Pearson eText Chemistry of Hazardous Materials -- Access Card

by Meyer, Eugene

• ISBN13: 9780135234693
• ISBN10: 0135234697
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Etext w/Access Card
• Copyright: 2019-12-27
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

A guide to hazardous materials, for both the chemistry novice and the emergency responder.
Chemistry of Hazardous Materials covers principles of basic chemistry and the chemical properties that make materials hazardous.

For courses in hazardous materials.

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Author Biography

Eugene Meyer earned a PhD in chemistry from Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, in 1964. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Instituut voor Kernphysisch Onderzoek, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in 1965. Dr. Meyer served as a professor of chemistry with tenure at Lewis University, Lockport, Illinois, from 1965 to 1979. He joined the technical staff of the US Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, in 1979, serving as regional expert in the chemistry of hazardous waste and chief of the technical programs section of the Hazardous Waste Division. In 1982, Dr. Meyer became president of Meyer Environmental Consultants, Inc., where during the course of his work he consulted with attorneys at the US Department of Justice and private law firms and served in the capacity of an expert witness on more than 200 legal matters concerned with the transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous substances. Dr. Meyer is now retired and lives in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Some Features of Matter and Energy
3. Flammable Gases and Liquids
4. Chemical Forms of Matter
5. Principles of Chemical Reactions
6. Use of the DOT Hazardous Materials Regulations by Emergency Responders
7. Chemistry of Some Common Elements
8. Chemistry of Some Corrosive Materials
9. Chemistry of Some Water- and Air-Reactive Substances
10. Chemistry of Some Toxic Substances
11. Chemistry of Some Oxidizers
12. Chemistry of Some Hazardous Organic Compounds: Part I
13. Chemistry of Some Hazardous Organic Compounds: Part II
14. Chemistry of Some Polymeric Materials
15. Chemistry of Some Explosives
16. Radioactive Materials

Appendices
A. Safety Data Sheet for Hydrogen Peroxide
B. Table of Elements and Their Atomic Weights
C. Hazardous Materials Table