New Research on Hazardous MaterialsNova Publishers, 2007 - 421 pages Hazardous waste is a waste with properties that make it dangerous or potentially harmful to human health or the environment. Hazardous waste generally exhibits one or more of these characteristics: ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity or toxicity. The universe of hazardous wastes is large and diverse. Hazardous wastes can be liquids, solids, contained gases, or sludges. They can be the by-products of manufacturing processes or simply discarded commercial products, like cleaning fluids or pesticides. One major type is radioactive waste. This book brings together the latest research in this diverse field. |
Contents
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Hazards of Common Materials | 75 |
Development of Ordered Mesoporous Semiconductor and Semiconductor Containing Thin Films for Advanced Oxidation Processes | 91 |
Catalytic Effects of Impurity on the Thermal Stability of Some Typical Hazardous Materials | 111 |
Computer Simulation in Consequence Analysis and Loss Prevention | 158 |
Treatment and Recycling of Scrap Lithium Battery | 206 |
Microwave Plasma Techniques for Pollution Control | 222 |
Mitigation of Gas Explosions in Industrial Equipment by Means of Venting Systems | 246 |
A Simple Theoretical Prediction of Detonation Velocities of Nonideal Explosives Only from Elemental Composition | 290 |
Extraction of Heavy Metals by Microemulsions A Novel Approach | 308 |
Vegetable Oil as Greener Liquid Membrane | 344 |
Theoretical Treatment of Some Novel Nitropyrimidines | 368 |
Index | 402 |
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Page 88 - BCF which have been in use from time immemorial. It is particularly suitable for dealing with fires in buildings, timber yards and warehouses. Though required in large quantities, it is fairly cheap to produce and it is intended that quantities of about a million gallons should be stored in urban areas and near other installations of high risk ready for immediate use.
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Page 88 - Authority spokesman said that he would strongly oppose planning permission for construction of a WATER reservoir in his area unless the most stringent precautions were followed. Open ponds were certainly not acceptable. What would prevent people falling in them? What would prevent the contents from leaking out? At the very least the WATER would need to be contained in a steel pressure vessel surrounded by a leak-proof concrete wall. A spokesman from the Fire Brigades said he did not see the need...
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Page 88 - ... firemen would be intoxicated by the fumes? The Friends of the World said that they had obtained a sample of WATER and found it caused clothes to shrink. If it did this to cotton, what would it do to men? In the House of Commons yesterday, the Home Secretary was asked if he would prohibit the sale of this lethal new material. The Home Secretary replied that, as it was clearly a major hazard, Local Authorities would have to take advice from the Health and Safety Executive before giving planning...
Page 88 - ICI's new proposals are already encountering strong opposition from safety and environmental groups. Professor Connie Barrinner has pointed out that, if anyone immersed their head in a bucket of WATER it would prove fatal in as little as 3 minutes. Each of ICI's proposed reservoirs will contain enough WATER to fill half a million two-gallon buckets. Each bucket-full could be used a hundred times so there is enough WATER in one reservoir to kill the entire population of the United Kingdom.
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Page 88 - Id's proposed reservoirs will contain enough WATER to fill half a million two-gallon buckets. Each bucket-full could be used a hundred times so there is enough WATER in one reservoir to kill the entire population of the UK. Risks of this size, said Professor Barrinner, should not be allowed, whatever the gain. If the WATER were to get out of control the results of Flixborough or Seveso would pale into insignificance by comparison. What use was a fire-fighting agent that could kill men as well as...