Classification guide

There are numerous epidemiological studies reported by various industry sectors, as well as a library of electronic data bases available providing information on toxicological properties, chemical subility and fire safety. These are essential references that should be consulted if the basic information required caimot be obtained from this handbook. In all cases, the reader needs to determine how best to access the required information in an expedient manner. On any one chemical, a separate and extensive treatise can be (and probably has been) compiled, but it is particularly true when responding to a hazard materials incident, that only the most crucial and pertinent data is needed in order to formulate a safe and effective initial response. An attempt to organize safety information based on risk category (i.e., fire hazard, chemical stability, and health risk) has been made in the handbook hence the user 

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Dow s Fire andExplosion Index Ha ard Classification Guide 6th ed., American Institute of Chemical Engineers, New York, 1985. 

Quantitative Fire and Explosion Index (FExplosion Index Hazard Classification Guide, 1994 Lees, 1980, pp. 149-160). The F EI is used to rate the potential of hazard from fires and explosions. Its purpose is to quantify damage from an incident. It identifies equipment that could contribute to an incident and ways to mitigate possible incidents. It is a way to communicate to management the quantitative hazard potential. 

Davison, G., and Hewitt, C.N. (ed.) (1997) Air Pollution in the United Kingdom, Royal Society of Chemistry, London. Dow Chemical Company (1993) Dow s Fire and Explosion Index Hazard Classification Guide American Institute of Chemical Engineers. 

Dow Chemical Company (1994b). Dow s Fire and Explosion Index Hazard Classification Guide. 7th Edition. New York American Institute of Chemical Engineers. 

The hazard classification guide developed by the Dow Chemical Company and published by the American Institute of Chemical Engineering, Dow (1994) (www.aiche.org), gives a method of evaluating the potential risk from a process, and assessing the potential loss. 

Refer to Fire Explosion Index Hazard Classification Guide for details. 

More detailed check lists are given by Carson and Mumford (1988) and Wells (1980). Balemans (1974) gives a comprehensive list of guidelines for the safe design of chemical plant, drawn up in the form of a check list. A loss prevention check list is included in the Dow Fire and Explosion Index Hazard Classification Guide, Dow (1987). 

Figure 10-3 Form used in the Dow Fire and Explosion Index. The figures and tables referenced in the form are provided in the index booklet. Source Dow s Fire and Explosion Index Hazard Classification Guide, 7th ed., (1994). Reproduced by permission of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

The values of the factors are determined on the basis of the Dow s Fire Explosion Hazard Index Classification Guide (Dow, 1987). The Guide includes rules and tables, which cover well the most chemical substances and unit operations. 

Dows Fire b- Explosion Index Hazard Classification Guide, 7th ed. (AIChE, New York, 1994), which gives an empirical radius of exposure and damage factor based on the quantity and characteristics of the material being stored and handled... 

American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), 1981. DOW s Fire Explosion Index Hazard classification guide, New York. 

American Institute of Chemical Engineers, FIRE AND EXPLOSION INDEX - HAZARD CLASSIFICATION GUIDE. 5th ed.. New York, NY (1981). 

Categories may vary. Consult the user s organization laboratory instrument classification guide or references in the GAMP guide and USP general chapter (1058) [11,12]. 

The first edition of Dow s Fire and Explosion Index (F EI) Guide, published in 1964, was based on the Factory Mutual Chemical Occupation Classification Guide. As experience has been accumulated and evaluated, the Dow guide has gone through several revised and expanded editions. The current sixth edition was published in May 1987. It draws on NFPA 325M and 49. 

Predictive hazard evaluation procedures may be required when new and different processes, designs, equipment, or procedures are being contemplated. The Dow Fire and Explosion Index provides a direct method to estimate the risks in a chemical process based upon flammability and reactivity characteristics of the chemicals, general process hazards (as exothermic reactions, indoor storage of flammable liquids, etc.) and special hazards (as operation above the flash point, operation above the auto-ignition point, quantity of flammable liquid, etc.). Proper description of this index is best found in the 57-page Dows Fire and Explosion Index, Hazard Classification Guide, 5 th ed., AIChE, New York, 1981. 

Porter SM, Meisterfeld R, Knoll AH (2003) Vase-shaped microfossils from the Neoproterozoic Chuar Group, Grand Canyon a classification guided by modern testate amoebae. J Paleont 77 409-429... 

Dow s Fire and Explosion Index, Hazard Classification Guide, 7th ed. A Chemical Engineering Progress Technical Manual, AIChE, New York, 1994. This booklet provides excellent, practical classification in 74 pages. This popular process safety bestseller, with a listed price of 45, is designed to help the user quantify the expected damage of potential fire and explosion incidents in realistic terms. 

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