Physical properties fire hazard information

Table 2.5 details a typical MSDS for acetone, where the eight sections give the chemical s identity, physical properties, fire hazards, reactivity, and health hazards, along with safe handling and exposure control methods for the chemical. The chemical, physical, and toxicological data presented in the MSDS will many times provide the workers with sufficient information to make their own safety judgments. This chapter discusses the various elements of safe laboratory and plant practices as they relate to the information given on a typical solvent MSDS. 

CHRIS Chemical Hazard Information System 1,016 substances U.S. COAST GUARD Information on labeling, physical and chemical properties, health hazards, fire hazards, chemical reactivity, water pollution, and hazard classification... 

Material Safety Data Sheet. Safety information sheet for a particular substance that lists physical properties, hazards, cleanup and disposal procedures, fire and explosion data, and protective equipment required. 

MSDS Material safety data sheet. Printed material on hazardous chemical substances and/or extremely hazardous substances. An MSDS provides information on physical properties, hazards to personnel, fire and explosion potential, safe handling recommendations, health effects, fire-fighting techniques, reactivity, and proper disposal. It was originally established for employee safety by OSHA... 

Tlie remainder of tliis cliapter provides information on relative physical properties of materials (flash point upper and lower explosive limits, tlueshold limit values, etc.) and metliods to calculate tlie conditions tliat approach or are conducive to hazardous levels. Fire liazards in industrial plants are covered in Sections 7.2 and 7.3, and Sections 7.4 and 7.5 focus on accidental explosions. Sections 7.6 and 7.7 address toxic emissions and liazardous spills respectively. tliese latter types of accident frequently result in fires and explosions tliey can cause deatlis, serious injuries and financial losses. 

This book is a collection of the physical properties of most commonly used solvents along with information on their behaviour in the environment during and after use and their health and fire hazards. 

Flick, F. W. (1993) Industrial Solvents Handbook, 4th edn. Noyes Data Corporation, Park Ridge, NJ. A collection of information of the physical properties of commercial solvents, but nothing on their fire and health hazards. 

A collection of the information on physical properties collected from manufacturers brochures, but nothing on fire and health hazards. Some information on the uses of solvents, solubility of resins and polymers, etc. Gallant, R.W. (1993) Physical Properties of Hydrocarbons, Gulf Publishing Co., Houston, TX. 

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