ABSTRACT
Vapor irritates the eyes and respiratory system. Liquid burns skin and will cause severe internal damage if ingested. Avoid contact with skin, eyes, and clothing.2
Spillage Disposal
Wear butyl rubber gloves, laboratory coat, and eye protection. Cover spill with a 1:1:1 mixture by weight of sodium carbonate or calcium carbonate, clay cat litter (bentonite), and sand. Scoop the mixture into a container and transport to the fume hood. Slowly add the solid to a pail of cold water. If necessary, neutralize the solution with sodium carbonate. Wash the liquid into the drain. Treat the solid as normal refuse.4,5
Waste Disposal
Wear butyl rubber gloves, laboratory coat, and eye protection. Work in the fume hood. Where possible, the compound should be redistilled and reused. Small Quantities. Place 500 mL of water in a 1-L, three-necked, round-bottom flask
equipped with a stirrer, addition funnel, and thermometer. Cool the flask in an ice-water bath. Place 10 mL of dichlorodimethylsilane in the funnel and add it dropwise to the stirred water. Do not allow the temperature to rise above 20°C. When addition is complete, neutralize the solution with sodium carbonate and wash the liquid into the drain.4,5
REFERENCES
TOXIC IRRITANT
Synonyms
Methylene chloride, methylene dichloride, methylene bichloride.1
