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Safety Resources for Chemical Demonstrations

May 18, 2017 Ralph Stuart
  • ACS Safety Alert: The Rainbow Demonstration
    https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/about/governance/committees/chemicalsafety/safety-alert-rainbow-demonstration.html
  • National Science Teachers Association:
    http://www.nsta.org/safety/flametests.aspx
  • The Chemical Safety Board (CSB)  video showing consequences of the methanol-related experiments:
    http://www.csb.gov/videos/after-the-rainbow/
  • C&EN Safety Zone Blog list of K-12 educational school museum likely alcohol fire incidents https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cp4xM5iyPIDekvnaDM3DRTQs1gKxDj6aYQ1JaSTFWsU/edit?usp=sharing

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DCHED Safety Committee http://www.divched.org/committee/safety has written Safety Guidelines for Demonstrations. These guidelines are also available in poster format.

Safe Transportation Recommendations for Chemicals Used in Demonstrations or Educational Activities

Five Key Questions for Safe Research and Demos

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