Edition: 1
Publication date: 2005-12-17
Dewey code: 660.2804
List Price: $245.00
Price: $159.86
Review Critical Temperatures for the Thermal Explosion of Chemicals (Industrial Safety Series) / Elsevier Science:The value of the critical temperature (Tc), below which the thermal explosion of a chemical cannot occur, is indispensable to prevent such a chemical from exploding. In order to determine the Tc it has so far been necessary to measure the value in explosion experiments. Because of the inherent hazards, only few Tc values are available at present. Critical Temperatures for the Thermal Explosion of Chemicals introduces new and simple procedures to calculate the Tc. As a result Tc can be calculated for a range of chemicals, many of which are listed in this new volume. The calculated values of Tc are shown to be in agreement with experimentally determined values. The data and methods presented in Critical Temperatures for the Thermal Explosion of Chemicals will be of use to research laboratories as well as in the chemical industry. * Introduces new and simple procedures for calculating critical temperatures* Lists the T(c) values of chemicals in tables* Explains mathematical expressions in clear simple terms.
Creator: M B Thomas
Publication date: 2003-01-01
Dewey code: 660
List Price: $180.00
Price: $167.47
Review Practical Guide to Chemical Safety (Rapra Practical Guides) / Smithers Rapra Technology:There are many different chemicals and materials in use today. These are subject to stringent regulations, which include a requirement for physico-chemical and toxicity testing. In some countries existing chemicals are also undergoing safety checks. The aim is to determine their hazardous properties and the risks involved in using substances. Health and safety of the environment and the individual are becoming of prime importance to society and extensive legislation has been developed. To the R&D chemist this is a maze to negotiate when trying to introduce a new material or chemical into a different market place. What tests are required and for which markets? What do the test results mean? Who are the key organisations in each global region? Legislation varies between applications and often the quantity of chemical in use is critical to determining the level of testing required. A Practical Guide to Chemical Safety Testing describes the different tests that must be performed on new chemicals and other materials to demonstrate to the regulatory authorities that they are safe for use. Tests vary from physico-chemical, measuring properties such as melting point and density, through genetic toxicity studies, to mammalian toxicology and studies to investigate effects on the environment. Animal testing is carried out to look for potential irritants, harmful substances, corrosive agents, allergens, cancer causing potential, etc. [+]Each test type is described here and the validity of the test methods is debated. For example, there are sometimes major differences between simple model systems using cell lines or bacteria, effects in laboratory animals and, most importantly, with effects on humans. This can give rise to misleading interpretation of results. There is a chapter devoted to alternatives to animal testing for safety evaluation. Many non-animal screening tests are available. It is also becoming increasingly possible to cross-match many new chemicals with existing toxicity data to predict potential carcinogenicity, allergenicity, etc. These approaches can reduce the test requirements for the chemical, although a structural alert showing the presence of a suspect chemical moiety can trigger definitive toxicological assessment. Ecotoxicological testing is carried out to determine the level of hazard to organisms in the environment. Important properties used to estimate environmental fate include the solubility of the test material in water, its ability to adsorb to soil and its potential for accumulation in animals. Regulations vary depending on the intended purpose of a material, and this book describes the requirements for general chemicals, polymers, food contact materials, medical devices and biocides. Often the quantity imported into a region determines the stringency of the testing required. The EU, the USA, Japan and other geographical regions each has its own set of regulations. These are outlined here. In some instances approval of a chemical in one country will lead to automatic approval in a second country. In other cases new testing is required. This is a very complex situation. The second half of this book sets out to untangle the web of legal issues facing manufacturers and suppliers. This book is essential reading for chemical and material manufacturers and suppliers. It describes clearly the process of obtaining approval for use in a variety of global regions and across different applications. It also explains why different tests are performed and the implications of the results.
