Bretherick’s Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards

Urben P.G. (ed.)0-7506-3605-X

Table of contents :
Scope and source coverage……Page 4
General arrangement……Page 5
Specific chemical entries (Volume 1)……Page 6
Grouping of Reactants……Page 7
Nomenclature……Page 8
Information content of individual entries……Page 10
Kinetic Factors……Page 12
Adiabatic Systems……Page 14
Reaction Mixtures……Page 15
Protective Measures……Page 17
Volume 2: Class, Group and Topic……Page 18
ACCIDENT DATABASES……Page 20
ACETYLENIC COMPOUNDS……Page 21
ACETYLENIC PEROXIDES……Page 23
‘XANTHATES’ ROC(S) S-……Page 0
ACYL AZIDES RCO. N3,……Page 24
ACIDS HOC(R)= NOCOR……Page 28
ADIABATIC CALORIMETRY……Page 29
AIR……Page 30
ALDEHYDES RCO.H……Page 31
ALKALI-METAL ALLOYS……Page 32
ALKANETHIOLS RSH……Page 33
ALKENES……Page 34
ALKENYL NITRATES……Page 35
ALKYLALUMINIUM DERIVATIVES……Page 36
ALKYLHALOBORANES RBX2, R2BX……Page 38
ALKYLHALOPHOSPHINES RPX2, R2PX……Page 39
ALKYLIMINIOFORMATE CHLORIDES……Page 40
ALKYLMETALS……Page 41
ALKYL NITRATES RONO2……Page 44
ALKYL NITRITES RON:O……Page 45
ALKYLNON-METAL HYDRIDES REH2, R2EH, R2EH2, R3EH……Page 46
ALKYLPHOSPHINES RPH2, R2PH, R3P……Page 48
ALKYNES R- C= C-……Page 50
ALLOYS……Page 51
ALLYL COMPOUNDS H2C= CHCH2-……Page 52
AMINATION INCIDENTS……Page 53
AMINIUM NITRATES RN+ H3 NO3-……Page 54
AMMINECHROMIUM PEROXOCOMPLEXES H3N……Page 55
AMMINEMETAL NITRATES H3N……Page 56
AMMINEMETAL OXOSALTS H3N……Page 57
ANTHRAQUINONE DYES……Page 61
AQUA REGIA……Page 62
ARENEDIAZONIUM OXIDES……Page 63
ASSESSMENT OF REACTIVE CHEMICAL HAZARDS……Page 65
AUTOIGNITION INCIDENTS……Page 67
AUTOIGNITION TEMPERATURE……Page 68
AZIDE COMPLEXES OF COBALT(III)……Page 69
2-AZIDO-2-FLUOROCARBOXYLATES N3CFRCOOR……Page 70
AZO COMPOUNDS……Page 71
BENZENE ISOMERS C6H6……Page 72
BENZYL COMPOUNDS……Page 73
BITUMEN……Page 75
BLEVE……Page 76
BORANES (BORON HYDRIDES)……Page 77
CAN OF BEANS……Page 79
CARBONYLMETALS M(CO)……Page 80
CATALYTIC IMPURITY INCIDENTS……Page 81
CATALYTIC NITRO REDUCTION PROCESSES RNO2……Page 82
CELLULOSE ( C6H10O5)……Page 83
CELLULOSE NITRATE……Page 84
CHEMICAL PLANT SAFETY……Page 86
CHLORINATED……Page 87
CHLORITE SALTS……Page 88
CHLORONITROAMINES……Page 89
CLEANING BATHS FOR GLASSWARE……Page 90
COMMERCIAL ORGANIC PEROXIDES……Page 91
COMPRESSED GASES……Page 94
COMPUTATION OF REACTIVE CHEMICAL HAZARDS……Page 95
COOL FLAMES……Page 97
CORROSION INCIDENTS……Page 98
CRITICAL IGNITION TEMPERATURE……Page 99
CROWN ETHERS……Page 100
CRYOGENIC LIQUIDS……Page 101
CUBANES……Page 102
CYANO COMPOUNDS -……Page 103
CYCLIC PEROXIDES……Page 106
DEFLAGRATION INCIDENTS……Page 107
DEFLAGRATION TO DETONATION……Page 108
DIALKYL HYPONITRITES RON=NOR……Page 109
DIALKYL PEROXIDES ROOR……Page 110
DIAZIRINES……Page 111
DIAZOAZOLES……Page 112
DIAZO COMPOUNDS CN2……Page 113
DIAZONIUM PERCHLORATES……Page 114
DIAZONIUM SALTS……Page 115
DIAZONIUM SULFATES (……Page 116
DIAZONIUM SULFIDES AND DERIVATIVES……Page 117
DIAZONIUM TETRAHALOBORATES……Page 118
DIAZO-OXOSULFONES……Page 119
DICHROMATE SALTS OF NITROGENOUS BASES (N+)……Page 120
[14] DIENE- N4 COMPLEXES……Page 121
DIENES……Page 122
DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY (DSC)……Page 123
DIFLUOROAMINOALKANOLS F2NC( RR……Page 124
DIFLUOROAMINOPOLYNITROARYL COMPOUNDS……Page 125
