Quick Selection Guide to Chemical Protective Clothing - Softcover

Forsberg, Krister; Den Borre, Ann Van; Henry III, Norman; Zeigler, James P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118567706 ISBN 13: 9781118567708

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 2014

Synopsis

Quick Selection Guide to Chemical Protective Clothing provides the reader with the latest information on Selection, Care and Use of Chemical Protective garments and gloves. Topics in the widely-used reference guide include Selection and Use of Chemical Protective Clothing, Chemical Index, Selection Recommendations, Glossary, Standards for Chemical Protective Clothing, Manufactures of Chemical Protective Clothing and European requirements for chemical resistant gloves.

The key feature of the book is the color-coded selection recommendations. The red, yellow or green indications are highly appreciated by the users.  This sixth edition of the Quick Selection Guide to Chemical Protective Clothing has been updated, to include approximately 1,000 chemicals/chemical brands or mixture of chemicals more than twice the information provided in the original edition.  The performance of 9 generic materials and 32 proprietary barriers are compared against the 21 standard test chemicals listed in ASTM F1001.  The color-coded recommendations against the broader list of materials now contain 27 representative barrier materials. 

This best selling pocket guide is the an essential field source for HazMat teams,  spill responder, safety professionals, chemists and chemical engineers, industrial hygienists, supervisors, purchase agents, salespeople and other users of chemical protective clothing. 

About this title

About the Author

KRISTER FORSBERG is an internationally recognized expert on protective clothing. He has been an active member of ASTM Committee F23 on Personal Protective Clothing and Equipment and convenor of EN 374—Chemical and micro-organism within CEN/TC162. ANN VAN DEN BORRE is currently active as Sr. Technical Manager at Ansell Healthcare, advising customers to find the best solution. She has been working in this Personal Protective Equipment sector for 15 years. With a Master of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Ann has specialized in chemical protective clothing materials and the mechanism of permeation breakthrough. NORMAN HENRY III is a retired DuPont Senior Research Chemist and Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH). He was active in ASTM Committee F23 on Personal Protective Clothing and Equipment during the development of the permeation test method F-739, is a member of AIHA's Protective Clothing and Equipment committee, and has expertise in protective clothing testing and evaluation. JAMES P. ZEIGLER spent 19 years working on chemical protective apparel materials at DuPont before retiring in 2011. Dr. Zeigler was co-inventor of many of DuPont's chemical protective apparel fabrics. He is currently chairman of the ASTM chemical protective clothing sub-committee and a 21-year member of the NFPA Technical Committee for Hazardous Materials Protective Clothing and Equipment.

From the Back Cover

The Quick Selection process in this guide contains three steps.

They are:

• Go to the Chemical Index in section III and find the chemical of interest. Ensure you are looking for the correct chemical by checking synonyms/CAS numbers. Also check the Risk Code to determine the hazard of the chemical.
• Use the Chemical Class Number in the Chemical Index to look up the chemical in the color-coded table&;The Master Chemical Resistance Table in section IV.
• Go to the identified Chemical Class Number in the color-coded table to find the chemical of interest. Select the barrier material that best protects the users against exposure to the chemical.

From the Inside Flap

The Quick Selection process in this guide contains three steps.

They are:

• Go to the Chemical Index in section III and find the chemical of interest. Ensure you are looking for the correct chemical by checking synonyms/CAS numbers. Also check the Risk Code to determine the hazard of the chemical.
• Use the Chemical Class Number in the Chemical Index to look up the chemical in the color-coded table&;The Master Chemical Resistance Table in section IV.
• Go to the identified Chemical Class Number in the color-coded table to find the chemical of interest. Select the barrier material that best protects the users against exposure to the chemical.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1118567706
• ISBN 13: 9781118567708
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 272