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Hazard and Safety: 1. Ammonia (Gas)

The document discusses hazards and safety procedures related to chemicals used in a plant. It provides information on the toxic effects and risks of ammonia, hydrogen, methane, and other chemicals. It also describes standard first aid treatments for inhalation or eye exposure to chemicals. Personal protective equipment that should be worn is outlined, including safety hats, dust masks, gloves, and safety shoes. The material safety data sheet provides chemical and exposure limit information for anhydrous ammonia.

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Hazard and Safety: 1. Ammonia (Gas)

The document discusses hazards and safety procedures related to chemicals used in a plant. It provides information on the toxic effects and risks of ammonia, hydrogen, methane, and other chemicals. It also describes standard first aid treatments for inhalation or eye exposure to chemicals. Personal protective equipment that should be worn is outlined, including safety hats, dust masks, gloves, and safety shoes. The material safety data sheet provides chemical and exposure limit information for anhydrous ammonia.

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Hazard and safety

It is important to know the unsafe properties and impacts upon the human body
of the synthetic concoctions utilized in the plant.

This section involve the monographs specify the risky properties and their
belongings, suggested emergency treatment and strategies for managing
spillages.

 Hazard and treatment


1. Ammonia (gas)
 Toxic effect: The gas disturbs all the part of the respiratory system.
 Hazardous reaction: when it is contact with air should be convert in
explosive blend, risky reaction with boron halides.
 First aid: vapor in breath :excellence treatment

Effected eye : excellence treatment

 Fire Hazard: explosion power:17-27%

At the point of flammable temperature is: 652 °c

 Disposal: Surplus gas or spilling cylinder can be vented gradually into the
water-fed scrubber.

(2) Hydrogen

 Toxic impacts: Classed as a basic suffocate gas.


 Hazardous response: Reaction risks with oxidants, for example, chloride
dioxide, copper oxide.
 Fire risks: Explosive limit : 4-77% ignition temperature: 582°c
 Disposal: Surplus gas or spilling cylinder can be vented gradually to air in a
sheltered open space.
(3) Methane
 Toxic impacts: Methane is non-poisonous yet can have opiate impacts in
high fixation without air.
 First aid: Vapor inhaled : Standard Treatment
 Fire dangers: Explosive limits: 5-16% Start temperature: 535°c
 Disposal: Surplus gas or spilling cylinder can be vented gradually to air in

(4) N-Methyl Di Ethanol Amine


 Poisonous impacts: The fume aggravates the eyes and respiratory
system.
 Hazardous response: Forms dangerous blend with air, vicious responses
with Boron, Halides.
 First aid: Vapor inhaled : Standard Treatment
Influenced eyes : Standard Treatment

(5) Nickel
 Harmful impacts: The salts will disturb the eyes and it is thought to be
noxious whenever taken by mouth.
 First aid: Vapor inhaled : Standard Treatment

Influenced eyes: Standard Treatment

 Disposal: Soluble Ni salts should be dissolved in water and the solution run
to waste diluting greatly with running water.

 Standard treatment:

(1) Inhalation:
 Evacuate the casualty out of the risky area.
 Loosen the dress. Manage O2 if accessible.
 If the breathing has halted, apply the duplicate respiratory.
(2) Splashing in the eyes:
 Flood the eyes completely with the huge amounts of tenderly
running water.
 Ensure the water showers the eyeballs by delicately rising open
the eyelids and keeping them separated until the treatment is
finished.
 All the eye wounds from the chemical require clinical guidance.

 SAFETY

(1) Basic Safety Rules:

There are some important rules which must be seen when working in
Ammonia producing place

 No smoking
 No utilization of alcoholic alcohol
 No drinking aside from water establishments
 Do not alter defective types of gear or electrical fittings

(2) Personal Protective Clothing and Equipments:

A huge variety of outfit and types of gear for individual defensive in an


assortment of materials are accessible, among of which are discovered
appropriate to be utilized:
Sr.No Personal Protective Device For Protection against

1 Safety hats Chemical sprinkles working with


overhead channels, tanks, heat
exchangers, and so forth.
2 Dust masks Inhalation of destructive dirt
3 Air masks Inhalation of smoke, destructive gases
4 Safety footwear Corrosive synthetic substances, falling
substance
5 Eye protector Chemical sprinkles
6 Gloves Abrasion, destructive and toxic synthetic
concoctions
7 Safety units Any sort of mishaps

• MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET

 CHEMICAL NAME: Ammonia, Anhydrous


 Composition: 99+% ammonia
 SYNONYMS: Ammonia, melted
 FORMULA: NH3
 MOL. WT.: 17.03

(I) STATEMENT OF HEALTH HAZARD

• Hazard Description
 Irritant and destructive to skin, eye, respiratory tract and mucous
membrane.
 May cause serious consumes, eye and lung wounds. Skin and
respiratory related diseases bother by exposure.
 Not perceived by OSHA as a cancer-causing agent.
 Not recorded in National Toxicology Program yearly report.
 Not recorded as a cancer-causing agent by International Agency for
research on Cancer.

• Exposure Limits
 50 ppm PEL-Federal OSHA
 25 ppm-TWA-NIOSH
 35 ppm STEL-NIOSH
 300 ppm IDLH-NIOSH

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