What is the difference from an msds and a technical data sheet?

Answer 1

A Technical Data Sheet may provide information on how well the product performs its function, how it is to be mixed, diluted, applied, etc. It may provide specific formulation information.

A Material Safety Data Sheet need not provide an exact formula, and will not address how well a product performs its function or how it is to be prepared for use. It will discuss what hazards are associated with use of the product, with a spill or fire, how to dispose of spilled material, what the results of toxicology tests have been, etc.

Answer 2

There is no difference between a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) and a Safety Data Sheet (SDS). The title SDS is a new tern being employed as part of the Globally Harmonized System for Labeling and Classifying Hazardous Chemicals. The term MSDS has been in use in the US since the 1960s, at least, but is being phased out in favor of SDS.