Deka VALVE REGULATED LEAD ACID BATTERY User Manual
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MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET
VALVE REGULATED LEAD ACID
BATTERY,
NON-SPILLABLE
(US, CN, EU Version for International Trade)
EXPOSURE GUIDELINES & LIMITS:
Arsenic
0.01 mg/m
3
Tin
2.00 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
Tin
2.00 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
Tin
2.00 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
Tin
2.00 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
Tin
2.00mg/m
3
TWA: 8-Hour Time-Weighted Average; STE: Short-Term Exposure; mg/m
3
: milligrams per cubic metre 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 gel battery
ODOR:
Odourless
ODOR THRESHOLD:
NA
PHYSICAL STATE:
Sulfuric Acid, Gelatinous/ 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)