Philips S06-01001 User Manual

MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET Revised: 8/02
PRODUCT: ALTO‘ Fluorescent Lamp, Home Light and Kitchen Bath

SECTION 1:MANUFACTURER

Manufacturer's Name and Address: Philips Lighting Company
A division of Philips Electronics

North America Corporation
200 Franklin Square Drive
Somerset, New Jersey 08875

Emergency Telephone No.: [phone] CHEMTREC

[phone] SAFETY AND COMPLIANCE

Other Information Calls: [phone]

SECTION 2:HAZARDOUS INGREDIENTS

OSHA (PEL) ACGIH (TLV) % by Wt.
mg/m3 mg/m3 TWA
Inert Ingredients (Glass, Aluminum, etc.) Approx 97%
If Cool White or Warm White:
Phosphor Powder Approx 3%
Nuisance Dust 15 10
Fluorides* (as F) 2.5 Approx .01%
Antimony*(7440-36-0) .5 .5 Approx .01%
Manganese*(7439-96-5) .2 .2 Approx .02%
Aluminum Oxide (1344-28-1) 10 10 Approx .01%

*These materials are tightly bound within the crystal matrix.

A division of

Philips Electronics North America Corporation

200 Franklin Square Drive
P.O. Box 6800
Somerset, NJ 08875-6800
Tel: [phone]

MSDS -- ALTO‘ Fluorescent Lamps HL and KB

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SECTION 2: HAZARDOUS INGREDIENTS(cont'd)

OSHA (PEL) ACGIH (TLV) % by Wt.
mg/m3 mg/m3 TWA
If Spec or Ultralume, may have some of the above, but main phosphor components are listed
below:
Cerium Magnesium Terbium
Aluminate† N/A 10 Approx .25%
Barium Magnesium aluminate† N/A 10 Approx .5%
Yttrium Oxide (1314-36-9)† 1.0 1.0 Approx .5%
Mercury (7439-97-6) .1 .025 < than 20 ppm

† PEL & TLV are given for magnesium, aluminum oxide, and yttrium. Barium aluminate is
not a soluble compound.

SECTION 3: CHEMICAL/PHYSICAL DATA

Not applicable. This item is a light bulb 4 ft. long, 1.5 inches in diameter. The bulb is glass, the
base is a coated aluminum. The coating is inert.

SECTION 4: FIRE AND EXPLOSION DATA

FIRE AND EXPLOSION DATA NOT APPLICABLE -- under extreme heat, glass envelope
might melt or crack.

SECTION 5: REACTIVITY DATA

Stability: Lamp is stable.
Polymerization: Not applicable.
Incompatibility: Glass will react with Hydrofluoric Acid.