A quantitative approach to determination of NFPA reactivity hazard rating parameters

✍ Scribed by T. C. Hofelich; B. A. Prine; N. E. Scheffler

• Publisher: American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 447 KB
• Volume: 16
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1066-8527
• DOI: 10.1002/prs.680160303

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has developed a system for labeling short‐term acute hazards of materials in fire, or emergency situations [1]. The procedures for obtaining the hazard rating for health and flammability are based upon measured quantities [2], but the basis for assigning reactivity ratings are largely qualitative [1]. This paper proposes a quantitative approach for assigning reactivity hazard ratings.