Hazards of Marine Transportation of Liquid Chlorine
Abstract
The Bureau of Mines has carried out a program of tests in which liquid chlorine was spilled onto a water surface and gaseous and liquid chlorine were released underwater. The scale of experiments ranged up to a 10-gallon (130 lb.) spill and to a 72 lb/hr leak rate under 15 feet of water. Rates of chlorine evaporation were observed photographically and the atmospheric dispersion of the toxic gas was followed by gas sampling. A concurrent laboratory-scale investigation was made of the rates of solution of gaseous chlorine in tap water, cold tap water, and brine. The enlargement of a pinhole during the underwater leakage of chlorine was also observed.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1970
- Accession Number
- AD0750068
Entities
People
- D. S. Burgess
- H. Grainger
- H. Lang
- J. N. Murphy
- M. E. Harris
- R. Mattes
- W. Albaugh
- W. B. Slomski