SYNONYMS: CALCICAT; CALCIO (Spanish); CALCIUM METAL, CRYSTALINE; CALCIUM, ALLOYS; CALCIUM METAL; EEC No. 020-001-00-X; EINECSNo. 231-179-5

IDENTIFICATION:

CAS: 7440-70-2

DOT ID: UN1401

Hazard class or Division: 4.3 (DANGEROUS WHEN WET)

ERG Guide: 138

Formula: Ca

RTECS No: EV8040000

Properties: Flammable, silvery to grayish white powder. Odorless. Sinks in water. Reacts violently with water generating flammable hydrogen.

Uses: As a reducing agent in preparing other metals such as thorium, uranium, zirconium; a deoxidizer and desulfurizer for ferrous and nonferrous alloys; an agent for preparing aluminum, beryllium, copper, lead, and magnesium alloys.

HEALTH & SAFETY INFORMATION

• Eye contact can cause irritation and possible permanent damage. Skin contact can cause irritation and burns. Inhalation can irritate air passages and lungs, causing coughing and difficult breathing.

Respirator: At any concentrations above the NIOSH REL, or where there is no REL, at any detectable concentration: SCBAF:PD,PP (any self-contained breathing apparatus that has a full facepiece and is operated in a pressure-demand or other positive-pressure mode) ? SAF:PD,PP:ASCBA (any supplied-air respirator that has a full facepiece and is operated in a pressure-demand or other positive-pressure mode in combination with an auxiliary self-contained breathing apparatus operated in a pressure-demand or other positive pressure mode). Escape: GMFOV (any air-purifying, full-facepiece respirator (gas mask) with a chin-style, front- or back-mounted organic vapor canister) ? SCBAE (any appropriate escape-type, self-contained breathing apparatus).

Reactivity: Forms hydrogen gas on contact with moist air; may self-ignite. A strong reducing agent; reacts...