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Safety in working with chemicals

Title
Safety in working with chemicals / Michael E. Green, Amos Turk.
Author
Green, Michael E.
Publication
New York : Macmillan, ©1978.

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Additional Authors
Turk, Amos
Description
ix, 166 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • Chemical laboratories > Safety measures
  • Medical laboratories
  • Accidents > Prevention
  • Laboratories
  • Accident Prevention
  • Medical laboratories
  • Accidents > Prevention
  • Chemical laboratories > Safety measures
  • Chemische Industrie
  • Laboratorium
  • Unfallverhütung
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 159-161.
Contents
Introduction : Chemical hazards—acute and chronic ; Responsibility -- Basic laboratory precautions : Handling glassware ; Avoiding poisons ; Housekeeping ; Horseplay ; Long hair and ties ; Working alone ; Pipetting ; Splattering from heated test tubes or beakers ; Eye and face protection ; Emergency facilities ; Protecting glassware from breakage ; Hygiene ; Warning signs and labels -- Laboratory equipment hazards : Flowing water ; Compressed gas cylinders ; Other systems containing compressed gases ; Vacuum ; Electrical hazards ; Labeling and storage -- Reaction hazards, flammable and explosive chemicals : Assembly of apparatus for chemical reactions ; Fires ; Explosions ; Storage of solvents and other flammable compounds ; Leakages of vapors during transfer operations and cleanups ; Emergency procedures -- Toxic and corrosive substances : More rules ; Acute and chronic toxicity ; Corrosive chemicals ; Chronic effects and permissible limits ; Classes of chronically toxic substances ; Monitoring for unsafe vapor concentrations ; Avoiding exposure ; Respirators ; Protective clothing, other than glasses ; Cleaning up spills ; Storage of toxic chemicals -- Physical hazards : Classification of physical hazards ; Nonionizing radiation ; Ionizing radiation ; Other physical hazards -- Cleaning up the laboratory : General principles of chemical waste disposal ; Specific procedures ; Housekeeping -- Administrative procedures : Safety committee ; Training of employees, new instructors, and students ; Continuing education in safe practice ; Reporting accidents: legal questions.
ISBN
  • 0023464208
  • 9780023464201
LCCN
78005122
OCLC
  • ocm03770719
  • 3770719
  • SCSB-272899
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library