Safety measures in chemical laboratories (3rd ed)
Date
1964Author
Anonymous
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Abstract
Operations in a chemical laboratory with noxious, inflammable or
explosive materials are always attended with risks of personal injury
or material destruction. The importance of a due regard for safe
methods of work and of taking precautions against accidents, however
unlikely, must be instilled as an integral part of the training of
the young chemist.
Codes of regulations - to be strictly observed - may go some way
towards reducing dangers inherent in chemical work, and compilations
in book or chart form of the injurious action of various types
of chemical are unquestionably useful. Yet it is from the precept and
example of his more experienced colleagues that the new recruit will
draw the surest guidance.
This booklet, compiled primarily to help the new entrant to the
National Chemical Laboratory, contains much that even an experienced
worker may be glad to know. The previous editions have,
indeed, achieved a wide circulation in other laboratories and many
letters suggesting amendments or additions have been received and
considered.