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Safety Data Sheet <br /> Material Name: Propane <br /> Section 10 - Chemical Stability & Reactivity Information <br /> Chemical Stability <br /> This is a stable material. <br /> Hazardous Polymerization <br /> Will not occur. <br /> Conditions to Avoid <br /> Keep away from strong oxidizers, ignition sources and heat. <br /> Incompatible Products <br /> Explosion hazard when exposed to chlorine dioxide. Heating barium peroxide with propane causes violent <br /> exothermic reaction. Heated chlorine-propane mixtures are explosive under some conditions. <br /> Hazardous Decomposition Products <br /> Carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and non-combusted hydrocarbons (smoke) may be formed during combustion. <br /> Section 11 - Toxicological Information <br /> Acute Toxicity <br /> A: General Product Information <br /> Propane exhibits some degree of anesthetic action and is mildly irritating to the mucous membranes. At high <br /> concentrations propane acts as a simple asphyxiant without other significant physiological effects. High <br /> concentrations may cause death due to oxygen depletion. <br /> Potential Health Effects: Skin Corrosion Property/Stimulativeness <br /> Vapors are not irritating. Direct contact to skin or mucous membranes with liquefied product or cold vapor may <br /> cause freeze burns and frostbite. Contact to mucous membranes with liquefied product may cause frostbite and <br /> freeze burns. Signs of frostbite include a change in the color of the skin to gray or white, possibly followed by <br /> blistering. Skin may become inflamed and painful. <br /> Potential Health Effects: Eye Critical Damage/Stimulativeness <br /> Vapors are not irritating. However, contact with liquid or cold vapor may cause frostbite, freeze burns, and <br /> permanent eye damage. <br /> Potential Health Effects: Ingestion <br /> Ingestion is unlikely. Contact with mucous membranes with liquefied product may cause frostbite and freeze <br /> burns. <br /> Potential Health Effects: Inhalation <br /> This product is considered to be non-toxic by inhalation. Inhalation of high concentrations may cause central <br /> nervous system depression such as dizziness, drowsiness, headache, and similar narcotic symptoms, but no <br /> long-term effects. Numbness, a "chilly"feeling, and vomiting have been reported from accidental exposures to <br /> high concentrations. This product is a simple asphyxiant. In high concentrations it will displace oxygen from the <br /> breathing atmosphere, particularly in confined spaces. Signs of asphyxiation will be noticed when oxygen is <br /> reduced to below 16%, and may occur in several stages. Symptoms may include rapid breathing and pulse rate, <br /> headache, dizziness, visual disturbances, mental confusion, incoordination, mood changes, muscular weakness, <br /> tremors, cyanosis, narcosis and numbness of the extremities. Unconsciousness leading to central nervous <br /> system injury and possibly death will occur when the atmospheric oxygen concentration is reduced to about 6% to <br /> 8% or less. <br /> WARNING: The burning of any hydrocarbon as a fuel in an area without adequate ventilation may result in <br /> hazardous levels of combustion products, including carbon monoxide, and inadequate oxygen levels, which may <br /> cause unconsciousness, suffocation, and death. <br /> Page 5 of 8 Revision Date 03/20/2017 <br />