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| FIRE AND EXPLOSION HAZARDS HANDBOOK OF INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS
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By
Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff, United States Agency for International Development
Tatyana A. Haber, USAID
Description
The handbook provides ready information on the fire and chemical reactivity of commonly used chemicals. Its purpose is to provide basic
information important to the safe handling of chemicals and to help provide guidance in responding to a hazardous materials incident,
in particular, incidents involving reactive chemicals and materials posing fire and explosion hazards. The volume has been written for
chemical handling specialists, first responders to hazardous materials incidents, and firefighters. The basic definition used for a hazard
materials incident is any situation that may potentially lead to catastrophic fire or explosion, and or human exposed to a toxic chemical.
This situation may result from a spill of a hazardous material, a leak from a storage vessel or shipping container, or the mixing of
incompatible chemicals whereby a chemical reaction could occur resulting in the release of energy and generation of toxic and perhaps
flammable by-products. The volume provides chemical specific information, providing the reader with rigorous information on the chemical
of interest.
This book is a compendium of chemical specific fire and chemical reactivity data and information. More than 1,000 chemicals
have been researched and organized into a reference handbook for fire specialists, chemical handling specialists, and plant safety engineers.
The specific information provided for chemicals includes the flammability characteristics, recommended fire extinguishing practices,
fire extinguishing agents not to be used, behavior in fires, burning characteristics, chemical reactivity with regard to water and common
materials, incompatible chemical mixtures, containment and neutralization methods for spills. This reference book has been designed as
a data bank for the hazardous materials handling specialist and industrial safety managers dealing with large chemical inventories. It
is intended to be used by fire and loss prevention specialists and as a basis for developing procedures for safe storing and handling
of chemicals. The authors have included an extensive physical properties section on chemicals, with information most pertinent to fire
response situations.
Audience
Chemical handling specialists, first responders to hazardous materials incidents, and firefighters.
Contents
1. Organization of the Book
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Index to Chemical Names and Synonyms
1.3 Organization of Fire, Explosion and Chemical
Reactivity Data
1.4 Important Terms
1.5 References and Recommended Readings
2. Index to Chemical Names and Synonyms
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Index of Synonyms
2.3 NFPA Hazard Classification Information
2.4 Listing of Fire, Explosion and Chemically Reactive Chemicals
3. Chemistry of Fire and Toxic Materials
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Chemistry of Fire
3.3 Chemistry of Hazardous Materials
3.4 Glossary
of Fire and Hazardous Materials Handling Terminology
4. Fire, Explosion and Chemical Reactivity Data for Industrial Chemicals
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Guide to Chemical Comparability
4.3 Chemical Specific Information
Index
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 492 pages, publication date: DEC-1998
ISBN-13: 978-0-8155-1429-9
ISBN-10: 0-8155-1429-8
Imprint: WILLIAM ANDREW
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