Creator: Rainer Friedrich
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2001-11-28
Dewey code: 551
List Price: $179.00
Price: $156.96
Review Environmental External Costs of Transport (v. 1) / Springer:Transport causes a wide range of damage to human health, ecosytems and materials which are not reflected in the prices for transport. Thus, the damage caused by cars, planes, ships and trains should be known and transformed into monetary values, so called external costs. Within this book, a method to estimate the external costs stemming from the emissions of atmospheric pollutants of transport, including damage from greenhouse gases, fine particles, ozone, nitrous oxides, benzene and other carcinogenic substances, is described and applied to calculate the external costs of a huge number of current and future transport techniques operating in different locations all over Europe. A number of case studies demonstrate how the results can be used to aid policy decisions. The book is an important basis for assessing transport techniques, discussing transport taxes and charges and implementing ecopolitical instruments.
Creator: Willem Halffman
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1998-06-30
Dewey code: 363.1791
List Price: $237.00
Price: $166.25
Review The Politics of Chemical Risk: Scenarios for a Regulatory Future / Springer:All industrial countries have developed regulatory systems to assess and manage the risk of chemical substances to the working and natural environment. The pressure to harmonize these often specialized regulatory systems is increasingly strong at the international level. Such harmonization not only entails the assessment of particular chemicals, but also the way assessment procedures and their boundary with risk management is organized. As these initiatives intensify, they increasingly raise important questions of how to integrate national differences in the international regulatory arena. How will national consultation procedures relate to international decision-making on chemical risks? How will differences in national risk assessment procedures be accommodated? How will the international regulatory system be integrated with different national styles of regulation and government? Presenting the experiences and insights of both people from within the worlds of risk assessment and management and from the field of Science Studies, this book forms a state-of-the-art in the discussion on the Politics of Chemical Risk. By offering scenarios, or sketches of a regulatory future, it points to the choices that can be made and the opportunities to be explored. As such, it offers an agenda for environmental and occupational scientists, policy-makers and students of science and technology alike.
Publication date: 2005-12-30
Dewey code: 660
List Price: $160.00
Price: $160.00
Review Globally Harmonized System of Classification And Labelling Chemicals (Ghs) / United Nations Pubns:
Edition: 5
Publication date: 2000-04-12
Dewey code: 542.10289
List Price: $229.95
Price: $158.36
Review CRC Handbook of Laboratory Safety, 5th Edition / CRC:Provides information on planning for emergencies, choosing the correct equipment, developing operational plans, and meeting regulatory requirements. Includes new OSHA laboratory safety standards, and the latest CDC guidelines for research with microbial hazards. DLC: Chemical laboratories-Safety measures-Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Creator: Emilio Benfenati
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2007-05-07
Dewey code: 363.7384
List Price: $210.00
Price: $169.52
Review Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships (QSAR) for Pesticide Regulatory Purposes / Elsevier Science:Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (QSAR) for Pesticide Regulatory Purposes stems from the experience of the EC funded project DEMETRA. This project combined institutes involved in the regulatory process of pesticides, industries of the sector and scientists to develop and offer original software for the prediction of ecotoxicity of pesticides. Then to be used within the dossier preparation for pesticide registration. The basis of this book is more than three-years of research activities, discussions, studies and successful models. This experience represents a useful example not only for the case of pesticides, but also for the prediction of ecotoxicity and toxicity in general. QSAR is used to link a given property of a chemical compound with some features related to its structure. The theoretical toxicological, chemical and information technology aspects will be treated considering the regulatory issues. Innovative hybrid systems will be described, for the toxicity prediction of pesticides and related compounds, directly useful for pesticide evaluation within the Dossier preparation for pesticide registration. Five endpoints will also be discussed, addressing issues as standardisation, verification, validation, accessibility, reproducibility. The driving force for Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (QSAR) for Pesticide Regulatory Purposes is that all the issues of concern for end-users are analysed, discussed and solutions proposed further. [+]An innovative feature is that, in order to offer powerful QSAR models, the book discusses and reports on integrated QSAR models, combined into a unique hybrid system. * Assesses the needs of regulators for pesticide approval and how these needs affect QSAR models* Combines theoretical discussion with practical examples, including five worked examples of hybrid systems* Refers to original software available through the internet.
