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Hazardous Chemicals Handbook
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Butterworth-Heinemann An imprint of
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vi CONTENTS Effects of particle or
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viii CONTENTS 14 Marketing 443 Clas
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x PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION The
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xii PREFACE to chemical safety data
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2 INTRODUCTION Table 1.1 Breakdown
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4 INTRODUCTION Table 1.3 Comprehens
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6 INTRODUCTION Table 1.5 Schedule 1
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8 INTRODUCTION Table 1.7 Planning (
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2 Terminology ACID A chemical compo
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12 TERMINOLOGY initially thought to
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14 TERMINOLOGY vapour concentration
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16 TERMINOLOGY MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SE
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18 TERMINOLOGY conferences of the s
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20 TERMINOLOGY UEL, UPPER EXPLOSIVE
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22 GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY
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24 GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY
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26 GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY
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28 GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY
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40 GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY
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42 GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY
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44 GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY
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46 PHYSICOCHEMISTRY pa = pa′ xa w
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48 PHYSICOCHEMISTRY Table 4.1 Densi
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50 PHYSICOCHEMISTRY Vapour flashing
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52 PHYSICOCHEMISTRY where N is mass
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54 PHYSICOCHEMISTRY where T a is th
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56 PHYSICOCHEMISTRY Table 4.8 Compa
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58 PHYSICOCHEMISTRY Table 4.10 Corr
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60 PHYSICOCHEMISTRY Table 4.12 Solv
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62 PHYSICOCHEMISTRY Table 4.13 Cont
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64 PHYSICOCHEMISTRY Table 4.13 Cont
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66 PHYSICOCHEMISTRY If pressure rel
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68 TOXIC CHEMICALS Table 5.1 Classi
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70 TOXIC CHEMICALS Table 5.2 Materi
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72 TOXIC CHEMICALS A summary of the
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74 TOXIC CHEMICALS Table 5.4 Cont
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76 TOXIC CHEMICALS Table 5.6 Some s
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78 TOXIC CHEMICALS 10 6 Boulders 10
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80 TOXIC CHEMICALS Table 5.10 Chemi
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Threshold limit values (TLV) These
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(a) should not be used as an index
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Table 5.13 Adopted biological expos
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Table 5.13 Cont’d METHYL ETHYL KE
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Table 5.14 UK biological monitoring
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Table 5.16 Substances assigned ‘R
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Table 5.16 Cont’d Ethyleneimine E
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Table 5.17 Evaluation of carcinogen
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Table 5.17 Cont’d RISK CONTROL 12
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Table 5.17 Cont’d Non-arsenical i
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Table 5.17 Cont’d 2-(2-Formylhydr
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Table 5.17 Cont’d Uracil mustard
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(e.g. with knock-out and/or scrubbi
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Typical minimum transport velocitie
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Table 5.20 Prohibition of certain s
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Keep test records Keep RPE test rec
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Table 5.23 Frequency of thorough ex
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Table 5.26 Agents for which health
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Table 5.27 Summary of precautions f
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Long-term exposure to ferric oxide
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The STEL is 200 ppm but extended pe
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(iv) Cyanides As a group, the cyani
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Basic precautions include those in
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Table 5.38 Chlorinated hydrocarbon
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Table 5.40 Routine laboratory preca
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Table 5.43 Common anhydrous acids C
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Table 5.45 Precautions in handling
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Table 5.48 Potential pollutants fro
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Table 5.51 Physical properties of t
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Table 5.54 Precautions to avoid ‘
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Table 5.57 General precautions with
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Monitor effectiveness Assess weldin
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Ammonium chloride fume - 10 - 20 -
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tert-Butyl acetate 200 950 - - 200
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2-Chloroethanol, see Ethylene chlor
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1,2-Dibromoethane, see Ethylene dib
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Dinitolmide - 5 - - - - - - Dinitro
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Ethyl ether 400 1210 500 1520 400 1
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Perlite - 10 (i) Petroleum distilla
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198 FLAMMABLE CHEMICALS these are n
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Table 6.3 Sources of ignition Mecha
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Table 6.4 Approximate temperatures
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Table 6.6 Approximate temperatures
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Table 6.7 Cont’d Wood flour Wool
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Table 6.10 Electrochemical series M
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Table 6.11 Control measures for wor
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Table 6.13 General requirements for
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The minimum fire instruction and tr
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n-Amyl alcohol 0.82 3.0 33 300 1-10
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Butyl cellosolve 0.91 4.1 61 244 1.
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Cumene 0.86 4.1 44 424 0.9-6.5 152
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Diethyl sulphate Diglycol, see Diet
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Ethylene chlorohydrin 1.21 2.78 60o
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p-Mentha-1,8-diene 3.84 7.4 45 237
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Nitroethane 1.05 2.58 38 360-415 3.
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Propionitrile 0.77 1.9 2 - 3.1- 97
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Benzoyl peroxide - - - 21 - Berylli
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Copper-zinc, gold bronze 370 190 1.
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Hydrazine acid tartrate 570 0.175 4
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7 Reactive chemicals From Chapter 3
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230 REACTIVE CHEMICALS Table 7.1 Wa
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232 REACTIVE CHEMICALS Table 7.3 Va
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248 REACTIVE CHEMICALS Table 7.17 G
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8 Cryogens Cryogenics, or low-tempe
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262 CRYOGENS to liquefy. The triple
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266 COMPRESSED GASES Table 9.1 Comp
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278 COMPRESSED GASES Vapour pressur
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300 COMPRESSED GASES Vapour pressur
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308 MONITORING TECHNIQUES Table 10.
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Table 10.15 Charcoal tube user guid
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Table 10.17 Compounds detectable by
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544 CONVERSION TABLES AND MEASUREME
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548 CONVERSION TABLES AND MEASUREME
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19 Bibliography It is impractical t
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554 BIBLIOGRAPHY Be Prepared for an
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556 BIBLIOGRAPHY Kletz, T.A. (1989)
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558 BIBLIOGRAPHY Selected statutory
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560 BIBLIOGRAPHY European legislati
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562 BIBLIOGRAPHY 95/50/EC Directive
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564 BIBLIOGRAPHY 2000/166/EC Decisi
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566 BIBLIOGRAPHY European legislati
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568 BIBLIOGRAPHY SI 1989/1149 Contr
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570 BIBLIOGRAPHY Selected decisions
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572 BIBLIOGRAPHY BPM 20 Iron works
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574 BIBLIOGRAPHY EH 65/30 Review of
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576 BIBLIOGRAPHY HS(G)123 Working t
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578 BIBLIOGRAPHY INDG 136 COSHH: a
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580 BIBLIOGRAPHY L73 RIDDOR explain
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582 BIBLIOGRAPHY MDHS 70 General me
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584 BIBLIOGRAPHY SHW 396 Effects of
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586 BIBLIOGRAPHY Publications by th
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588 BIBLIOGRAPHY BS 3951 (Withdrawn
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590 BIBLIOGRAPHY BS EN 54-2 Fire de
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592 BIBLIOGRAPHY BS EN 60079-14 AMD
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594 APPENDIX: SELECTED UK LEGISLATI
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596 APPENDIX: SELECTED UK LEGISLATI
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Absorption: gas, 314 percutaneous,
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systems of work, See Systems of wor
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Gloves, See Hand protection Glutera
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physical properties, 301 precaution
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Spillage, 427, 428, 429 Spontaneous