Hazardous Materials Chemistry for Emergency Responders - Robert Burke - Books - Taylor & Francis Ltd - 9781138074651 - March 31, 2017
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Hazardous Materials Chemistry for Emergency Responders 3rd edition

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The third edition of a bestseller, Hazardous Materials Chemistry for Emergency Responders continues to provide the fundamentals of "street chemistry" required by emergency response personnel. Emergency response and hazmat expert Robert Burke takes the basics of chemistry appropriate for response personnel and puts it into understandable terms. The author has retained the style and format that made the previous editions so popular while updating the information to keep the book relevant.

See What?s in the Third Edition:

Expanded section on Ethanol and its hazards to responders Update of NFPA 472 Chemistry requirements Revised section on "hazmat elements" with more hazards and response issues Includes a focus on the importance of the "hazmat elements" of chemical families New incident examples New photographs and graphics

The chapters are organized by the nine U. S. Department of Transportation's hazard classes. Almost every hazardous material presents more than one hazard; the DOT?s placarding and labeling system only identifies the most severe hazards. Therefore, the book provides additional information about hidden hazards for each hazard class. It discusses individual chemicals, their hazards and their physical and chemical characteristics, both as distinct chemicals and within chemical families.

The book offers a concise presentation of the topics of most importance to emergency responders on a day-to-day basis. It provides the basic chemistry a responder needs to understand chemical terminology and communicate with others about the chemicals involved in hazardous materials incidents.

553 pages, 498 Illustrations, black and white

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released March 31, 2017
ISBN13 9781138074651
Publishers Taylor & Francis Ltd
Pages 553
Dimensions 245 × 171 × 35 mm   ·   984 g
Language English  

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