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CAS Registry Number: 75-44-5
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Emergency First Afoldr Treatment Guide
(75.44-5)
This guide should not be construed to authorize emergency personnel to
perform the procedures or activities indicated or implied. Care of persons
exposed to toxic chemicals must be directed by a physician or other recognized
authority.
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Substance Characteristics:
Pure Forms - Rasily liquefied colorless gas or colorless to light yellow
liquid.
Odor - Strong and stifling when concentrated, haylike in dilute form.
Commercial Form - 99% pure liquefied gas.
Uses - Organic synthesis; chemical intermediate for isocyanates, acid
chlorides, and polycarbonates; pesticides; herbicides; dye manufacture;
) chemical warfare agent.
Materials to Avoid - Active metals, aluminum, alcohol, water (except for use in
emergency life support).
Caution: Hydrochloric acid will be liberated upon contact with water. steam,
or alcohols. A violent reaction will occur following contact with aluminum and
active metals. Phosgene will produce toxic and corrosive fumes when heated to
decomposition; avoid sources of extreme heat.
Other Names - Carbon oxychloride, carbonic acid dichioride, carbonyl chloride,
chioroformy! chloride, diphosgene.
Personal Protective Equipment: See Chemical Profile Section VIlI.
1 Emergency Life-Support Equipment and Supplies That May Be Required:
Compressed oxygen, forced-oxygen mask, soap, water, normal saline, D5W,
Ringer's lactate, dimercaprol.
Signs and Symptoms of Acute Phosgene Exposure:
Warning: Effects may be delayed up to 24 hours. Caution is advised.
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