Safety - MSDS
Material Safety Data Sheets
| All chemicals can be hazardous if mishandled or misused. However, in our opinion, those in boldface because of their corrosive and/or toxic nature present a higher risk of injury during routine handling and use than the others listed. Items listed as "non-hazardous" present no special hazards except to those with special sensitivities, but should not be ingested, inhaled, or allowed to contact the skin or eyes. Chemicals included with the BK01 biology kits: □ CA01 - Acetic acid, 6.0 M (corrosive, toxic, strong fumes) □ BA01 - Agar powder (non-hazardous) □ CA02 - Ammonia, 6.0 M (corrosive, toxic, strong fumes) □ CA03 - Ascorbic acid -500 mg tablets (non-hazardous) □ BB01 - Barfoed's reagent □ BB02 - Benedict's reagent □ BB03 - Biuret reagent (corrosive, toxic) □ CB02 - Bromothymol blue, 0.1% □ BC01 - Carrot seeds (non-hazardous) □ BC02 - Chlortetracycline powder □ BD01 - Dextrose (non-hazardous) □ BE01 - Eosin Y stain □ BE02 - Erythromycin powder □ BF01 - Fertilizer, concentrate A (non-hazardous) □ BF02 - Fertilizer, concentrate B (non-hazardous) □ BF03 - Fertilizer, concentrate C (non-hazardous) □ BG01 - Gelatin powder (non-hazardous) □ BG02 - l-Glutamine (non-hazardous) □ BG03 - Glycerol (non-hazardous) □ BG04 - Gram's iodine stain (severe eye and skin irritant) □ BH01 - Hucker's crystal violet stain □ CH01 - Hydrochloric acid, 6.0 M (corrosive, toxic, strong fumes) □ CL01 - Lead(II) acetate, 0.1 M (toxic, suspect carcinogen) □ BL01 - Lima bean seeds (non-hazardous) □ BM01 - Methyl Cellulose (non-hazardous) □ BM02 - Methylene blue stain □ BP01 - Penicillin powder □ BR02 - Resorcinol, 0.25% (Seliwanoff's reagent A) □ BR01 - Rhizobia culture (non-hazardous) □ BS01 - Safranin O stain □ CS03 - Sodium borate, 0.1% w/r to boron □ BS03 - Sodium dodecyl sulfate, 10% w/w □ CS06 - Sodium hydroxide, 6.0 M (corrosive, toxic) □ BS03 - Sudan III stain (flammable, severe eye and skin irritant) □ BS04 - Sulfamethazine powder □ CT02 - Turmeric reagent (flammable) □ BY01 - Yeast (non-hazardous) Chemicals included with the CK01A and CK01B chemistry kits: □ CA01 - Acetic acid, 6.0 M (corrosive, toxic, strong fumes) □ CA02 - Ammonia, 6.0 M (corrosive, toxic, strong fumes) □ CA03 - Ascorbic acid - 500 mg tablets (non-hazardous) □ CB01 - Barium nitrate, 0.1 M □ CB02 - Bromothymol blue, 0.1% □ CB03 - n-Butanol (flammable) □ CC01 - Calcium nitrate, 0.1 M □ CC02 - Charcoal, activated (non-hazardous) □ CC05 - Copper(II) sulfate, 1.0 M □ CH01 - Hydrochloric acid, 6.0 M (corrosive, toxic, strong fumes) □ CI01 - Iodine/iodide solution, 0.1 M (serious eye and skin irritant) □ CI03 - Iron(II) sulfate, 0.1 M □ CI04 - Iron(III) chloride, 0.1 M □ CL01 - Lead(II) acetate, 0.1 M (toxic, suspect carcinogen) □ CM01 - Magnesium (flammable) □ CM02 - Magnesium sulfate □ CM03 - Methyl orange, 0.1% □ CM04 - Methyl red, 0.02% □ CO01 - Oxalic acid, 0.5 M (corrosive, toxic) □ CP01 - Phenolphthalein, 0.5% (flammable) □ CP02 - Phosphoric acid, 1.0 M (corrosive) □ CP03 - Potassium bromide, 0.1 M □ CP04 - Potassium dichromate, 0.1M (toxic, suspect carcinogen, contact allergen) □ CP05 - Potassium ferricyanide, 0.1 M □ CP06 - Potassium iodide, 0.1 M □ CP07 - Potassium permanganate, 0.1 M □ CS00 - Salicylic acid (eye and skin irritant) □ CS01 - Sodium bicarbonate - 650 mg tablets (non-hazardous) □ CS02 - Sodium bisulfite, 1.0 M □ CS03 - Sodium borate, 0.1% w/r to boron □ CS04 - Sodium carbonate, 1.0 M □ CS05 - Sodium ferrocyanide, 0.1 M □ CS06 - Sodium hydroxide, 6.0 M (corrosive, toxic) □ CS07 - Sodium salicylate, 200 ppm w/r to salicylate □ CS08 - Sodium sulfide, 0.1 M (corrosive, toxic, strong fumes) □ CS09 - Sodium thiosulfate, 1.0 M (stabilized) □ CS10 - Sulfuric acid, 1.0 M (corrosive, toxic) □ CS11 - Starch indicator solution (non-hazardous) □ CT01 - Thymol blue, 0.04% □ CT02 - Turmeric reagent (flammable) □ CV01 - Vegetable oil (non-hazardous) Chemicals included with the FK01A core forensic science kit: □ CA03 - Ascorbic acid - 500 mg tablets (non-hazardous) □ FB01 - Blood, synthetic □ FF06 - Fingerprint powder, black □ FF07 - Fingerprint powder, white □ FG01 - Gentian violet solution, 0.1% aqueous □ BG03 - Glycerol (non-hazardous) □ CH01 - Hydrochloric acid, 6.0 M □ FI02 - Iodine crystals □ FK01 - Kastle-Meyer reagent □ FM07 - Molybdate reagent [This product is a mixture specially made for use in science education laboratories; no certificate of analysis is available. This reagent is a 2% w/v solution of ammonium molybdate in ~40% v/v sulfuric acid.] □ FN01 - Ninhydrin powder □ FO01 - Oil, cassia □ FO02 - Oil, olive (non-hazardous) □ FP02 - Phosphate extraction reagent, concentrate [This product is a mixture specially made for use in science education laboratories; no certificate of analysis is