It is used as a fumigant and in making lubricants, detergents, and other chemicals. Acute exposure can severely burn the skin and eyes. Inhaling the vapor can irritate the nose, throat, and lungs, and cause difficulty breathing. Exposure can lead to headache, dizziness, and passing out. It may be shipped and stored as a compressed liquefied gas.
Acute exposure irritates the eyes and air passages.
High exposures to the skin and eyes can cause severe burns and blindness, and breathing high levels can lead to death. It is used in fertilizers, chemicals, dyes, petroleum refining, etching and analytical chemistry, and in making iron, steel, and industrial explosives. Contact can severely burn the skin and eyes. Repeat exposure can cause erosion and pitting of the teeth, stomach upset, nose bleeds, tearing of the eyes, emphysema, and bronchitis. It is used to make titanium pigments, iridescent glass, artificial pearls, and as a catalyst in polymerization.