2007-04-12 SDS KAS_en NH4NO3.pdf

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91/155/EEC, 93/112/EEC and 2001/58/EC Last version date: 12 April 2007 UREA AND AMMONIUM NITRATE SOLUTION (UAN)

1. IDENTIFICATION OF THE SUBSTANCE/PREPARATION AND OF THE COMPANY/UNDERTAKING Name of the substance or preparation: Urea and Ammonium Nitrate Solution (UAN). Other names (synonyms): Liquid Nitrogen Fertilizers (UAN); according to the product make: UAN-28, UAN-30, UAN-32. Purpose: Used as a main and/or additional fertilizer for winter and summer crops, sugar-beet, mangel – (wurzel), grasslands and potatoes. Identification of the Company/undertaking: Supplier: Achema AB . Address: Jonalaukis Village, Rukla rural district, LT-55550 Jonava region, Republic of Lithuania. Telephone/ fax: +370 349 56465, +370 349 52074. E-mail address of a person responsible for preparation of the Safety data Sheets: [email protected]. Emergency phones: For urgent information: +370 349 56636; 56736. Intoxication Information and Control Office: +370 5 236 2052. 2. IDENTIFICATION OF HAZARDS Hazards related to possible inflammation and explosion: inflammable, non-explosive, non-toxic liquid Hazards to human health, outcome of possible impact: in frequent exposure on skin, may cause irritation or damage. In contact with eyes, the solution may cause irritation. Hazards to environment and outcome of possible damage: see Clause 12. 3. COMPOSITION/INFORMATION ON INGREDIENTS Empirical (molecular) formula: nCO(NH2)2 x mNH4NO3 x kH2O. Molecular mass: not established. Hazardous ingredients:

CAS No. EINECS No., ELINCS No. Chemical name Concentration (%) b product mass

57-13-6 200-315-5 Urea (Crbamide) 25 ÷ 40 6484-52-2 229-347-8 Ammonium Nitrate 30 ÷ 47

The product is not classified as hazardous substance in compliance with Directives 67/548/EC and 1999/45/EC. 4. FIRST AID MEASURES Routes of exposure to human body: Inhalation: does not affect respiratory tract, non-hazardous. Skin contact: wash affected skin (body) with water; change affected clothing. Eye contact: wash with plenty of water at least for 10 minutes; if irritation persists, apply to doctor. Ingestion: do not cause vomiting, rinse mouth with water; give the affected person plenty of water or milk to drink; apply to doctor. Doctor’s treatment: eye treatment, getting stomach pumped. 5. FIRE-FIGHTING MEASURES Suitable extinguishing media: inflammable, non-explosive liquid. Extinguishing media not to be used for safety reasons: inflammable substance. Special exposure hazards arising from the substance/preparation itself, combustion products, resulting gases: inflammable substance. Personal protective equipment: inflammable substance. 6. ACCIDENTAL RELEASE MEASURES Personal precautions and collective precautions: special clothing and footwear, protective glasses. If any contacts with skin are possible: rubber coat, rubber boots. Environmental precautions: keep away from getting into a rain drainage system or trenches an/or ditches. Cleaning up/ absorption/ neutralizing methods and means: pump (scoop) as much as possible of the spilled substance/ preparation into tight containers and eliminate the remains with dry sand. Pumped (taken away) product may be used according to its purpose again. 7. HANDLING AND STORAGE

