Management of time sensitive chemicals (I): Misconceptions leading to incidents

Bio-oxygenates and the peroxide number: a safety issue alert

“…The formation of organic peroxides is one of the most dangerous transformations of organic compounds under air that can cause accidents during production, storage, transportation and use. [8][9][10][11] In addition, the formation of peroxides is not just a safety issue; they can lead to the initiation of various chemical reactions and thus the formation of impurities that could also alter product performance. Structurally, organic peroxides are derivatives of H 2 O 2 having one or both hydrogen atoms replaced by an organic moiety.…”

Turning Outsiders into Insiders: A Call for Papers to Expand the Reach of National Laboratories’ Safety Successes, Challenges, Research, and Approaches

“…In the Laboratories’ never-ending quest to learn more, understand better, and advance scientific discovery further, this VSI seeks to glean safety insights from my colleagues across the DOE National Laboratories networkfrom both the professionals with safety in their job titles and those creating safety in their day-to-day work. Innovators at the Laboratories have previously published fundamental chemical safety research and data analysis, negative outcome case studies, chemical health and safety warnings, chemical safety and security risk assessments and management, emergency response, and health and safety education . Yet this collection of work leans heavily on a limited number of the 17 Laboratories from before 2018, suggesting there is much more to share.…”