MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET (MSDS)

PRODUCT NAME: SAFETY FUSE
MANUFACTURERS NAME: AMERICAN VISCO FUSE, INC.
                                         11984 TELEGRAPH RD.
                                          CARLETON, MI 48117

EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 313-654-6036
TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR INFORMATION: 313-654-6036
DATE PREPARED: 4-1-94

BLACK POWDER - (POTASSIUM NITRATE, CHARCOAL, SULFUR)
        NOTE: The black powder is enclosed in thread wrapping and coated with a
                   water resistant lacquer. No pyrotechnic composition is exposed.
SAFETY FUSE IS CLASSIFIED AS FUSE, SAFETY, UN0105, PG BY D.O.T.

   SECTION III – PHYSICAL/CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS

BOILING POINT: N/A
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: N/A
VAPOR PRESSURE: (mm Hg): N/A
MELTING POINT: N/A
VAPOR DENSITY (AIR=1): N/A
EVAPORATION RATE (Butyl Acetate=1): N/A
SOLUBILITY IN WATER: SLIGHT
APPEARANCE AND ODOR: TWISTED THREAT COATED WITH GREEN OR RED LAQUER

SECTION IV - FIRE AND EXPLOSION HAZARD DATA

FLASH POINT (Method Used): IGNITION TEMP: 330°C 
FLAMMABLE LIMITS: N/A            LEL: N/A        UEL: N/A
EXTINGUISHING METHOD: FLOOD WITH WATER

SPECIAL FIRE FIGHTING PROCEDURES: SUFFOCATION METHODS WILL NOT WORK.
DO NOT CONFINE BULK AMOUNTS OR BURNING FUSE - ALLOW IT TO BURN OPEN.

UNUSUAL FIRE AND EXPLOSION HAZARDS: END OF A SECTION OF FUSE CAN BE
IGNITED BY A MATCH, CIGARETTE OR OTHER BURNING OBJECT.

SECTION V—REACTIVE DATA

STABILITY:   STABLE
CONDITIONS TO AVOID: NO SMOKING OR OPEN FLAMES IN VICINITY OF REELS OF FUSE
INCOMPATAILITY (MATERIALS TO AVOID: EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS
HAZARDOUS DECOMPOSITION OR BY PRODUCTS: BURNING FUSE PRODUCES
             CARBON DIOXIDE AND SOME CARBON MONOXIDE.
HAZARDOUSE POLYMERIZATION: WILL NOT OCCUR

SECTION VI—HEALTH HAZARD DATA

ROUTES OF ENTRY:  N/A
HEALTH HAZARDS (ACUTE & CHRONIC): N/A

CARCINOGENICITY: N/A

MEDICAL CONDITIONS GENERALLY AGGRAVATED BY EXPOSURE: N/A

EMERGENCY AND FIRST AID PROCEDURES: N/A

SECTION VIII—CONTROL MEASURES

RESPIRATORY PROTECTION: NONE REQUIRED

VENTILATION: NONE REQUIRED