Definition
2 FUEL OIL is a distillate oil having a minimum viscosity of 32.6 SUS at 37.7.degree.C (100.degree.F) to a maximum of 37.9 SUS at 37.7.degree.C (100.degree.F).
General Description
Oily yellow-brown liquid. Less dense than water and insoluble in water. Floats on water.
Air & Water Reactions
Flammable. Insoluble in water.
Reactivity Profile
2 FUEL OIL may be incompatible with strong oxidizing agents like nitric acid. Charring may occur followed by ignition of unreacted material and other nearby combustibles. In other settings, mostly unreactive. Not affected by aqueous solutions of acids, alkalis, most oxidizing agents, and most reducing agents. When heated sufficiently or when ignited in the presence of air, oxygen or strong oxidizing agents, burns exothermically to produce mostly carbon dioxide and water.
Health Hazard
INHALATION causes headache and slight giddiness. INGESTION causes nausea, vomiting, and cramping; depression of central nervous system ranging from mild headache to anesthesia, coma, and death; pulmonary irritation secondary to exhalation of solvent; signs of kidney and liver damage may be delayed. ASPIRATION causes severe lung irritation with coughing, gagging, dyspnea, substernal distress, and rapidly developing pulmonary edema; later, signs of bronchopneumonia and pneumonitis; acute onset of central nervous system excitement followed by depression.
Flammability and Explosibility
Non flammable
Safety Profile
Mildly toxic by
ingestion. A moderate skin and eye irritant.
Questionable carcinogen with experimental
carcinogenic data. A flammable liquid and
dangerous fire hazard when exposed to heat,
flame, or oxidizers. To fight fire, use foam,
CO2, dry chemical. When heated to
decomposition it emits acrid smoke and
irritating fumes. See also MINERAL OIL
and KEROSENE.