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Requirements and recommendations for use: while spraying manually (during fertilizing process) use water-proof coat, rubber gloves, protective glasses and head protection; always spray downwind. After finish of work, wash hands with soap. Storage requirements: fertilizers UAN-28, UAN-30, UAN –32 should be kept above the crystallization temperature, depending on the make, (>-16, >-9, >0°C). Liquid Nitrogen fertilizer (UAN) packed in small packages should be kept in closed storehouses, protected against moisture. Containers for keeping UAN may be produced of carbon steel, as corrosion inhibitor used in the preparation ensures anti-corrosion coefficient at least of 90 %. After emptying the containers, they must be refilled only using a gas mask of PS-1 category, as gas ammonia may be contained therein. Unsuitable (incompatible) substances for joint storage with the substance/preparation in question: storage with any other chemical substances is not recommended, as possible reactions are not identified. Directions for limited allowable quantities of the substance/preparation to be stored under the specified conditions: in compliance with applicable General Rules for Storage of Hazardous Chemical Substances and Preparations; not regulated by the Company. Requirements to packages: transported by railway or truck tanks prepared especially for transportation of this kind of fertilizers; packed into 1-50 dm3 polyethylene packages in compliance with applicable standardizing documents to ensure safe transportation and storage. May be packed in the customer’s package, which must be clean and hermetic (carbon steel containers, tanks, barrels); must be fastened tight while carrying. 8. EXPOSURE CONTROLS/PERSONAL PROTECTION Maximum allowable air concentration of the substance/ preparation in working environment: not applicable. Technical measures: not necessary. Respiratory protection: not necessary. Hand and skin protection: working gloves, if sprayed manually; wear rubber gloves during the fertilizing process. Eye protection: wear protection glasses during the fertilizing process. Other protection measures: wear cotton working clothes, special boots; if sprayed manually, rubber coat is required. Personal sanitary measures: after finishing work, wash your hands with soap. 9. PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES Appearance (solid, liquid, gas): liquid. Sensitive properties (color, odor): colorless or brownish liquid without any sediment; mild ammonia odor could be felt. pH: 6,5 ÷ 7,5. Boiling point/boiling range, C°: 107. Flammability: inflammable. Self-flammability, C°: none. Flash point, C°: none. Explosive properties: Lower, volume %: none. Upper, volume %: none. Oxidizing properties: non-oxidizing. Melting point/melting range, C°: -26. Vapor pressure (at 20 ± 0,5C°), kPa: 0,48. Relative density (at 20 ± 0,5C°), kg/m3: 1265 ÷ 1292 (UAN-28); 1285 ÷ 1315 (UAN-30); 1305 ÷ 1325 (UAN-32). Solubility (water solubility; fat solubility): the preparation is water solution, so it may be diluted with water without any limits. Partition coefficient (n-octanol/water): unknown. Viscosity, 103 ⋅Pa⋅s: 3,06 (at 20°), 2,08 (at ⋅ 40°) (UAN-28); 3,95 (at 20°), 2,57 (at ⋅ 40°) (UAN-30); 5,26 (at 20°), 3,36 (at ⋅ 40°) (UAN-32). Vapor density: unknown. Evaporation rate: unknown. Other data:

Make N (total), % N-NH3, % N-NO3, % N-NH2, % UAN-28 28 ± 0,6 7 ± 0,7 7 ± 0,7 14 ±1,4 UAN-30 30 ± 0,6 7,5 ± 0,7 7,5 ± 0,7 15 ± 1,5 UAN-32 32 ± 0,6 8 ± 0,8 8 ± 0,8 16 ± 1,6

10. STABILITY AND REACTIVITY


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Chemical stability and hazardous chemical reactions: stable, does not have cumulative properties, does not form any toxic compounds with other substances contained in the air or drainage waters. Conditions and chemical substances to avoid: store below the crystallization temperature to avoid package damages. After defreezing, the properties are not changed. Possible dangerous reactions with other chemicals are unknown; so do not mix with other substances. Hazardous decomposition products: none without changing the physical state of the substance. Need for and the presence of stabilizers: not necessary. Possibility of hazardous exothermic reaction: none without special changing the physical state of the substance. Possibility of degradation to unstable products: none without special changing the physical state of the substance. 11. TOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION Acute toxicity in tested animals: Ingestion, LD50 (in rats) >2000 mg NH4NO3/kg; LD50 (in rats) >2000 mg CO(NH2)2 /kg Through skin, LD50 – not established. Inhalation, LC50 – not established. Irritation: not established. Spread: not established. Chronic toxicity in tested animals: unknown. Effect on human beings: does not affect respiratory tract. In skin (eye) contact after rinsing with water no remaining health impacts are identified. Carcinogenicity: not established. Mutagenicity: not established. Reproductive toxicity: not established. 12. ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION Substance/ preparation properties that might affect environment: Ecotoxicity (toxicity to water and soil organisms, other animals and plants): if spread, undiluted preparation may destroy vegetation and cause death in fish. Mobility: well-soluble in water; NO3 ion is extremely mobile; NH4 cation is absorbed in soil. Biodegradability: nitrate ion is a dominated form for nutrition of vegetation. Bioaccumulation: ammonium nitrate and carbamide do not have any bioaccumulative properties, do not form any toxic compound with other substances present in the air or drainage waters. Data on other impacts: not established. 13. DISPOSAL CONSIDERATIONS Requirements not to dispose waste to environment: do not dispose any residuals of fertilizer to the sewerage system and/or environment, but rather use according to its purpose during the next fertilizing season. Ways of disposal of chemical substance/ preparation and polluted packages (incineration, recycling, dumping at the landfill site): not to be used polyethylene or metal containers to be handled by carrying to utilization/ metal scrap sites respectively. 14. TRANSPORT INFORMATION The product is not classified as hazardous substance according to the Orange Book and International Transport Codes (ADR, RID, AND, IMDG). 15. REGULATORY INFORMATION Regal acts in regulation of classification, labeling, use restriction of the chemical substance/ preparation, workers’ safety and health requirements, maximum allowable value in working environment, waste disposal, etc.:

