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Document ID (ISN)32389
CIS number 79-1813
ISSN - Serial title 0309-6866 - Fire Prevention
Year 1979
Convention or series no.
Title Phenol.
Bibliographic information H 82, Information sheets on hazardous materials, Fire Protection Association, Aldermary House, Queen Street, London EC4N 1TJO. London, United Kingdom, July 1979, No.131, p.47-48.
Abstract Uses, hazards (volatile combustible solid which gives off flammable, toxic vapours when heated, and may spread fire by melting and flowing as it burns; highly toxic by inhalation, ingestion and skin absorption); precautions (storage of molten and solid phenol, marking of containers, ventilation; prohibition of naked flames or hot elements; enclosed plant for processes using phenol; electrical equipment for use in atmospheres containing flammable concentrations); fire fighting; physical and chemical properties; chemical reactions.
Descriptors (primary) phenol; United Kingdom; fire protection; combustible substances; flammable gases
Descriptors (secondary) fire fighting; fire hazards; data sheet; explosion prevention; fire prevention; toxic gases
Document type F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards
Subject(s) Fire and explosions
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Fires
Phenols and phenolic compounds
Alcohols