Good reference for safety properties..

[jamesbanda]

Hello all,

i'm working on improving my knowledge of safety properties.. can anyone recommend a decent reference book or training material that covers definitions of flash point, fire point, safety properties.. etc..

e.g. it is not covered in my physical chemsty uni books..but i'm strugging on amazon to find a usefull example..text

 

[sdtobin]

Check out NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards.

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/default.html

 

[DRWeig]

Vermont SIRI at

http://hazard.com

is really good, they also have a superb reference library for MSDS.

Good on ya,

Goober Dave

 

[DRWeig]

Oh, and for flash point, explosive limits, and stuff like that, go to the manufacturers' sites for intrinsically safe equipment

http://www.rstahl-intrinsicsafety.com

http://www.mtl-inst.com

They'll have technical references that are really good.

NFPA has a lot of good books, too.

Good on ya,

Goober Dave