Handbook of Hazardous Chemical Properties

by Nicholas P Cheremisinoff Consulting Engineer

Overview

This volume provides extensive health (toxicological) and safety handling information and data on over 1,000 chemicals of commercial and industrial importance.

This volume will provide extensive health (toxicological) and safe-handling information and data on more than 1000 chemicals of commercial and industrial importance. It provides chemical specific information pertinent to safe handling and transportation of chemicals, worker protection, emergency response information to address spills, explosions on fire situations, and chemical stability/reactivity data. It is designed as a standard reference handbook for chemical engineers, safety engineers, toxicologists, fire safety specialists, chemists, laboratory and plant technicians.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780750672092
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	09/07/1999
Pages:	448
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.62(h) x (d)

About the Author

Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff, Ph.D. (Ch.E.) is Director of Clean Technologies and Pollution Prevention Projects at PERI (Princeton Energy Resources International, LLC, Rockville, MD). He has led hundreds of pollution prevention audits and demonstrations; training programs on modern process design practices and plant safety; environmental management and product quality programs; and site assessments and remediation plans for both public and private sector clients throughout the world. He frequently serves as expert witness on personal injury and third-party property damage litigations arising from environmental catastrophes. Dr. Cheremisinoff has contributed extensively to the literature of environmental and chemical engineering as author, co-author, or editor of 150 technical reference books, including Butterworth-Heinemann’s Handbook of Chemical Processing Equipment, and Green Profits.

He holds advanced degrees in chemical engineering from Clarkson College of Technology."

Table of Contents

Abbreviations: Dozens of specific chemicals alphabetically arrangedGlossary of TermsHazardous Chemical Property EntriesFor each Chemical Designation Entry there are five data fields: Observable Charateristics, Physical and Chemical Properties, Health Hazards Information, Fire Hazards, Chemical Reactivity

Editorial Reviews

"...serves as an excellent resource for emergency responders." —Safety and Health

"This text should be considered a valuable addition to any safety and health professional's library. The text is easy to use and contains a lot of information about each chemical not normally found in a single source." —Safety and Health

From the Publisher

A reference for chemical and safety engineers, toxicologists, fire safety specialists, and laboratory and plant technicians. Engineering consultant Cheremisinoff provides toxicological and safe-handling information and data for over 1,000 chemicals of commercial and industrial importance. He includes chemical-specific on observable characteristics; safe handling and transportation; worker protection; emergency response to spills, explosions, or fire situations; and data on chemical stability and reactivity. The chemicals are presented alphabetically and indexed by synonyms. He compiled the data from the chemical engineering and safety literature, but does not reference it. A short glossary explains the technical meanings of common terms. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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