Old Assignment - Chemical Safety!

This is an old assignment that I am just posting the questions for - we did this in the first week of the semester... However, there are LOTS of you who have not completed it!

Chemical research – Lab Safety

Choose one of the following chemicals and research these questions:

·      What is it used for?

·      Why is it dangerous?

·      What are some precautions for it’s use?

·      Find it’s MSDS label  / WHIMS symbols

 CHEMICALS:

1. Metallic potassium

2. Metallic sodium

3. White phosphorus

4. Carbon tetrachloride

5. Chloroform

6. Mercury

7. Picric acid

8. Asbestos

9. Carbon disulfide

10. Ethyl ether

11. Potassium Chlorate

12. Hydrofluoric acid