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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About our author 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.
Introduction
Some Features of Matter and Energy
Flammable Gases and Liquids
Chemical Forms of Matter
Principles of Chemical Reactions
Use of the DOT Hazardous Materials Regulations by Emergency Responders
Chemistry of Some Common Elements
Chemistry of Some Corrosive Materials
Chemistry of Some Water- and Air-Reactive Substances
Chemistry of Some Toxic Substances
Chemistry of Some Oxidizers
Chemistry of Some Hazardous Organic Compounds: Part I
Chemistry of Some Hazardous Organic Compounds: Part II
Chemistry of Some Polymeric Materials
Chemistry of Some Explosives
Radioactive Materials
Appendices
Safety Data Sheet for Hydrogen Peroxide
Table of Elements and Their Atomic Weights
Hazardous Materials Table
