{"id":6212,"date":"2014-06-17T12:22:29","date_gmt":"2014-06-17T19:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/chemistry201-202-test\/?page_id=6212"},"modified":"2023-07-18T12:09:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T19:09:28","slug":"spills","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/chemistry201-202-lab-ref-manual\/appendices\/safety-lab-tips\/spills\/","title":{"rendered":"Spills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Handling spills<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Spills pose a danger to everyone in the lab (and especially to the custodians who clean the labs each evening). You must take responsibility for all of your spills. &#8216;Responsibility&#8217; includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>determining the type of spill<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>performing a chemically appropriate clean-up<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>keeping other people from entering the spill zone until you have completed the clean-up (especially important for broken glass and mercury; these travel far when broken or spilled)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>notifying your instructor (especially important for hazardous substances, like spilled mercury)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reed.edu\/ehs\/safety-information-and-programs\/index\/c\/chemistry-safety-manual.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.reed.edu\/ehs\/safety-information-and-programs\/index\/c\/chemistry-safety-manual.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">online Chemistry Safety Manual<\/a>\u00a0contains basic instructions for handling acid, base, and mercury spills (<strong>section 3.3, p. 19-20 &#8211; Dealing with Accidents<\/strong>), and for disposal of broken glass\u00a0(<strong>section 3.4, p. 20-21 &#8211; Waste Disposal<\/strong>). Also see\u00a0<strong>Padias p. 4<\/strong> for more information on disposal procedures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Organic compounds. <\/strong>Spilled organics present a special problem because these substances vary in volatility, odor, aqueous solubility, reactivity, flammability, and health impacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Solids can generally be swept up and discarded in the organic waste. (Traces of solid might be collected with a damp piece of paper and discarded, paper and all.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Liquids are more challenging. If a small amount of a volatile liquid (say, a low boiling solvent) is spilled in the hood, no special action is necessary or possible; most of the liquid will evaporate before you can clean it up. Larger spills, and spills that occur outside a fume hood, should be treated with adsorbents (stored around the lab in &#8220;spill kits&#8221;). Consult the spill kit for instructions regarding how to apply the adsorbent to the spill, and how to clean up, label, and discard the used adsorbent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Handling spills Spills pose a danger to everyone in the lab (and especially to the custodians who clean the labs each evening). You must take responsibility for all of your spills. &#8216;Responsibility&#8217; includes: The online Chemistry Safety Manual\u00a0contains basic instructions for handling acid, base, and mercury spills (section 3.3, p. 19-20 &#8211; Dealing with Accidents), &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/chemistry201-202-lab-ref-manual\/appendices\/safety-lab-tips\/spills\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Spills&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":316,"featured_media":0,"parent":6206,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-child.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6212","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/chemistry201-202-lab-ref-manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/chemistry201-202-lab-ref-manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/chemistry201-202-lab-ref-manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/chemistry201-202-lab-ref-manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/chemistry201-202-lab-ref-manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6212"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/chemistry201-202-lab-ref-manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9628,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/chemistry201-202-lab-ref-manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6212\/revisions\/9628"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/chemistry201-202-lab-ref-manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/chemistry201-202-lab-ref-manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}