Guidelines for safe handling of powders and bulk solids.
Powders and bulk solids, handled widely in the chemical, pharmaceutical, agriculture, smelting, and other industries present unique fire, explosion, and toxicity hazards. Indeed, substances which are practically inert in consolidated form may become quite hazardous when converted to powders and gran...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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New York :
Center for Chemical Process Safety of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers,
©2005.
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| Summary: | Powders and bulk solids, handled widely in the chemical, pharmaceutical, agriculture, smelting, and other industries present unique fire, explosion, and toxicity hazards. Indeed, substances which are practically inert in consolidated form may become quite hazardous when converted to powders and granules. The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board is currently investigating dust explosions that occured in 2003 at WestPharma, CTA Acoustics, and Hayes-Lemmerz, and is likely to recommend that companies that handle powders or whose operations produce dust pay more attention to understa. |
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| Item Description: | "Principle authors, Stanley S. Grossel, Robert G. Zalosh"--Page xv |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 796 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0816909512 9780816909513 1591248590 9781591248590 9780470925072 0470925078 9780470925058 0470925051 1282774182 9781282774186 9786612774188 6612774185 |