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Author
National Academy of Sciences | National Research Council
Title
Evaluation of the Hazard of Bulk Water Transportation of Industrial Chemicals. A Tentative Guide.
Coporate
National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
Sponsor
Cost Guard, Washington, DC
Report
Tentative Guide, 1970, 32 p.
Contract
TCG-15559-A
Keywords
bulk handling | transportation | evaluation | fire hazards | health hazards | pollution | water
Abstract
The ratings put forth in this report represent the considered opinion of the Committee regarding the overall potential hazard connected with the bulk water shipment of specified industrial chemicals. The ratings were prepared specifically to reflect to the Coast Guard the hazards of absence of hazards in shipping chemicals in their present industrial grades in bulk by water. They are not intended to be used for any other purpose and they are not considered valid to estimate the degree of hazard of handling these chemicals in any other manner.