Organic Process Research & Development has just released its 13th annual compilation of safety issues from scientific literature. It covers:
- Fire and Explosion Disasters in Aftermath of Great East Japan Earthquake
- Lab Explosion during Distillation of Propargyl Thiocyanate
- Lessons Learned from Process Safety Incidents
- Zinc Plant Explosion
- Methyl Mercaptan Accident
- Tianjin Blast
Thermal Hazard Evaluations
- Decoupling Heat Absorption and Generation from Azobis(isobutyronitrile) Decomposition
- Ammonium Nitrate Thermal Decomposition with Additives
- Thermal Hazard Assessment for Synthesis of 3-Methylpyridine-N-oxide
- Analysis of Safety and Kinetic Parameters for Organic Peroxide Decomposition
- Prediction of Self-Accelerating Decomposition Temperature for Organic Peroxides
- Math Methods for Application of Experimental Adiabatic Data
- Vent Sizing of Cumene Hydroperoxide System under Fire Scenario
- Differential Scanning Calorimetry Analysis of Liquid Sodium-Silica Reaction
- Beyond the Phi Factor
- Thermal Stability of Propylene Oxide
Hazard Assessment Methodology
- Systems Theoretic Accident Modeling and Processes (STAMP)-Holistic System Safety Approach or Another Risk Model?
- Decisions and Decision Support for Major Accident Prevention in Industry
- Process Safety Management for Managing Contractors in Process Plant
- Laboratory Safety Culture
- What Does "Safe" Look and Feel Like?
- Methods for Identifying Errors in Chemical Process Development and Design
- Methods and Models in Process Safety and Risk Management: Past, Present and Future
- Chemical Reactivity in PHA
Scale-up and Scalable Reaction Conditions
- Application of Safety by Design
- Scale-up of Epoxide Ring-Opening
- Scale-up of Alkoxyamines
- Scale-up of Processes using DMSO
Alternative Reagents
- Trifluoromethylation with Sodium Trifluoromethanesulfinate
- Iodonium Ylides as Safe Carbene Precursors
- Improved Method for Generation of Ohira-Bestmann Reagent
- Nonafluorobutanesulfonyl Azide as a Shelf Stable Oxidant
- Additional Trifluoromethylation with Sodium Trifluoromethanesulfinate
- Deoxyfluorination of Phenols with PhenoFluorMix
- New Reagent for Synthesis of CF3-Substituted Arenes and Heteroarenes
- A New Deoxyfluorination Reagent
Dust Hazards
- Influence of Inert Materials on Flammable Dust Self-Ignition
- Hazard Evaluation Method for Dust Collector Explosions
- Dust Explosions in Process Industries