Safe Handling Of Compressed Gases In Laboratory And Plant Matheson英文电子书.pdf

Safe Handling of Compressed Gases in Laboratory and Plant Before we are allowed to drive a car, most states require proof of our ability to drive. To become a proficient and safe driver, one must have skill, judgment, and driver education. We do not always consider that we are performing a hazard- ous operation by driving a car, yet the fact remains that many people are killed or hurt every day as a result of carelessness in handling this machine. Although the safety record of the compressed gas industry is excellent, the questions raised by the users of gas products, and the accidents that these same users are involved in, show that many of them have neither learned nor applied the safety measures which would earn them their compressed gas handlers license. When handled by people who are properly trained and aware of the potential hazards, compressed gases are as safe to work with as most of the ordinary chemical liquids and .solids normally handled on a routine basis in any laboratory. Cylinder safety is ensured by the supplier through his adherence to regulations set forth by the Interstate Commerce Commission, and by his supplying cylinders with specific valves, labels and/or markings in accordance with recognized standards. It is mandatory for the supplier to ship cylinders manufactured in conformance with I.C.C. regulations and to follow I.C.C. regulations in the testing and inspection of cylinders, the proper filling of these cylinders, and the use of safety devices which are approved by the Bureau of Exp1osives.l CYLINDER TESTING 1 :.. . under this pressure. The expansion of the cylinder and the * Hydrostatic pressure tests are performed on cylinders for value of permanent expansion after the pressure is released mostgases every five years to