Safety in handling

A wide variety of special-purpose incinerators (qv) with accompanying gas scmbbers and soHd particle collectors have been developed and installed in various demilitarisation faciUties. These include flashing furnaces that remove all vestiges of explosive from metal parts to assure safety in handling deactivation furnaces, to render safe small arms and nonlethal chemical munitions fluidized-bed incinerators that bum slurries of ground up propellants or explosives in oil and rotary kilns to destroy explosive and contaminated waste and bulk explosive. 

Starch derivatives are also used to encapsulate pesticides (qv) in a cross-linked starch—xanthate to improve safety in handling and reduce water leaching losses (51,52). Littie or no pesticide is lost during drying. The encapsulated formulations have excellent shelf life when dry, but when placed in water or soil the pesticide is readily released. 

Although chemicals in closed circulation systems do not generally come into contact with the environment - except perhaps on disposal - problems can exist with safety in handling. A particular example is the need for caution in the mixing of coolants containing nitrites with those containing amines because of the possible production of carcinogenic nitrosoamines. This caution has been expressed in other fields of use of inhibitors (see below). 

In the field of organic phosphorus compounds there is a wealth of highly toxic compounds from which to pick a potential insecticide. The ultimate choice will be based not only on toxicity to a certain group of insect species, but on volatility, stability, safety in handling and applying, and freedom from plant injury, spray-residue and translocation hazards, and long-term toxicity to man and animals. 

Randall, W. L., Safety in Handling Hazardous Chemicals, 8-10, UCID-16610, Lawrence Livermore Lab., Univ. Calif., 1974... 

The purpose here is not to consider the broad field of catalysis, but simply point out where ignition is important with regard to exothermic decomposition both with regard to sustained decomposition and consideration of safety in handling of such chemicals. Wolfe [22] found that copper, chromium, manganese,... 

Industrial enzymes must be tested and formulated for the maximum degree of safety in handling. As enzymes are proteins they may cause allergic reactions in susceptible people. For instance, early attempts to use proteases in detergents foundered because... 

Safety in handling and boresafety are provided for by half-blocks (E) and interrupter (N) devices, which hold the fuze in an unarmed condition until sufficient rotational force overcomes resistance of springs, setback, and friction... 

Friction Sensitivity, It is a measure of the resistance of an expl to friction, one of the properties required for determining safety in handling and transportation. Several methods for its determination are briefly described in Vol 1, p XIII... 

High explosives like RDX, HMX or PETN with a polymeric binder form a flexible explosive material that can be rolled into sheet form which can be cut and applied to any contour. They have a variety of applications from metal cutting to demolition and blasting to armor protection. Some important characteristics of sheet explosives are-flexibility, moldability, waterproofness and safety in handling. Also, sheet explosives can easily be cut and initiated. 

Basically, an illuminating formulation is a mixture of a metallic fuel and an oxidizer besides some additives in order to modify the burning rate and radiation output and to enhance safety in handling. The Mg-sodium nitrate binder system appears to be a universal choice for illuminating formulations. The main reaction of the Mg-sodium nitrate binary system is (Equation 5.1) ... 

It was noted by Naoum (Ref 15, p21), that NGc has an advantage over NG not only in its greater safety in handling, but also in its slightly greater brisance and detonation velocity. Explosives based on NGc such as Gelatin-Astralits developed after... 

Details about the safety in handling perchloryl fluoride are described by Pennsalt Chemicals Corp. [45]. 

The Brit term "Authorized Explosives refers to expls which conform to certain conditions with respect to "safety in handling or transport . The Ital term for safety expls, "Explosivi di sicurezza and Spanish "Explosivos de seguridad are also used to mean expls safe against firedamp. The Rus term "Bezopasnyiye VV , means safety expls... 

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