1,1-DINITRODIFLUORAMINES RC( NO2)……Page 126
DIPHENYL BLACK……Page 127
DISPOSAL……Page 128
DRUMS……Page 129
DRYING……Page 130
DUST EXPLOSION INCIDENTS……Page 132
DUSTS……Page 136
ELECTROSTATIC HAZARDS……Page 137
ENDOTHERMIC COMPOUNDS……Page 138
1,2-EPOXIDES……Page 142
ETHERS……Page 144
EXOTHERMICITY……Page 146
EXPLOSIBILITY……Page 147
EXPLOSIVE BOILING……Page 150
FINELY DIVIDED METALS……Page 151
FIRE EXTINGUISHERS……Page 152
FLAMMABILITY……Page 153
FLASH POINTS……Page 155
FLASH POWDER……Page 156
FLUORINATED ORGANOLITHIUM COMPOUNDS……Page 157
FLUORINATION……Page 158
FLUORODINITROMETHYL COMPOUNDS F( O2N)……Page 159
FRICTIONAL IGNITION OF GASES AND VAPOURS……Page 160
FRICTIONAL INITIATION INCIDENTS……Page 161
FRICTION DUST……Page 162
FULMINATING SILVER……Page 163
FUMES……Page 164
GAS CYLINDERS……Page 165
GAS EVOLUTION INCIDENTS……Page 166
GAS HANDLING……Page 169
GLASS INCIDENTS……Page 170
GOLD COMPOUNDS……Page 171
GRAVEL……Page 172
HALOACETYLENE DERIVATIVES……Page 173
HALOALKANES RX……Page 174
HALOALKENES……Page 176
HALOARENEMETAL……Page 178
HALOGENATION INCIDENTS……Page 181
-HALOGEN COMPOUNDS……Page 182
2-HALOMETHYL-FURANS OR -THIOPHENES……Page 186
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS……Page 187
HEAT FLOW CALORIMETRY……Page 188
HEAT TRANSFER……Page 189
HEAVY METAL DERIVATIVES……Page 190
HIGH-NITROGEN COMPOUNDS……Page 191
HIGH RATE DECOMPOSITION……Page 194
HYDRAZINE METAL MALONATES AND SUCCINATES……Page 195
HYDRAZINIUM SALTS H2NN+ H3Z-……Page 196
HYDROGENATION CATALYSTS……Page 197
HYDROGENATION INCIDENTS……Page 198
HYPOHALITES ROX……Page 199
IGNITION SOURCES……Page 200
INDUCTION PERIOD INCIDENTS……Page 202
INORGANIC AZIDES E……Page 204
INSULATION……Page 205
INTERHALOGENS……Page 206
IODINE COMPOUNDS……Page 207
IODO-……Page 208
ION EXCHANGE RESINS……Page 209
IRRADIATION DECOMPOSITION INCIDENTS……Page 210
ISOXAZOLES……Page 211
KETONE PEROXIDES……Page 212
LAGGING……Page 213
LASSAIGNE TEST……Page 214
LINSEED OIL……Page 215
LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS……Page 216
LIQUID AIR……Page 217
MAGNETIC STIRRERS……Page 218
MERCURY COMPOUNDS……Page 219
METAL ACETYLIDES……Page 221
METAL ALKOXIDES M(OR)……Page 223
METAL AMIDOSULFATES H2NSO2OM……Page 224
METAL AZIDES MN3……Page 225
METAL AZOTETRAZOLIDES……Page 227
METAL CYANIDES(AND CYANO COMPLEXES) M(CN)……Page 229
METAL DERIVATIVES OF ORGANOFLUORINE COMPOUNDS……Page 230
METAL DERIVATIVES……Page 231
METAL DUSTS……Page 233
METAL FULMINATES……Page 234
METAL HALOGENATES M( XO3)……Page 238
METAL NITRATES M( NO3)……Page 241
METAL NITROPHENOXIDES O2NC6H4OM……Page 244
METAL NON-METALLIDES……Page 245
METAL OXALATES (MOCO.-)……Page 246
METAL OXONON-METALLATES M+……Page 249
METAL PHOSPHINATES M[OP(:O) H2]……Page 252
METAL PNICTIDES……Page 253
METALS M……Page 254
METAL SULFATES M( SO4)……Page 256
METATHESIS REACTIONS……Page 258
MICROWAVE OVEN HEATING……Page 259
MISTS……Page 260
MOLECULAR SIEVE INCIDENTS……Page 261
MOLTEN SALT BATHS……Page 262
NEUTRALISATION INCIDENTS……Page 263
NITRATION INCIDENTS……Page 264
NITRIDES……Page 266
NITROACYL HALIDES……Page 268
NITROALKANES RNO2……Page 269
NITROALKYL PEROXONITRATES……Page 270
NITROBENZYL COMPOUNDS O2NC6H4CH2X……Page 275
NITRO……Page 276
NITRO COMPOUNDS……Page 277
NITROQUINONOID……Page 278
