From: mail**At_Symbol_Here**ECHELONENVIRONMENTAL.NET
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] 4% vs. 5% hydrogen
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2018 07:19:17 -0600
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Debbie,

 

Did these determination come from Safety Data Sheets?

Are these DOT hazard classes for the gases?

Unfortunately, SDS’s can be very unreliable.

 

 

Ron Harvey

Echelon Environmental

843-599-0330

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronharvey/

 

 

 

 

From: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU> On Behalf Of Debbie M. Decker
Sent: Tuesday, June 5, 2018 5:34 PM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU
Subject: [DCHAS-L] 4% vs. 5% hydrogen

 

Hi all:

 

Riddle me this – why is 5% hydrogen in nitrogen considered NOT flammable and 4% in argon considered flammable?  Tried to reach Praxair but no one is home.

 

This makes absolutely no sense to me.

 

Thanks,

Debbie

 

Debbie M. Decker, CCHO, ACS Fellow

Past Chair, Division of Chemical Health and Safety

Councilor and Programming Co-Chair

University of California, Davis

(530)754-7964

(530)304-6728

dmdecker**At_Symbol_Here**ucdavis.edu

 

Birkett's hypothesis: "Any chemical reaction

that proceeds smoothly under normal conditions,

can proceed violently in the presence of an idiot."

 

 

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