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1、PotentiallyExplosiveChemicals(PECs)GuidelinesforSafeStorageandHandlingIowaStateUniversity______________________________________________________________________________TABLEOFCONTENTS1.Introduction2.CommonLaboratoryPECs3.GeneralStoragePrecautions4.SpecificStorageandTestingGuidel
2、inesforPeroxideFormingChemicals4.1AboutPeroxideFormingChemicals4.2TestingScheduleforPeroxideFormingChemicals4.3DipStrips5.PicricAcid&otherdi-andtri-nitrocompoundsAPPENDIX1–RepresentativePeroxideFormingCompoundsAPPENDIX2–AdditionalPECDetectionMethodsAPPENDIX3–PECTreatmentMethods
3、REFERENCESDISCLAIMER______________________________________________________________________________1.IntroductionExplosivechemicalscanrapidlyreleasetremendousamountsofdestructiveenergy.Ifnothandledproperly,thesechemicalscanposeaseriousthreattothehealthandsafetyoflaboratoryperson
4、nel,emergencyresponders,buildingoccupants,chemicalwastehandlers,anddisposalcompanies.Therearetwoclassesofexplosivechemicals.Thefirstisknownexplosivechemicalsthataredesignedandproducedforuseasanexplosive(e.g.,TNT,explosivebolts,bullets,blastingcaps,andfireworks).Theotherclassisp
5、otentiallyexplosivechemicals(PECs).PECsarematerialsthatmayoxidize,decompose,polymerize,becomecontaminated,dryoutordestabilizeandsubsequentlybecomeexplosivewhensubjectedtoheat,light,frictionormechanicalshock.TheclassofPECsthatrequirethemostattentionatISUandisthemajorfocusofthisd
6、ocumentaretheperoxidizablecompounds(otherPECssuchaspicricacidareaddressedinsection5).Inadditiontopersonnelinjuryandpropertydamagefromexplosions,thecostofdisposingofunknownand/orout-datedPECsisexhorbitant.ISUusesacontractortoremotelyopenandstabilizeeachPECmakingitsafefordisposal
7、.Costsforthisservicecanrangefrom$2000to$6000perchemicaleventforthisspecialhandlingservice.NOTE:ThereisagreatdealofuncertaintyregardingthehazardsandsafehandlingofPECs.Forexample,withperoxideformingchemicals,therearenodefinitedataavailableabouttheconcentrationandspecificcondition
8、satwhichtheseperoxideswilldetonate.Severalcommontestme
