Chemical Laboratory Safety

Session #3

OSHA requires that a Material Safety Data Sheet be available for each chemical on hand in your laboratory   Please complete the assignment below, and then visit with us in our virtual classroom group discussion.

Reading Assignment:

Chapter 14       Material Safety Data Sheets

Additional Assignment:

Assignment #1 100 points  Identify 10 chemicals in your laboratory and obtain MSDSs for each of them.  List each compound and identify the hazard information and first aid measures

Assignment #2 – 50 points From the list of compounds below obtain MSDS Sheets for 5 of the chemicals listed below and identify the hazard information and first aid measures

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Anhydrous Aluminum Chloride

Ammonium Hydroxide

Aniline

Antimony Pentachloride

Antimony Trichloride

Arsenic Trichloride

Benzene

Benzoyl Chloride

Benzoyl Peroxide

Benzyl Bromine

Butyric Acid

Cadmium, Cadmium Salts

Calcium Carbide

Dioxane

Sodium Azide

Sodium Peroxide

Sulfuric Acid

Chloromethoxychloromethane