Descriptions of Selected Hazardous Materials Which May Be Encountered duringMarine Transportation: A Compilation of the Chemical of the Month

摘要

The Chemical of the Month column has appeared as regular feature of theProceedings to the Marine Safety Council Journal for over ten years. The goal of writing these articles has been to provide information on hazardous materials in an easily read format to which merchant mariners and Coast Guard personnel may encounter. The project was initiated at U. S. Coast Guard Headquarters in the former Hazards Evaluation Branch, Office of Merchant Marine Safety, as a direct result of the author's mission to communicate and disseminate to them chemical safety information. In 1981, it was decided that the column should continue as many merchant mariners welcomed additional descriptions of hazardous materials described in understandable terms. The effort would continue though the work of cadets and faculty at the U. S. Coast Guard Academy. This change provided an opportunity for these individuals expand their knowledge of certain chemicals through researching the literature for the appropriate data and write a simple description of the substance. This has been an overwhelming success where now almost 100 substances have been summarized.