Questions | Answers |
What to for metal and electrical fires? | (NOT WATER) use fire extinguisher |
How to use the fire extinguisher? | Pull pin point and base of the fire. |
What is the fire blanket used for? | For people |
What is the shower used for? | To rinse off a lot of chemicals |
How long does it take to rinse eyes if chemicals get in them? | 15 minutes |
Goggles? | Stay on for the whole class that we are doing a lab. |
What is good for all kinds of fire? | Sand |
If you spill a lot of chemicals what should you use? | Vermiculite. |
If you spill a base? | Neutralize it with vinegar then wipe up |
If you spill acid? | Pour on baking soda and then wipe it up. |
**If you spill acid or base on yourself just wipe it up | (blank) |
What happens if you get acid on your skin? | It will burn right away. |
If you spill base on your skin? | It takes a while to seep through the layers of skin and it will burn later. |
What to do with broken glass? | Sweep up and put glass into the broken glass bin. |
What is WHMIS | Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System |
What is MSDS? | Material Safety Data Sheets |
What does the MSDS contain? | sheets about each chemical we can have in the lab and to go if ingested, spilt, etc.. etc. |
How old can the MSDS be? | not more than 3 years old. |
What does flashpoint mean? | The temperature at which a substance will egnite. |
Flammability? | Does it burn |
Hazardous Combination Problems means? | Do not put certain chemicals together. |
Acute Affects? | What will happen to you if you ingest it, spill it on yourself etc. |
What cannot be disposed of down the drain? | 1. Corrosive things can but with lots of water 2. something that doesn't dissolve in water 3. Volatile Solvants (things that dissolve stuff) |
In general what can't be disposed of down the drain? | Anything that's not water or something dissolved in water you put in a contained in the fumehood, (waste liquid container) |
For flammable liquids? | Do not use an open flame to heat it, use a hot plate. |
Extra chemicals? | Do not take extra, you can not put it back. |
What happens if you break a mercury thermometer? | Tell someone, mercury must be soaked up. |
What is the red triangle for on the mercury thermometers? | To prevent rolling. |
What should you not do with hot glass or a hot thermometer? | Put in cold water (you must wait for it to cool down) |
What is a content spill kit? | A base spill kit. |
When dilluting an acid what should you make sure to do? | Always Add Acid to water because then if it splashes you there will be more water in the contained that acid and otherwise the heat would rest on top. |
What else should you do when heating stuff? | Stay standing up, if spilt it won't get on you as much. |