- in compliance with applicable Classification and Labeling Procedure for Hazardous Chemical Substances and Preparations;

- in compliance with applicable Procedure of Safety Data Sheet Requirements and Supply thereof to Professional Users; - in compliance with HN23-2001 Maximum Allowable Concentrations of Hazardous Chemical Substances and

Preparations in Working Environment. General Requirements; - in compliance with HN36:2002 Banned and Restricted Substances;


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- in compliance with applicable Regulations for Workers’ Protection against the Impact of Chemical Factors and

Regulations for Workers’ Protection against Carcinogenous and Mutagenous Impacts; - in compliance with applicable General Regulations for Storage of Hazardous Chemical Substances and Preparations; - in compliance with applicable Law on Waste Disposal of the Republic of Lithuania; - in compliance with applicable Law on Package and Package Waste Handling of the Republic of Lithuania; - in compliance with applicable Rules on Waste Disposal; - in compliance with applicable Rules on Labeling of Items (Products) to be Sold in Lithuania and Referring Price

thereof; - in compliance with 67/548/EEC Directive (the seventh version of 92/32/EEC Directive) - Requirement of Supply of

Information on Dangerous Chemical Substances in the Form of Safety Data Sheets; - - in compliance with 99/45/EC Directive - Requirement of Supply of Information on Dangerous Chemical Substances in

the Form of Safety Data Sheets; - in compliance with 91/115/EEC Directive (amended Directives 93/112/EEC and 2001/58/EC) - on the system of

specific information relating to dangerous preparations (Safety Data Sheets), i.e. requirements to filling in and supply of the safety data sheets, as well as contents and form thereof;

Information presented on the package (container) label of chemical substance: graphical sign No. 3 “Upwards’ in compliance with LSTENISO 780; R Phrases: the product is not classified as dangerous according to the EU Directives 67/584/EC and 1999/45/EC. List of S Phrases and digital marks: - S2 Keep away from children; - S13 Keep away from food, drinks and animal feeds; - S25 Avoid Contact with Eyes; - S26 If exposed to eyes, rinse well with water immediately and apply to the doctor; - S36/37/39 Wear appropriate protective clothing, gloves and use appropriate eye (face) protection; - S46 In ingestion apply to the doctor immediately and show the present package or label; If defreezed, retains all properties; After finish the work with fertilizers, wash hands well with soap; For make UAN-32: may freeze if exposed below 0°C; For make UAN-30: may freeze if exposed below minus 9°C; For make UAN-28: may freeze if exposed below minus 16°C.

16. OTHER INFORMATION Used abbreviations: ADR – European Agreement on Dangerous Goods by Road; RID – Regulations Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail; AND – Agreement on Transportation of Dangerous Goods by European Inland Waters; IMDG – International Maritime Dangerous Goods; ACGIH – Norms established by the American Conference of Government Industrial Hygienists; OSHA – Norms established by the Occupational Safety and Health Agency. NIOSH – Norms established by the National Institute for Safety and Health. The data supplied on this Data Safety Sheet must be available to every person at work in relation with the chemical substance/ preparation. The data fully corresponds to our best knowledge and has been prepared in order to characterize the chemical substance in the aspects of occupational safety and health, as well as environment. This Data Safety Sheet information will be updated as soon as any new information is obtained on the impact of the chemical substance/ preparation on human health and/or environment, on prevention measures to reduce or avoid hazards. The data supplied on this Data Safety Sheet does not disclose any other specific features of the given chemical subject/ preparation.

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2007-04-12 SDS KAS_en NH4NO3.pdf