Laboratory chemical disposal

M.-A. Armour, Hazardous Laboratory Chemicals Disposal Guide, 2nd Edn, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1996. ISBN 1566701082. 

Laboratory Chemical Disposal Co. Ltd., confid. information, 1968 Presence of mineral or Lewis acids, or bases including amines, will catalyse violent polymerisation of this very reactive dimer, accompanied by gas evolution [1], Sodium acetate is sufficiently basic to cause violent polymerisation at 0.1% concentration when added to diketene at 60°C [2],... 

Laboratory Chemical Disposal Co. Ltd., confidential information, 1968 During vacuum fractionation of the mixed dichlorophenols produced by partial hydrolysis of trichlorobenzene, rapid admission of air to the receiver caused the column contents to be forced down into the boiler at 210°C, and a violent explosion ensued. 

In an attempt to widen the scope of this work, unpublished information has been sought from many sources, both by published appeals and correspondence. In this latter area, the contribution made by a friend, the late Mr A. Kruk-Schuster, of Laboratory Chemicals Disposal Company, Ltd., Billericay, has been outstanding. During 1965-1968 his literature work and global letter campaign to 2000 University chemistry departments and industrial institutions yielded some 300 contributions. 

See also P. Patnaik, A Comprehensive Guide to the Hazardous Properties of Chemical Substances, 2nd ed. (New York Wiley, 1999) G. Lunn and E. B. Sansone, Destruction of Hazardous Chemicals in the Laboratory (New York Wiley, 1994) and M. A. Armour, Hazardous Laboratory Chemical Disposal Guide (Boca Raton, FL CRC Press, 1991). 

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