Hazards Laboratory Home Page Rooms 207/209 Chemical Sciences Department of Chemical Engineering |
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in Room 209 looking towards the ARC - Accelerating Rate Calorimeter |
| Contact: Daniel A. Crowl, Herbert H. Dow Professor of Chemical Process Safety, crowl@mtu.edu |
Purpose
The increased emphasis on process safety has resulted in an increased need to characterize the hazardous properties of materials. The purpose of the Hazards Laboratory is to improve:
- The quality and quantity of publically available data on hazardous chemicals.
- Our fundamental understanding of the properties of hazardous materials.
- The characterization methods.
- Our understanding of how these data are used to handle and process these materials safely.
Research Focus
Currently, the Hazards Laboratory is foscused on two areas:
Equipment
The following equipment is supported by the laboratory. Click on the link for more information on each piece of equipment.
ARC - Accelerating Rate Calorimeter
APTAC - Automatic Pressure Tracking Adiabatic Calorimeter
Auto-Ignition Temperature Tester
RSST - Reactive Systems Screening Tool
Sponsors
The following companies have provided support for the Hazards Laboratory:
- The Dow Chemical Company
- Dow Corning
- BASF Corporation
- 3M
- CIBA-Geigy
- Honeywell
- Fenwal Safety Systems