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    Safty Symbols: Assignment of Chemical Reaction Engineering Lab

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    The document describes common safety symbols used to indicate hazards associated with chemicals. It lists 16 symbols such as corrosive, flammable, toxic, carcinogenic, explosive, biohazardous, compressed gas, and oxidizing. Each symbol is accompanied by a brief explanation of its meaning and what type of hazard it represents, such as a corrosive chemical causing burns or a flammable solid that can catch fire. The safety symbols are used to communicate hazards to ensure safe handling, transportation, and disposal of chemicals.

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    The document describes common safety symbols used to indicate hazards associated with chemicals. It lists 16 symbols such as corrosive, flammable, toxic, carcinogenic, explosive, biohazardous, compressed gas, and oxidizing. Each symbol is accompanied by a brief explanation of its meaning and what type of hazard it represents, such as a corrosive chemical causing burns or a flammable solid that can catch fire. The safety symbols are used to communicate hazards to ensure safe handling, transportation, and disposal of chemicals.

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    Safty Symbols: Assignment of Chemical Reaction Engineering Lab

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    The document describes common safety symbols used to indicate hazards associated with chemicals. It lists 16 symbols such as corrosive, flammable, toxic, carcinogenic, explosive, biohazardous, compressed gas, and oxidizing. Each symbol is accompanied by a brief explanation of its meaning and what type of hazard it represents, such as a corrosive chemical causing burns or a flammable solid that can catch fire. The safety symbols are used to communicate hazards to ensure safe handling, transportation, and disposal of chemicals.

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    SAFTY SYMBOLS

    ASSIGNMENT OF CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING LAB


    9/26/2011

    SAFETY SYMBOLS

    Symbole Meaning Description

    Corrosive Chemical cause burns if it comes into contact with the skin.

    Highly flammable Can easily catch fire.

    Toxic Could cause harm if the chemical comes into contact with skin, if ingested or if vapors are breathed in.

    Harmful to the environment Will cause harm to living organisms if released into the environment.

    Irritant Damages skin or eyes if they come into contact with the chemical.

    Explosive Chemical could cause an explosion.

    SAFETY SYMBOLS
    Carcinogen

    Carcinogen Chemical can cause cancer if it comes into contact with the body or is ingested.

    Radiation Material is radioactive and gives off ionizing radiation.

    Dangerously reactive React violently under conditions of shock or an increase in pressure or temperature and also with water to release a toxic gas.

    Biohazardous infectious material Cause disease or are believed to cause disease in either humans or animals. For example, a blood sample containing the Hepatitis B virus is a biohazardous infectious material.

    Compressed gas Cause sudden loss of integrity of the container.

    SAFETY SYMBOLS

    Flammable Solid They can catch fire.

    Poison More general symbol for the transport of poisonous materials (not necessarily a gas).

    Miscellaneous danger Catch-all symbol for all other dangers.

    Spontaneously Combustible Spontaneously combustible material (treat with great caution!

    Explosive. Used in the transport of explosive materials.


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    SAFETY SYMBOLS

    Flammable Liquid Used in the transport of flammable liquids.

    Poisonous Gas. Used for transport of a poisonous gas - on gas cylinders, or sometimes as an indicator on vehicles.

    Oxidizing chemical! Materials that spontaneously evolve oxygen at room temperature or with slight heating and promote combustion. To be kept away from flammable chemicals at all costs.

    Marine Pollutant Marine pollutant - do not dispose of in sewer system.

    Corrosive Transport of corrosive materials - again, avoids contact with the skin.

    SAFETY SYMBOLS

    Non flammable gas Safety symbol used in the transport of non flammable (and hence often non hazardous, at least out in the open) gases.

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