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ABN 80 004 726 890 | MADE IN AUSTRALIA
Safety Data Sheet
Issued: June 1, 2014
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HOOK CLEAN
Exercise extreme caution when cleaning dairy and food-
processing equipment in enclosed spaces as carbon monoxide
gas can cause death if inhaled.
Special mixing instructions:
Avoid adding this product to acids because a rapid temperature
increase will occur that can result in a violent eruption and
produce dangerous boiling and spattering.
8 EXPOSURE CONTROLS / PERSONAL PROTECTION
Exposure Standards: None assigned for product.
Australian TLV for sodium hydroxide = C2.00 mg/cu.m TWA
[Source: Safe Work Australia HSIS (2014)]
Engineering Controls: Mechanical ventilation: Not normally
required but should be considered if needed to keep
environmental concentrations below the permissible exposure
level..
Personal Protection:
Clothing – Use impervious clothing
Gloves – Impervious natural rubber, butyl rubber, nitrile or
PVC gloves should be worn.
Note: Resistance of glove materials can vary. Evaluate
resistance under conditions of use and maintain PPE
carefully.
Eye-protection - A full faceshield should be worn. An eyewash
and safety shower facility should be available.
9 PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
Appearance: Transparent colourless syrupy liquid
Odour: Odourless
pH = 13 – 14
Vapour Pressure: N/K
Vapour Density: N/K
Boiling Point: 115
°
C - 125
°
C
Freezing Point: < 0
°
C
Solubility in water: Infinitely miscible
Specific Gravity: 1.36
Evaporation rate: As water
% VOC’s by vol: nil
10 STABILITY AND REACTIVITY
Stable.
Do not store in aluminium or galvanised containers. Store away
from acids. Hook Clean is a caustic product which attacks soft
metals like aluminium, zinc and copper.
Hazardous polymerization: None.
Materials to avoid:
Contact with water, acids, flammable liquids and organic
halogen compounds, especially trichloroethylene, may cause
fires and explosions. Contact with metals such as aluminium,
tin, zinc and alloys containing these metals produces flammable
hydrogen gas.
11 TOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION
Health Effects:
Acute –
Considered to be toxic by all exposure
routes.
Swallowed:
Can kill if swallowed. Because of its high alkalinity
in the undiluted state, Hook Clean is corrosive to the gastro-
intestinal tract if swallowed. May cause severe scarring of the
throat.
Eye:
Corrosive to the eyes on contact. Contamination of the
eyes can result in conjunctivitis and corneal burns and
ulceration which can result in permanent injury and possible
loss of sight. Contact lenses should not be worn when working
with this chemical.
Skin:
Principal route of exposure is usually by skin contact.
Corrosive to the skin on contact. Skin contact may cause
swelling, redness, blistering, dermatitis or burns with deep
ulceration and gelatinous necrotic areas at the site of contact.
Skin contact may result in little pain, thus care should be taken
to avoid contamination of gloves and boots.
Inhalation:
Inhalation risk varies from mild irritation to
destructive burns depending on the severity of exposure.
Health Effects –
Chronic:
Chronic local contact may consist of
multiple areas of superficial destruction of the skin or of primary
irritant dermatitis. Repeated inhalation of spray or mist may
result in irritation or damage to the respiratory tract tissues and
an increased susceptibility to respiratory illness..
Toxicity Data: Not available for mixture.
For sodium hydroxide: Oral LD50 (rat) = 365 mg/kg
(sodium hydroxide solid). Sodium hydroxide has low systemic
toxicity but is highly corrosive to the eyes, mucous membranes
and skin.
(Note: this data is from published information. Agar Cleaning
Systems does not carry out animal tests).
12 ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION
Ecotoxicity: No data available.
Persistence and degradability: -
Mobility: -
Advice: Prevent entry into waterways, drains or confined areas.
13 DISPOSAL CONSIDERATIONS
For disposal, refer to State Land Waste Management Authority.
Empty containers must be decontaminated.
Small amounts of Hook Clean can be greatly diluted or carefully
neutralised with dilute acid and flushed to the sewer with
copious amounts of water.
14 TRANSPORT INFORMATION
UN No.: 1719
Class: 8 Packg.Group: II Hazchem: 2R
15 REGULATORY INFORMATION
Poisons Schedule Number: Schedule 6.
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