MSDS

Material Safety Data Sheet
Nickel Metal Hydride Battery
Effective Date: Jan 1 2010
Copyright 2006 Lenmar Enterprises - Specifications subject to change without notice Page 1 of 3
NICKEL METAL HYDRIDE BATTERY
MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET (MSDS)
SECTION I - MANUFACTURER INFORMATION
Manufactured for:
Lenmar Enterprises, Inc.
4035 Via Pescador
Camarillo, CA 93012
Contact Information:
805.384.9600
800.424.2703 (US)
Lenmar.com
SECTION II - HAZARDOUS INGREDIENTS
MATERIAL OR INGREDIENT
PEL (OSHA)
TLV (ACGIH)
%/wt.
Aluminum (CAS# 7429-90-5)
15 mg/m
3
TWA (total dust)
5 mg/m
3
TWA (respirable
fraction)
10 mg/m
3
TWA
< 2
Cobalt as cobalt metal (CAS# 7440-48-4)
as cobalt oxide (CAS# 1307-96-6)
as cobalt hydroxide (CAS# 21041-93-0)
0.1 mg/ m
3
TWA (as Co)
0.02 mg/m
3
TWA (as Co)
2.5-6.0
Lithium Hydroxide (CAS# 1310-65-2)
None established
None established
0-4
Manganese (CAS# 7439-96-5)
5 mg/m
3
Ceiling
0.2 mg/m
3
TWA (as Mn)
< 3
Mischmetal including:
Lanthanum (CAS# 7439-91-0)
Cerium (CAS# 7440-45-1)
Neodymium (CAS# 7440-00-8)
Praseodymium (CAS# 7440-10-0)
15 mg/m
3
TWA (particulates not
otherwise regulated-total dust)
5 mg/m
3
TWA
(particulates not otherwise
regulated-respirable fraction)
10 mg/m
3
TWA (particulates not
otherwise classified-inhalable)
3 mg/m
3
TWA
(particulates not otherwise
classified-respirable)
< 13
Nickel as nickel hydroxide (CAS# 12054-48-7)
as nickel oxide (CAS# 1313-99-1)
as nickel powder (CAS# 7440-02-0)
1 mg/m
3
TWA (as Ni)
1.5 mg/m
3
TWA (as Inhalable Ni)
0.2 mg/m
3
TWA (as inhalable Ni,
insoluble compounds) [changed 3
format to be consistent with rest
of the numbers]
30-50
Potassium Hydroxide (CAS# 1310-58-3)
None established
2 mg/m
3
Ceiling
< 7
Sodium Hydroxide (CAS# 1310-73-2)
2 mg/m
3
TWA
2 mg/m
3
Ceiling
0-4
Zinc as zinc metal (CAS# 7440-66-6)
as zinc oxide (CAS# 1314-13-2)
as zinc hydroxide (CAS# 20427-58-1)
15 mg/m
3
TWA
(total dust: zinc oxide)
5 mg/m
3
TWA (respirable
fraction: zinc oxide)
10 mg/m
3
TWA
(total dust: zinc oxide)
< 3
IMPORTANT NOTE: The battery should not be opened or incinerated. Exposure to the ingredients contained within or
their combustion products could be harmful.
SECTION III - FIRE AND EXPLOSION HAZARD DATA
 If fire or explosion occurs when batteries are on charge, shut off power to charger.
 In case of fire where nickel metal hydride batteries are present, apply a smothering agent such as METL-X, sand, dry
ground dolomite, or soda ash, or flood the area with water. A smothering agent will extinguish burning nickel metal
hydride batteries. Water may not extinguish burning batteries but will cool the adjacent batteries and control the
spread of fire. Burning batteries will burn themselves out. Virtually all fires involving nickel metal hydride batteries
can be controlled with water. When water is used, however, hydrogen gas may evolve. In a confined space,
hydrogen gas can form an explosive mixture. In this situation, smothering agents are recommended.
 Fire fighters should wear self-contained breathing apparatus. Burning nickel metal hydride batteries can produce
toxic fumes including oxides of nickel, cobalt, aluminum, manganese, lanthanum, cerium, neodymium, and
praseodymium.