Chemical safety Research

Some of the common issues relating to this procedure include electrical procedures, engineering, safe waste and hazardous waste disposal. Chemical properties When oxidizers interact with organic or inorganic substances that are chemically oxidizable, they have a high affinity for the reaction and could easily burst into flames, form other compounds or explode. For instance, when nitric acid interacts with other substances, the results is often times explosions or detonations due to simultaneous nitration and oxidation reactions. On the other hand, the perchloric acids react with organic compounds to form salts, (perchlorate salts) and these salts are very reactive, explodes when interacted with other substances (Naghdi, et al, 394). Uses The oxidizing agents are very important products that find a wide variety of application in many industrial processes.

These hazards from chemicals in question are fundamentally due to the chemical properties of the chemicals and the fact that they are readily oxidized. The common chemical feature of these chemicals is that they are easily flammable and corrosive and therefore easily cause fire and combustion and this could endanger the lives of workers who could be in the laboratory mixing the chemicals or in the workplace making use of the chemicals in the day to day functions of the industry (Occupational Safety and Health Administration, n. p). Occupational Exposure Limits (OELs) associated with at least 3 common oxidizers An occupational exposure limit refers to acceptable concentrations of hazardous substances within the workplace air for given class of materials. It is a standard set by highly competent individuals then enforced by strict regulations to see its protection insofar as occupational safety is concerned.