Creator: David Diamond
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2006-05-17
Dewey code: 363.32556
List Price: $169.00
Price: $165.00
Review Countering Nuclear and Radiological Terrorism (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics) / Springer:With the dissolution of the Soviet Union the nuclear threats facing the world are constantly evolving and have grown more complex since the end of the Cold War. The diversion of complete weapon systems or nuclear material to rogue nations and terrorist organizations has increased and new nuclear powers (e. g. Iran, Korea, Pakistan and India) have further complicated global proliferation issues. The events of the past years have proved the necessity to reevaluate these threats on a level never before considered. In recognition that no single country possesses all of the answers to the critical scientific, institutional and legal questions associated with combating nuclear and radiological terrorism, the 2005 Workshop and this proceeding was structured to promote wide-ranging, multi-national exploration of critical technology needs and underlying scientific challenges to reducing the threat of nuclear/radiological terrorism; to illustrate through country-specific presentations how resulting technologies were used in national programs; and to outline the role of legal, policy and institutional frameworks in countering nuclear/radiological terrorism. One key outcome of this book is better understanding of the independent contributions from across the international community of the scientific and technological components and the legal, policy and institutional components to combating nuclear/radiological terrorism. The book can serve as a tool for communicating the outcomes of the workshop not only to the multi-national scientific communities engaged in combating nuclear/radiological terrorism, but also to those working at governmental and policy levels whose actions affect the directions science takes and how the technology is incorporated into country-specific national systems for combating nuclear/radiological terrorism.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1985-01-01
Dewey code: 621.4835
List Price: $259.95
Price: $214.19
Review Guidebook to Light Water Reactor Safety Analysis (Proceedings of the International Centre for Heat and Mass Transfer) / CRC:The Guidebook to Light Water Reactor Safety Analysis brings together government and expert researchers entrusted with maintaining the safety of reactors, preventing incidents, and for creating the guidelines for responding appropriately to emergency situations. It includes an overview presented by the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. One of the most relevant compendiums of its time, it's a volume of both historical and scientific significance and well worth the consideration of those currently involved with maintaining reactor safety.
Creator: Helmut Greim
Publication date: 2008-11-10
Dewey code: 660
List Price: $160.00
Price: $160.00
Review The MAK-Collection for Occupational Health and Safety: Part I: MAK Value Documentations, Volume 26 (The MAK-Collection for Occupational Health and Safety. Part I: MAK Value Documentations (DFG)) / Wiley-VCH:This volume provides documentations for the established MAK values (maximum workplace concentrations) of selected occupational toxicants, including an authoritative review of the available toxicological studies and data. For each substance, the toxic effects, mechanisms and modes of action, toxicogenetics and metabolism, effects in man and animals are described. In addition, the carcinogenic, germ-cell mutagenic, sensitizing or skin-resorptive effects as well as their toxicity to the reproductive system are evaluated, plus basic physico-chemical data are provided. The documentations are thus not only essential for the application of MAK values but also provide a concise toxicological overview for each substance.
Authors
- Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS)
Publication date: 1999-10-15
Dewey code: 660.2804
List Price: $206.95
Price: $160.65
Review Guidelines for Chemical Process Quantitative Risk Analysis / Wiley-AIChE:Chemical process quantitative risk analysis (CPQRA) as applied to the CPI was first fully described in the first edition of this CCPS Guidelines book. This second edition is packed with information reflecting advances in this evolving methodology, and includes worked examples on a CD-ROM. CPQRA is used to identify incident scenarios and evaluate their risk by defining the probability of failure, the various consequences and the potential impact of those consequences. It is an invaluable methodology to evaluate these when qualitative analysis cannot provide adequate understanding and when more information is needed for risk management. This technique provides a means to evaluate acute hazards and alternative risk reduction strategies, and identify areas for cost-effective risk reduction. There are no simple answers when complex issues are concerned, but CPQRA2 offers a cogent, well-illustrated guide to applying these risk-analysis techniques, particularly to risk control studies. Special Details: Includes CD-ROM with example problems worked using Excel and Quattro Pro. For use with Windows 95, 98, and NT.
