Material Safety Data Sheet
Material Name: Ethylene
MSDS ID: NOVA-0017
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Issue Date: July 27, 2007 Revision: 3.1
Print Date: 22-May-08
Section 1 - Product and Company Identification
Synonyms: Ethylene, Ethene
Chemical Name: Ethylene
Chemical Family: Petrochemical
Material Use: Feedstock for chemical and polymer synthesis
Chemical Formula: C2H4
NOVA Chemicals
P.O. Box 2518, Station M
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 5C6
Product Information: 1-412-490-4063
MSDS Information Email:
msdsemail@novachem.com
EMERGENCY Telephone Numbers:
North America (Canada and US):
1-800-561-6682, 1-403-314-8767 (NOVA Chemicals) (24 hours)
1-800-424-9300 (CHEMTREC-USA) (24 hours)
1-613-996-6666 (Canutec-Canada) (24 hours)
Mexico and South America: +44 208 762 8322 (NCEC) (24 hours)
Section 2 - Hazards Identification
HMIS Ratings: Health: 1 Fire: 4 Physical Hazard: 2 Personal Protection: chemical goggles, gloves, respirator
Hazard Scale: 0 = Minimal 1 = Slight 2 = Moderate 3 = Serious 4 = Severe * = Chronic hazard
NFPA Ratings: Health: 1 Fire: 4 Reactivity: 2
Hazard Scale: 0 = Minimal 1 = Slight 2 = Moderate 3 = Serious 4 = Severe
Emergency Overview
DANGER! EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE LIQUEFIED GAS This product is a colorless liquefied gas while under
high pressure with a sweet hydrocarbon odor. Ethylene is highly volatile, when released it will disperse as a
highly flammable vapor cloud. Consider need for immediate emergency isolation and evacuation. Vapors may
travel to some distant source of ignition and flash back. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO EXTINGUISH A GAS FIRE
UNLESS LEAK SOURCE CAN BE ISOLATED AND SHUT OFF. Contact with liquefied gas may cause frostbite.
Excessive inhalation of this material causes headache, dizziness, nausea and loss of coordination and in extreme
conditions coma and possibly death.
Potential Health Effects: Eye