Material Safety Data Sheet
Barite
1.Identification of the substance/ preparation and of the company/ undertaking
details about product
TRADE NAME DRILLING GRADE: BARITE
Company Identification:
Hormoz Powder Head Office:
Address: Unit 59-60, Hamriyah Free Zone, Sharjah, UAE.
Tell: (+97) 150 113 83 80
Company Phone Number:
Tell: (+97) 150 113 83 80
2.Composition / information on ingredients
CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS BARIUM SULFATE
3.Hazards identification
NONE
4.First – aid –measures
IMMEDIATE MEASURE
IF EXCESSIVE DUST EVOLUTION IS CREATED, MOVE TO FRESH AIR AND WASH WITH WATER
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO THE DOCTOR NONE
5.Fire – fighting measures
SUITABLE EXTINGUISHING MEDIA/ FOAM NOT FLAMMBLE, DOES NOT SUPPORT FIRE.
EXTINGUISHER
EXTINGUISHING MEDIA WHICH MUST NOT BE USED
FOR SAFETY N.A.
REASONS
SPECIAL EXPOSURE HAZARDS ARISING FROM THE
SUBSTANCE
OR PREPARATION ITSELF COMBUSTION PRODUCTS, NONE
RESULTING
GASES
6.Accidental release measures
PERSONAL PRECAUTION IN CASE OF DUST EVOLUTION:
- AVOID PROLONGED INHALATION
- IF REQUIRED USE DUST RESPIRATOR AND GOGGLES
ENVIRONMENTAL PRECAUTONS ROOM – VENTILATION
METHOD FOR CLEANING UP NORMAL HOUSEKEEPING, SLIPPERY WHEN WETTED
7.Handling and storage
HANDELING NO HAZARDD INVOLVED WITH NORMAL HANDLING
STORAGE NONE
REQUIREMENT CONCERNING STOCKS AND CONTAINER NONE
8.Exposure controls / personal protection
OTHER INSTRUCTION FOR TECHNICAL EQUIMENT NONE
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIMENT IF EXCESSIVE DUST GENERATED
RESPIRATORY PROTECTION NORMAL DUST – MASK
HAND PROTECTION NORMAL GLOVES
EYE PROTECTION NORMAL GOGGLES
SKIN PROTECTION NORMAL CLOTHES – BOOTS
9. Physical and chemical properties
Appearance SOLD IN GRANULAR
FROM NONE
COLOUR CREAM
ODOUR NONE
Change of state
BOILING POINT / BOILING RANG N.A.
FLASH POINT N.A.
FLAMMABILITY NON FLAMMABLE
IGNITTION TEMPERATURE DOES NOT BURN
AUTOFLAMMABILITY NONE
Explosive properties
BELOW EXPLOSION LIMITS DOES NOT EXPLODE
UPPER EXPLOSION LIMITS DOES NOT EXPLODE
OXIDIZING PROPERTIES NONE
VAPOUR PRESSURE N.A.
SPECIFIC DENSITY 4,22 G/CM3
BULK DENSITY 2,85 G/CM3
WATER SOLUBILITY 0,08 % w
PH – VALUE 6,5
OTHER INFORMATION NONE
10. Stability and reactivity
CONDITIONS TO AVOID NONE
MATERIAL TO AVOID NONE
HAZARD DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS NONE
11. Toxicological information
NONE TOXIC
NO CARCINOGENECITY REPORTED
12. Ecological information
ENVIROMENTALLY FRIENDLY MATERIAL (CLAY)
13. Disposal considerations
DISPOSE IN NORMAL LANDFILLS
14. Transport information
CARRIAGE BY ROUTE ADR/RID AND GVS/GGVE
ADR/RID
GGVS/GGVE
CARRIAGE BY INLAND WATERWAY (AND/ADR)
15. Regulatory information
CLASSIFICATION. PACKAGING AND LABELING OF
DANGEROUS N.A.
SUBSTANCES AND PREPARATIONS
SUBJECT OD SPECIFIC PROVISIONS IN RELATION TO N.A.
PROTECTION OF
MAN OR THE ENVIRONMENTAL AT COMMUNITY LEVEL