Energy Hazards of Reactive Chemicals and Their Evaluation

Abstract

After a brief introduction to reactive chemical hazards, the examples of hazardous chemical reactions which seem to cause accidents were shown along with energy concentrating operations encountered in chemical plants and laboratories. It was demonstrated from some case histories that chemical laboratories are apt to catch fire at a big earthquake, and chemists' preparations for the earthquake were suggested.
As the efficient methods for the estimation of reactive chemical hazards, the utilizations of case history, hazardous chemical data sheet and computation of reaction heat were suggested. Finally, test methods of reactive chemicals and prevention principles for reactive chemical accidents were briefly described with some references.