Safety data for 1,1-difluoroethane

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General

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Physical data

Appearance: liquefied colourless gas under pressure
Melting point: -117 C
Boiling point: -25 C
Vapour density:
Vapour pressure:
Specific gravity: 1.012 g/cm³ at 26 C
Flash point:
Explosion limits:
Autoignition temperature:
Critical Temperature: 113.7 C
Critical Pressure 44.9 atm.

Stability

Stable. Highly flammable. Vapour-air mixtures may be explosive. Incompatible with oxidizing agents, metals (in the presence of water vapour), brass, steel.

Toxicology

Asphyxiant.

Toxicity data
(The meaning of any toxicological abbreviations which appear in this section is given here.)
IHL-RAT LCLO 10 min 500,000 ppm.

Risk phrases
(The meaning of any risk phrases which appear in this section is given here.)
R11.

Personal protection

Do not breathe vapour in high concentrations.

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