Calculations for a Room Chemical Concentration Produced by an Accidental Chemical Agent Spill

Abstract

Laboratory work often includes the handling of chemical agent containers outside of engineering controls. These containers can accidentally fall and potentially produce a chemical spill. An evaporation rate model was selected, and a shrinking pool model was developed to determine the laboratory room chemical concentration as a function of time. This model can provide valuable information with which to determine the exposure risk of laboratory personnel to chemical agents before they enter a room after a chemical spill.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 16, 2023
Accession Number
AD1201302

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People

  • L. E. Faure

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Barometric Pressure
  • Chemical Warfare
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Evaporation
  • Experimental Data
  • Molecular Weight
  • Multiplication Factor
  • Physical Properties
  • Spreadsheet Software
  • Surface Temperature
  • Surface Tension
  • Technical Information Centers
  • Vapor Pressure

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