluminum Silicate

2. PRODUCT INGREDIENTS
CAS NUMBER % PERMISSABLE
EXPLOSURE LIMITED
PERLITE 93763-70-3 100 10 mg/m3
QUARTZ < 1% IN RESPIRABLE DUST 14808-60-7 TOTAL DUST


3. PHYSICAL DATA
BOILING POINT: n/a WATER SOLUBILITY nil
VAPOR PRESSURE: n/a VAPOR DENSITY (AIR -1) : n/a
SPECIFIC GRAVITY (WATER 1): 2.4 EVAPORATION RATE : n/a
APPEARANCE AND ODOUR: white no odour MELTING POINT : nd
% VOLATILE BY VOLUME: nil


4. FIRE AND EXPLOSION DATA

FLASHING POINT (METHOD): non-flammable
FLAMMABLE LIMITS: LEL: n/a% UEL: n/a%
EXTINGUISHING MEDIA: na
UNUSUAL FIRE OR EXPLOSION HAZARDS: none


5. REACTIVITY DATA

MATERIAL IS STABLE. HAZARDOUS POLYMERIZATION WILL NOT OCCUR.
CHEMICAL INCOMPATIBILITIES: Hydrofluoric acid
CONDITION TO AVOID: none is designed to use
HAZARDOUS DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS:
 reacts with hydrofluoric acid to form Toxic Silicon Tetrafluoric Gas


6. HEALTH HAZARDS

SUMMARY RISKS
SUMMARY:


 Inhalation over long periods of high amounts of perlite dust may over load lung clearance mechanism and make lungs more vulnerable to respiratory disease

MEDICAL CONDITIONS WHICH MAY BE AGGRAVATED; PRE-EXISTING UPPER RESPIRATORY AND LUNG DISEASE SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO BRONCHITIS, EMPHYSEMA AND ASTHMA

TARGET ORGAN(S): lungs
ACUTE HEALTH EFFECTS: transitory upper respiratory irritant
CHRONIC HEALTH EFFECTS:
 none known. See summary, follow the safe handling practice shown on the label
PRIMARY ENTRY ROUTE: inhalation