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SECTION 9: PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES <br /> Appearance and Odor: Transparent, clear to yellow or red liquid with a characteristic, kerosene- <br /> like odor. <br /> pH: NA <br /> Vapor Pressure: 0.3 kPa (2.1 mmHg)at 20°C <br /> Vapor Density(Air= 1): 5.1, Air=1 <br /> Boiling Point: 154-366°C, (309-588°F) <br /> Solubility: Very slightly soluble in cold water. <br /> Freezing Point: NA <br /> Specific Gravity: 0.84-0.88 (Water=1) <br /> Viscosity: 2-4.2 cSt @ 40°C <br /> Volatile Characteristics: 840 g/I VOC's WN <br /> SECTION 10: STABILITY AND REACTIVITY <br /> Chemical Stability: This material is considered stable under normal ambient and anticipated <br /> storage and handling conditions of temperature and pressure. <br /> Incompatibility With Other Materials: May react with strong oxidizing agents, such as <br /> chlorates, nitrates, peroxides, etc. <br /> Hazardous Decomposition Products: None known (None expected) <br /> Hazardous Polymerization: Hazardous polymerization will not occur. <br /> SECTION 11: TOXICOLOGICALINFORMATION <br /> Diesel Fuel: <br /> ORAL LD50,Acute: 12,000 to 17,500 mg/kg or 9.0 ml/kg [Rat] <br /> DERMAL LD50,Acute: >5.0 ml/kg [Rabbit screen level] <br /> DRAIZE EYE, Acute: Mild Irritant[Rabbit] <br /> DRAIZE DERMAL,Acute: Severe Skin Irritant[Rabbit] <br /> BUEHLER DERMAL,Acute: Non-sensitizing [Guinea Pig] <br /> 14-DAY DERMAL, Sub-chronic: 0%and 67% mortality at 4.0 and 8.0 ml/kg [Rabbit] <br /> 62-WEEK DERMAL, Chronic: 0.05 ml/kg 3x/week[Mouse]—Extreme Skin Irritation <br /> 97-WEEK DERMAL, Chronic: 243 g/kg applied 3x/week[Mouse]—Extreme Skin Irritation. <br /> Moderate Increase in Contact-Point Skin Tumors. <br /> MUTAGENICITY: <br /> Modified Ames Assay: Negative. [Salmonella Typhimurium] <br /> In-Vitro SCE Ovary Assay: Negative[Chinese Hamster] <br /> In-Vitro Lyphoma Assay: Negative [Mouse] <br /> In-Vitro Dominant Lethal Assay: Negative[Mouse] <br /> In-Vitro Bone Marrow Assay: Ciastogenic at 2.0 ml/kg and 6.0 ml/kg [Rat] <br /> Diesel Exhaust Particulate: <br /> Lung tumor and lymphomas were identified in rats and mice exposed to unfiltered diesel fuel <br /> exhaust in chronic inhalation studies. Further, epidemiological studies have identified increase <br /> incidences of lung cancer in US railroad workers and bladder cancer in bus and truck drivers <br /> possibly associated with exposure to diesel engine exhaust. NTP has determined that exposure <br /> 6 <br />