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Safety Data for CHM-130LL (Lab)

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If you are in section 20598, which starts Aug. 19th, then email your answers to Quinn Thacker at QRT2004@yahoo.com.   If you are in section 20930 which starts Sept. 9th, then email your answers to Loree Cantrell-Briggs at lor2060912@phoenixcollege.edu

Question 1: Three acronyms appear in this tutorial. OSHA, MSDS, and NFPA. What do they stand for?

Question 2: The National Fire Protection Association uses a numbering system to reflect the hazard level of chemicals. What is the range of these numbers?

Question 3: The warning system also uses colors to help show the type of hazard. What four colors does it use, and what category does each color refer to?

Question 4: What would you do if you were following a truck with a NFPA diamond sign that had a 4 written on each of the three colors of the diamond?

Question 5: If you are smoking or with someone smoking, what color diamond should you pay the most attention to?
Question 6: Which two chemicals in your kit are the most flammable?
Question 7: We don't normally think of the coins in our pocket or purse as being flammable, but certain chemicals can even make coins catch fire. They will be indicated on the NFPA sign with three letters. What letters would that be?
Question 8: What is the highest health hazard level for chemicals in your chemistry kit? Name two that have that level.
cupric sulfate
Question 9: For potassium iodide, what is the MSDS info for ingestion shown in the Safety Tutorial? Also, under ingestion the letters, "GI" is used. What does "GI" stand for?
Question 10: Nearly all of the chemicals in the kit are powders. None are particularly hazardous to eyes, but anytime any powder gets in the eye, it can hurt. At the college lab, we have eye wash stations to wash out the eyes if something gets in it. At home you have to improvise. Imagine yourself or someone with you gets some powder in the eyes and it starts hurting. What would you do to flush the chemical out of the eye or eyes? (Remember it's hard or impossible to hold head under the faucet in the kitchen unless the faucet sticks up high.)

Question 11:  The alcohol burner in the kit is very convenient, but what is the extra safety issue regarding the flame produced by burning denatured alcohol?

alcohol burner
Question 12:  There are several items in your kit that are made of glass.  Like any glass, it can be dangerous if broken.   The thermometer and glass stirring rod in your kit probably requires the most care in handling them.  Why?  
Again, if you are in section 20598, which starts Aug. 19th, then email your answers to Quinn Thacker at QRT2004@yahoo.com.   If you are in section 20930 which starts Sept. 9th, then email your answers to Loree Cantrell-Briggs at lor2060912@phoenixcollege.edu.  They will email the graded answers back to you and record the score in Sapling Learning.

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