Hazardous Materials I

Catalog description

Chemical characteristics and behavior of various materials which burn and/orreact violently when acted upon by various other substances or conditions.Emphasis on flammable liquids, solids, dusts and gases, and attendant fireextinguishment problems. Study includes matter and energy, chemical andphysical changes, atoms, the nucleus and planetary electrons, nuclear reactionsand isotopes, atomic weights, kinetic molecular theory of state, forms of energy,conservation of energy, conversion of units, Boyle's Law, heat and its effects,halons and extinguishing agents. No prerequisite.