Packing: 50KG/100KG iron drum packaging
(ash bucket, black barrel, blue bucket, green bucket, yellow bucket, etc.)
Mark “calcium carbide to avoid fire and water” with paint.
It is a gray, yellow and brown or black solid,and its density is 2.22 g/cm3. It will lose luster and appear gray because of absorbing moisture in the air. Moreover, it can conduct electricity, it is very active, and it can react with many kinds of gases and liquors under certain temperature. It can seriously react with water and turn into Acetylene and calcium hydroxide.
How to handle with breakage and leakage of packing:
Collect the material(Rubber glover must be used in operation). Then, wash the contaminated objects and spot with running water.
How to treat in urgency:
Appearing dizziness,headache or spit,people should remove to the place in fresh air. Heavier should be removed to hospital as soon as possible.
Method of extinguishing a fire: Use carbon dioxide,sand and Soda Ash.
Remarks: UN NO. 1402
CLASS43-FLAMMABLE ITEM.