available. This reagent is a 4.5% w/v solution of ammonium sulfate in ~40% v/v sulfuric acid.] □ FP03 - Phosphate standard, 1000 ppm phosphate [This product is a mixture specially made for use in science education laboratories; no certificate of analysis is available. This reagent is a <0.15% w/v solution of potassium dihydrogen phosphate in DI water, with less than 0.01% w/v thymol as a preservative.] □ FS04 - Sodium dithionite □ FS22 - Spectroscopy questioned soil [This product is a mixture specially made for use in science education laboratories; no certificate of analysis is available. This product is agricultural vermiculite to which less than 0.4% w/w of each of the following chemicals is adsorbed: aluminum nitrate, barium nitrate, calcium nitrate, ceric ammonium nitrate, ferric nitrate, potassium nitrate, sodium borate, sodium nitrate, and strontium nitrate.] □ FT01 - Testfabrics TIS #1 dye □ FT02 - Testfabrics TIS #3A dye □ FZ01 - Zinc chloride reagent [This product is a mixture specially made for use in science education laboratories; no certificate of analysis is available. This reagent is a 5% w/v solution of zinc chloride in ~20% v/v acetic acid.] Chemicals included with the FK01B forensic science supplement 1 kit: □ CC05A - Copper(II) sulfate solution, 1.0 M □ FD03A - Dragendorff's reagent A (HCl + bismuth) [This product is a mixture specially made for use in science education laboratories; no certificate of analysis is available. This reagent is a 1.2% w/v solution of bismuth nitrate in 6M hydrochloric acid.] □ FD03B - Dragendorff's reagent B [a 0.5 M solution of potassium iodide] □ CI01 - Iodine/iodide solution □ FM01 - Mandelin reagent [This product is a mixture specially made for use in science education laboratories; no certificate of analysis is available. To extend shelf life, this reagent is supplied as 0.1 g of ammonium metavanadate powder in an otherwise empty 10 mL glass bottle. To prepare the reagent for use, the user adds 10 mL of concentrated sulfuric acid.] □ FM02 - Marquis reagent [This product is a mixture specially made for use in science education laboratories; no certificate of analysis is available. To extend shelf life, this reagent is supplied as 1.0 mL of 37% formalin solution in an otherwise empty 10 mL glass bottle. To prepare the reagent for use, the user adds 8.5 mL of concentrated sulfuric acid.] □ FS01 - Salicylate reagent [This product is a mixture specially made for use in science education laboratories; no certificate of analysis is available. This reagent is a 16.5% w/v solution of ferric sulfate in 0.2% v/v sulfuric acid.] □ FS02 - Salicylate standard solution, 500 mg/dL [This product is a mixture specially made for use in science education laboratories; no certificate of analysis is available. This reagent is a 0.584% w/v solution of sodium salicylate in DI water with less than 0.01% w/v thymol as a preservative.] □ FS03 - Scott reagent [This product is a mixture specially made for use in science education laboratories; no certificate of analysis is available. This reagent is a solution of 1.5% w/v cobalt(II) chloride and 2.25% w/v potassium thiocyanate in DI water.] □ CS04 - Sodium carbonate, 1.0 M □ CS11 - Starch indicator solution (non-hazardous) □ CS10A - Sulfuric acid, concentrated □ FS06 - Acetaminophen [This product is simply acetaminophen tablets like those sold in drugstores and supermarkets.] □ FS07 - Aspirin [This product is simply aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) tablets like those sold in drugstores and supermarkets.] □ FS08 - Caffeine [This product is simply caffeine tablets like those sold in drugstores and supermarkets.] □ FS11 - Chlorpheniramine maleate [This product is simply chlorpheniramine maleate tablets like those sold in drugstores and supermarkets.] □ FS21 - Chromatography questioned [This product is simply a ground mixture of 50% w/w aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) tablets and 50% w/w acetaminophen tablets, like those sold in drugstores and supermarkets.] □ FS12 - Diphenhydramine [This product is simply diphenhydramine hydrochoride tablets like those sold in drugstores and supermarkets.] □ FS24 - Drug testing questioned A [This product is simply ground aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) tablets, like those sold in drugstores and supermarkets.] □ FS25 - Drug testing questioned B [This product is simply ground diphenhydramine hydrochoride tablets like those sold in drugstores and supermarkets.] □ FS18 - Ibuprofen [This product is simply ibuprofen tablets like those sold in drugstores and supermarkets.] □ FS20 - Poppy seeds (non-hazardous) [This product is simply food-grade poppy seeds like those sold in supermarkets.] Chemicals included with the FK01C