- 324 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About This Book
Written by a hazardous materials consultant with over 40 years of experience in emergency services, the five-volume Hazmatology: The Science of Hazardous Materials suggests a new approach dealing with the most common aspects of hazardous materials, containers, and the affected environment. It focuses on innovations in decontamination, monitoring instruments, and personal protective equipment in a scientific way, utilizing common sense, and takes a risk-benefit approach to hazardous material response. This set provides the reader with a hazardous materials "Tool Box" and a guide for learning which tools to use under what circumstances.
Dealing with hazardous materials incidents cannot be accomplished effectively and safely without knowing the effects these materials have. Volume Three, Applied Chemistry and Physics, is not about teaching chemistry and physics. It is about presenting these topics at the level that emergency responders will understand so they can apply the concepts using a risk management system.
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- Uses a scientific approach utilizing analysis of previous incidents
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- Offers a risk-benefit approach based upon science and history
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- Provides understanding tools for your Hazmat Tool Box
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- Simplifies physical and chemical characteristics
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- Utilizes chemistry and physics to identify hazards to responders
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Author
- Applied Chemistry and Physics
- Applied Chemistry
- Applied Physics
- Introduction
- What Constitutes a Hazardous Materials Incident?
- When Hazardous Materials Are Present
- Actors in Hazardous Materials Incidents
- Applied Chemistry
- Nine DOT Hazard Classes
- Class 1 Explosives (LF/HR)
- Hazard Class 2 Compressed Gases (LF/HR)
- Hazard Class 3 Flammable Liquids (HF/LR)
- Hazard Class 4 Flammable Solids (LF/LR)
- Hazard Class 5 Oxidizers (LF/HR)
- Hazard Class 6 Poisons and Infectious Substances HF/HR
- (WMD) Unit of the FBI developed guidelines for emergency responders
- Class 7 Radioactive (LF/LR)
- Hazard Class 8 Corrosive (HF/LR)
- Hazard Class 9 Miscellaneous Hazardous Materials (LF/LR)
- Applied Physics (Physical Characteristics)
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index