Publication date: 2000-12
Dewey code: 660
List Price: $225.00
Price: $225.00
Review Ammonia Plant Safety and Related Facilities (Ammonia Plant Safety (and Related Facilities)) / Amer Inst of Chemical Engineers:
Creator: Sara E. Mortimore
Publication date: 2005-12-23
Dewey code: 363.7296
List Price: $209.99
Price: $167.99
Review Aviation Food Safety / Wiley-Blackwell:The provision of safe food to airline passengers is now a multi-billion dollar industry worldwide. As the aviation industry continues to grow year on year, so do passenger food service expectations, with increasing demand for wider choice and greater quality. Often neglected and under-regulated, food safety should be of paramount importance amid this growth. In this much needed book Erica Sheward makes a compelling case for better management of food safety for all aspects of the aircraft food supply chain.
Authors
- European Process Safety Centre
Dewey code: 660
List Price: $161.00
Price: $161.00
Review Atmospheric Dispersion - IChemE / Inst of Chemical Engineers UK:This book provides technical guidance to study the propagation of toxic or flammable clouds resulting from an emission in order to evaluate their consequences, eg for risk assessment purposes. Based on the four parameters of dispersion development (physical properties, chemical properties, source terms, and atmospheric situation) the book explores the mathematical models (ranging from Gaussian to three-dimensional) which allow adequate assessment of risk. Tracing, both on site and on a model, is dealt with, as is the presentation and interpretation of results.
Authors
- Jack L. King
- Jack F. Yablonsky
- Thomas B. Jones
Publication date: 1991-06-24
Dewey code: 668.4042
List Price: $195.95
Price: $161.88
Review Powder Handling and Electrostatics: Understanding and Preventing Hazards / CRC:The subject of this manual is safe practice for avoiding electrostatic discharge hazards in the manufacturing and processing of chemical and plastic powders. It is written with the practicing engineer and plant technician in mind. Practical information to enhance the process safety is provided in straightforward terms. The manual describes the basic phenomena of powder electrostatics, giving special emphasis to polymer powders. The identified types of electrostatic discharges are discussed and explanations of the conditions that favor or inhibit each type are given. A number of industrial incidents where ESD-induced dust ignitions occurred are reviewed, with the authors contributing their own views on causes and preventive measures. The important quantitative measures of electrostatic hazards are identified, along with the methods needed to perform meaningful measurements. Concrete recommendations, based on the authors' experience, are provided in the form of a list of "Do's" and "Don'ts" applicable in the plant environment. Finally, appendices provide a wealth of useful background data plus an informative "Q and A" section covering practical engineering issues. This manual will be extremely useful to chemical plant engineers, operating and maintenance personnel, safety engineers, processing plant engineers, design engineers, and consultants, as well as persons in the chemical, pharmaceutical, plastic, and food handling industries.
Edition: 1st
Publication date: 2001-12-15
Dewey code: 612.01442
List Price: $209.95
Price: $162.06
Review Electromagnetic Fields and Radiation: Human Bioeffects and Safety / CRC:Summarizes the latest research regarding the effect of electric and magnetic field exposure on human health. Discusses current safety standards and guidelines in the United States, Europe, and Asia.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2003-03-03
Dewey code: 658.562
List Price: $209.95
Price: $167.24
Review Guidelines for Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), for Automotive, Aerospace, and General Manufacturing Industries / CRC:These guidelines form a comprehensive overview of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and examine why FMEA has become a powerful and respected analytical technique for effectively managing and reducing risks. Readers learn how to use FMEA throughout the life cycles of their product to improve customer satisfaction and ensure safety and regulatory compliance. They will obtain sound advice on selecting a study team, stetting up and conducting a study, and analyzing the results. Other topics include Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis, Risk Management Planning, Advanced Quality Planning, Product Quality Control Plans, and Dynamic Control Plans.