NITROSATED NYLON [-( CH2)……Page 279
3-NITROSOTRIAZENES N=……Page 280
NON-METAL AZIDES E( N3)……Page 283
NON-METALS E……Page 289
NUCLEAR WASTES……Page 291
ORGANIC BASES……Page 296
ORGANIC ISOCYANATES RN= C=O……Page 298
ORGANIC PEROXIDES……Page 299
ORGANIC POWDER HANDLING……Page 301
ORGANOMETALLIC PEROXIDES……Page 302
ORGANOMETALLICS……Page 303
ORIGINS OF UNWANTED CHEMICAL REACTIONS……Page 305
OXIDANTS……Page 306
OXIDATION INCIDENTS……Page 310
OXIDES……Page 311
OXIMES RC=NOH……Page 312
OXOSALTS OF NITROGENOUS BASES N+……Page 314
OXYGEN BOMB CALORIMETRY……Page 316
OXYGEN ENRICHMENT……Page 317
OXYGEN INDEX……Page 318
OZONIDES……Page 319
PACKAGING INCIDENTS……Page 320
PEAT……Page 321
PERCHLORATE-DOPED CONDUCTING POLYMERS……Page 322
PERCHLORATES……Page 323
PERCHLORATE SALTS OF NITROGENOUS BASES N+……Page 324
PEROXIDES IN SOLVENTS……Page 326
PEROXIDISABLE COMPOUNDS……Page 327
PEROXOACIDS EOOH……Page 331
PEROXOCHROMIUM COMPOUNDS……Page 332
PEROXOMOLYBDATES AND TUNGSTATES……Page 333
PEROXYCARBONATE ESTERS……Page 334
PEROXYESTERS……Page 335
-PHENYLAZO HYDROPEROXIDES……Page 336
PHOSPHORUS ESTERS (RO)……Page 337
PLANT CLEANING INCIDENTS……Page 339
PLATINUM COMPOUNDS……Page 340
POLYAZACAGED METAL PERCHLORATES……Page 341
POLYCONDENSATION REACTION INCIDENTS……Page 342
POLYMERISATION INCIDENTS……Page 343
POLYNITROALKYL COMPOUNDS C( NO2)……Page 346
POLYPEROXIDES……Page 350
POLYPROPYLENE POWDER……Page 351
PREPARATIVE HAZARDS……Page 352
PRESSURE INCREASE IN EXOTHERMIC DECOMPOSITION……Page 357
PROTEINS……Page 359
PYROPHORIC CATALYSTS……Page 360
PYROPHORIC MATERIALS……Page 362
PYROPHORIC METALS……Page 363
PYROTECHNICS……Page 365
QUATERNARY OXIDANTS (QUATERNARY PERMANGANATES)……Page 366
RANEY ALLOYS……Page 367
REACTION SIMULATION……Page 368
REDOX COMPOUNDS……Page 369
REDOX REACTIONS……Page 370
REDUCANTS……Page 371
REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE……Page 373
ROSINATED PIGMENTS……Page 374
RUNAWAY REACTIONS……Page 375
SAFE STORAGE OF CHEMICALS……Page 376
SAMPLE DISSOLUTION……Page 377
SCALE OF WORK……Page 378
SELF-ACCELERATING REACTIONS……Page 379
SELF-HEATING AND IGNITION INCIDENTS……Page 380
SILICONE OIL……Page 382
SILVER COMPOUNDS……Page 383
SILVERING SOLUTIONS……Page 385
SMELT……Page 387
SODIUM PRESS……Page 388
SOLVATED OXOSALT INCIDENTS……Page 389
STARCH……Page 390
STATIC INITIATION INCIDENTS……Page 391
STORAGE OF CHEMICALS……Page 392
STRAINED-RING COMPOUNDS……Page 393
SULFONATION INCIDENTS……Page 394
SULFONIC ACID ESTERS RSO2OR……Page 395
SULFUR ESTERS RSOR……Page 396
SUPERHEATED LIQUIDS……Page 397
PORPHINE PERCHLORATES……Page 398
TETRAZOLES HNN=NN=CH……Page 399
THERMAL STABILITY OF REACTION MIXTURES AND SYSTEMS……Page 401
THERMITE REACTIONS……Page 402
THERMOCHEMISTRY AND EXOTHERMIC DECOMPOSITION……Page 403
THORIUM FURNACE RESIDUES……Page 407
TOXIC HAZARDS……Page 408
TRIAZENES RN=……Page 409
TRIAZOLES……Page 410
TURPENTINE……Page 411
UNIT PROCESS OR UNIT OPERATION INCIDENTS……Page 412
VACUUM PUMPS……Page 413
VAPOUR EXPLOSIONS……Page 414
VINYLSILOXANES……Page 415
VIOLENT POLYMERISATION……Page 416
WOOD PULP……Page 417
XENON COMPOUNDS……Page 418
ZINC BACITRACIN……Page 419
Appendix 1: Source Title Abbreviations Used in Handbook References……Page 420
Appendix 2: Glossary of Abbreviations and Technical Terms……Page 430