Resources

Reference Material for The Safe Design of Perchloric Acid Fume Hood Exhaust Systems

This is a useful American PDF document, located on MK Plastics website dated 2008.  This references the best practices for the safe design of Perchloric Acid Fume Hood Exhaust Systems. Please make sure that you check that the resource meets the current guidelines …

Nitric Acid – Health Effects, Incident Management and Toxicology

These documents on the Gov.UK website provide information on the health effects of exposure, the chemical’s toxicity and material for responding to a chemical incident. Information on nitric acid (also known as hydrogen nitrate), for responding to chemical incidents. Documents Nitric …

British Lung Foundation: Lung Disease Statistics (UK)

Follow this link to the British Lung Foundation Website where you will find reports on how many people in the UK are affected by each of the major lung diseases and how the figures vary by age, gender, region and standard …

P602 LEV Design – Manual Design Calculation Sheet

Glutton for punishment?  Then you will enjoy our Manual calculation sheet! This is for calculating pressure losses for the P602 course and comes with notes to aid the practice of these calculations.  We all rely on programs to calculate losses …

HSE EH75/7 Portland Cement Dust Hazard Assessment Document

Portland Cement Dust Hazard assessment document HSE EH75/7 Taken from the documents foreward: This Hazard Assessment Document has been published by the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE). It is aimed at a technical audience and reports on the scientific information …

Occupational Cancer in Britain Respiratory Cancer Sites: Larynx, Lung and Mesothelioma

Occupational cancer in Britain Respiratory cancer sites: larynx, lung and mesothelioma Terry Brown, Andy Darnton, […], and with the British Occupational Cancer Burden Study Group Snippet taken from the articles overview: OVERVIEW OF RESPIRATORY CANCER Laryngeal cancer Most laryngeal cancers …

Nuclear Industry Guidance for Ventilation and LEV

About the National Nuclear Ventilation Forum The objective of the forum is to discuss and document good practices relating to nuclear ventilation. The forum is open to representatives from all UK nuclear ventilation industry companies. The mandate of the Forum …

Guidelines for Handling Aluminum Fines Generated During Various Aluminum Fabricating Operations

The Aluminium Association www.aluminum.org have a publication on the fines produced in the Aluminium trade. This is taken from the documents scope: This brochure discusses the potential problems involved in various aspects of aluminum fabricating which generate fine aluminum particles. It also …

Fan Laws and System Curves

This is an information sheet presented in a newsletter format by the New York Blower Company. The purpose of this Engineering Letter is to explain the basis and application of the rules used to predict fan performance in a given …

Dust in the Respiratory System

Ever wondered what happens when a person inhales dust?  This resource from www.teachengineering.org is a simple pictogram which describes every stage of inhalation. The lungs are constantly exposed to danger from the dusts we breathe. Luckily, the lungs have another …