forensic science supplement 2 kit: □ BA01 - Agar powder (non-hazardous) □ FB02 - Buffer, DNA loading, 6X concentrate □ FB03 - Buffer, DNA running, 20X concentrate □ FS10 - Chlorate known □ FH01 - Herzberg's stain □ FI01 - Iodide/Glycerol reagent □ FJ01 - Jenk's stain □ FL01 - Lead nitrate, 0.1% (nitrate known) □ FP01 - Meat Tenderizer (non-hazardous) (papain-based) □ FM03 - Methylene blue reagent, part A □ FM04 - Methylene blue reagent, part B □ BM02 - Methylene Blue, 1% aqueous □ FM05 - Modified Griess reagent, part A □ FM06 - Modified Griess reagent, part B □ FS19 - Perchlorate known □ FS05 - Sodium nitrite, 1% w/v The information contained in these MSDS documents is furnished without warranty of any kind. Use this information only as a supplement to other information and make your own independent determinations of suitability and completeness of information from all sources to assure safe and proper use of these materials., |
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- The contents of the international version of the BK01A kit are very similar but not identical to the contents of the US version of the BK01A kit. Some of the chemicals in the US version are prohibited by international hazardous materials shipping regulations. Wherever possible we have provided non-hazardous substitutes. For example, the US kit includes 15 mL of 6 M (34%) acetic acid, while the international version substitutes 100 mL of 1.7 M (9.9%) acetic acid.
The US version includes 15 mL of Sudan III stain, while the international version substitutes a 15 mL bottle with a small amount of solid stain, to which you have to add rubbing alcohol. And so on. We are unable to ship internationally sodium hydroxide solution in any concentration or amount, but you can make up your own from sodium hydroxide obtained locally under the names of "lye" or "crystal drain opener". Click the link to view a complete list of the differences between the BK01A US and international versions. - You are responsible for determining whether it is legal for you to have a kit shipped to you. There are so many international jurisdictions that it’s impossible for us to do so. In practice, in the past many buyers have probably ignored this issue, and we’ve never had any delivery problems with any of the many kits we’ve shipped internationally.
- You may (or may not) have to pay additional fees, taxes, customs duties, VAT, and so on, which are normally collected by your local postal service. We ship via USPS Priority Mail International because it is by far the least expensive method. Neither the USPS nor (to the best of our knowledge) other national postal services collect the very high customs brokerage fees often charged by UPS and other third-party shippers.
- Delivery times can be extended. In the US, our kits generally ship the same day the order is received or the following day, and arrive within 1 to 3 business days. For shipments to Canada, Great Britain, and Australia, 6 to 10 business days in transit is typical, and it may take longer. In particular, hold-ups in customs are unpredictable. The kit may arrive in the destination country a few days after we mail it, and then sit in customs for anything from a few hours to two weeks or more. Also, although we normally ship kits to US addresses within one business day of receiving the order, shipments of kits to international addresses may require several days' lead time. (We stock the international versions of our kits in relatively small numbers, although we try hard to keep them in stock at all times. If a kit is in stock, we ship same-day or next-day. If we're out of stock on the kit, it may require several days' lead time to build a new batch.)
- We have no control over or ability to track or follow-up on international shipments, all kits shipped to addresses outside the US are FOB Pennsylvania, USA. In effect, that means our responsibility ends when we hand the package to the US Postal Service carrier. (After evaluating insurance costs and policies, we elected not to offer insurance on international shipments. It's expensive, claims are often arbitrarily denied, and even if a claim is approved it may take literally months to be paid. At that, the pay-out is often a small percentage of the actual loss, and getting even that may require hours on the phone.) We have shipped scores of kits internationally--to Canada, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia--and to date none of them has been lost or damaged. If you do experience delivery problems, which we think is unlikely, we will on request email you a PDF copy of the postage label and customs documentation that you can provide to your local post office or other authority.
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