Creator: J.M. Zaldìvar
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1991-03-31
Dewey code: 660.283
List Price: $299.00
Price: $159.95
Review Safety of Chemical Batch Reactors and Storage Tanks (Eurocourses: Reliability & Risk Analysis) / Springer:
Authors
- Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker Advisory Committee
Price: $162.14
Review Vinyl Chloride (BUA Report) / Wiley-VCH:
Authors
- Nicolo Castellino
- Pietro Castellino
- Nicola Sannolo
Publication date: 1995-01-22
Dewey code: 615.925688
List Price: $120.95
Price: $167.12
Review Inorganic Lead Exposures: Metabolism and Intoxication / CRC-Press:Inorganic Lead Exposure: Metabolism and Intoxication offers a comprehensive review of the evolution of scientific knowledge and the current state of the art in relation to lead interaction with the environment and the mammalian body. The authors focus on the sources of lead pollution to which humans are exposed during daily and working life, and on lead uptake, distribution, and excretion, clarifying our knowledge of the toxicity of this metal. They also provide a highly detailed description of saturnism and a thorough analysis of its critical effects on target organs.
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Critical Temperatures for the Thermal Explosion of Chemicals (Industrial Safety Series), Practical Guide to Chemical Safety (Rapra Practical Guides), Environmental External Costs of Transport (v. 1), The Politics of Chemical Risk: Scenarios for a Regulatory Future, Globally Harmonized System of Classification And Labelling Chemicals (Ghs), CRC Handbook of Laboratory Safety, 5th Edition, Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships (QSAR) for Pesticide Regulatory Purposes, Countering Nuclear and Radiological Terrorism (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics), Guidebook to Light Water Reactor Safety Analysis (Proceedings of the International Centre for Heat and Mass Transfer), The MAK-Collection for Occupational Health and Safety: Part I: MAK Value Documentations, Volume 26 (The MAK-Collection for Occupational Health and Safety. Part I: MAK Value Documentations (DFG)), Guidelines for Chemical Process Quantitative Risk Analysis, Ammonia Plant Safety and Related Facilities (Ammonia Plant Safety (and Related Facilities)), Aviation Food Safety, Atmospheric Dispersion - IChemE, Powder Handling and Electrostatics: Understanding and Preventing Hazards, Electromagnetic Fields and Radiation: Human Bioeffects and Safety, Guidelines for Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), for Automotive, Aerospace, and General Manufacturing Industries, Safety of Chemical Batch Reactors and Storage Tanks (Eurocourses: Reliability & Risk Analysis), Vinyl Chloride (BUA Report), Inorganic Lead Exposures: Metabolism and IntoxicationTop headlines: Senator sworn in amid domestic-abuse probe: A former police officer and councilman was sworn in as a new state senator, despite facing charges that he slashed his girlfriend's face with a piece of broken glass in a jealous rage. ›13:45 2007 Tokyo Motor Show: Top 10 Wacky Concept Cars: MSN editors pick the 10 craziest concept cars at the Tokyo show. ›07:00 29 Oct, Mon Polaroid camera produces prints on the spot: Polaroid was set to announce Thursday at the International Consumer Electronics Show that it is introducing a digital camera that produces prints right on the spot. ›05:15 First Drive: 2008 Cadillac CTS: With style in spades, Cadillac's second-generation sport sedan adds performance and refinement. ›07:00 15 Oct, Mon JetBlue strives for top-dog status: At JetBlue, the skies are going to the dogs. 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