HazMat Data: For First Response, Transportation, Storage, and Security

A vital first response and safety tool—now in a secondedition
As a clearly organized, comprehensive handbook, the first edition of HazMatData has provided first responders, industrial health and safety professionals,and transportation specialists with the far–reaching, in–depth, and relevantinformation required for controlling the effects and aftermath of chemicalincidents.
This newly updated and revised Second Edition of HazMat Dataoffers professionals dealing with hazardous materials high–quality criticaldata to meet all of today′s threats and contingencies. With approximately 200new entries, this resource now covers nearly 1,450 chemicals. Included amongthese are chemical warfare agents relevant to the post–9/11 world and securityenvironment. Each record features sections with information on:Name—includes synonyms and Spanish–language synonymsIdentification—Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) registry number, formula, U.S. Department of Transportation ID number, proper shipping name, and reportable quantity (RQ)Description—characteristics and hazard classificationPhysical and chemical propertiesEmergency responseExposure—short–term observable effects, treatments, and additional medical notesHealth hazards Fire dataChemical reactivityEnvironmental data—food chain concentration potential and water pollutionShipping informationNational Academy of Sciences (NAS) hazard classification for bulk water transportation
HazMat Data, Second Edition brings together essential safetyinformation from multiple sources, agencies, and regulatory bodies to createan invaluable reference for industrial, transportation, environmental, firstresponse, and federal and state agency personnel.

Spis treści:
Introduction.
How to Use this Book.
Conversion Factors.
Intern ational Code of Signals Phonetic Alphabet.
Guide to Compatibility of Chemicals.
Exceptions to the Chart.
Reactivity Groups.
Key to Abbreviations, Symbols, and Acronyms.
Chemical Records A to Z. 
Appendix A. Emergency Response.
Appendix B. List of Marine Pollutants (§172.101 Appendix B).
Appendix C. Synonym and Trade Name Index.
Appendix D. CAS Number Index.
Appendix E. Chemicals Likely Involved in Terrorist Incidents.

Nota biograficzna:
RICHARD P. POHANISH is the author of more than a dozen books in the fields of hazardous materials and engineering, including Wiley Guide to Chemical Incompatibilities, the bestselling Sittig′s Handbook of Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals and Carcinogens, Fourth Edition, and coauthor of the Hazardous Substances Resource Guide, which was selected by the American Library Association as a Notable Reference in 1994.

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A vital first response and safety tool—now in a secondedition
As a clearly organized, comprehensive handbook, the first edition of HazMatData has provided first responders, industrial health and safety professionals,and transportation specialists with the far–reaching, in–depth, and relevantinformation required for controlling the effects and aftermath of chemicalincidents.
This newly updated and revised Second Edition of HazMat Dataoffers professionals dealing with hazardous materials high–quality criticaldata to meet all of today′s threats and contingencies. With approximately 200new entries, this resource now covers nearly 1,450 chemicals. Included amongthese are chemical warfare agents relevant to the post–9/11 world and securityenvironment. Each record features sections with information on:Name—includes synonyms and Spanish–language synonymsIdentification—Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) registry number, formula, U.S. Departm ent of Transportation ID number, proper shipping name, and reportable quantity (RQ)Description—characteristics and hazard classificationPhysical and chemical propertiesEmergency responseExposure—short–term observable effects, treatments, and additional medical notesHealth hazards Fire dataChemical reactivityEnvironmental data—food chain concentration potential and water pollutionShipping informationNational Academy of Sciences (NAS) hazard classification for bulk water transportation
HazMat Data, Second Edition brings together essential safetyinformation from multiple sources, agencies, and regulatory bodies to createan invaluable reference for industrial, transportation, environmental, firstresponse, and federal and state agency personnel.