Paper materials incidents

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The following shipping paper is only illustrative since it may vary in format. However, all descriptions will be basically Ihe same. You should look for this type of eniry lo determine the shipping name of the haiardous material, its classification, its 10 number (10 No.), and a reportable quantity notation (RO or RO-number) for use in reporting spill incidents to the National Response Center. With very few exceptions, shipping papers identifying haiardous materials are required when they are being transported ... 

Paper impregnated with sodium chlorate and dried can be ignited by static sparks, but not by friction or impact. Paper bags or card cartons are unsuitable packing materials [1]. A previous incident involving paper sacks which had formerly contained mixed sodium and calcium chlorates had been noted [2]. The tendency... 

Here, n and n2 are the refractive indices of the interfacing materials. The surface reflectivity R, Equation 5, used by Robinson is the Fresnel reflectivity for normal light incidence (c.f. 4). Robinson s interpretation explains the well-known linear relationship between the specific surface area of a paper, as measured by gas adsorption, and its scattering coefficient (15. 28, 32). It also rationalizes the observed decrease in scattering and brightness of wet compared to dry pulp (33, 34). 

Art M. Dowell, III, and Dennis Hendershot presented a technical paper entided, No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Case Studies of Incidents and Potential Incidents Caused by Protective Systems in March 1997. [9] All the material in that paper complements this chapter. 

Gad and co-workers (1986,1887) presented validation studies of 72 compounds and reported a false-negative rate of only 2 % and no false-positives when comparing MEST to GPMT data on the same materials. The incidence of sensitization in MEST was consistently lower than that produced by GPMT. Similar findings were reported for comparisons between the Buehler assay and MEST in the same paper. More recent publications have confirmed that the incidence of positive response in MEST is consistently lower than that in GMPT, and weak and moderate sensitizers are not identified correctly (Comacoff et al. 1988 and Dunn et al. 1990). 

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