Applied Chemistry and Physics - 9781138316522

CRC Press

Applied Chemistry and PhysicsAuthor(s): Robert A. Burke\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: CRC Press\nISBN-13: 9781138316522, 978-1138316522\nSynopsis\nWritten by a hazardous materials consultant with over 40 years of experience in emergency services, the five-volume Hazmatology: The Science of Hazardous Materials suggests a new approach dealing with the most common aspects of hazardous materials, containers, and the affected environment. It focuses on innovations in decontamination, monitoring instruments, and personal protective equipment in a scientific way, utilizing common sense, and takes a risk-benefit approach to hazardous material response. This set provides the reader with a hazardous materials \""Tool Box\"" and a guide for learning which tools to use under what circumstances.\n\nDealing with hazardous materials incidents cannot be accomplished effectively and safely without knowing the effects these materials have. Volume Three,s