Chemical Risk Analysis Book

	Publishers note	15
	Preface	17
	Preface to English language edition	21
	Glossary of symbols and abbreviations	25
	Introduction - Analysis of risk, prevention, protection	29
1	Flammability	35
1.1	Vapour pressure	36
1.2	Limits of flammability	50
1.3	Flashpoints	56
1.4	Autoignition temperatures (AIT)	71
1.5	Fire hazard risk; methods of classification	80
2	Stability	93
2.1	Experimental methods of determination	94
2.2	Qualitative approach to instability	96
2.3	Quantitative approach: The CHETAH programme	101
2.4	Other quantitative approaches	119
2.5	Classification of instability risk	120
3	Toxicity	125
3.1	Substance toxicity: evaluation parameters	126
3.2	Establishing level of toxic risk of substances	129
3.3	Problems posed by the determination of toxicity risk levels	133
3.4	Quantitative estimation methods	134
3.5	Case study	138
3.6	Proposal for quantitative index for toxic risk	140
4	Dangerous reactions: methodology	143
4.1	Dangerous reactions: information parameters	144
4.2	Qualitative approach	146
4.3	Quantitative estimation of dangerous character of a reaction	155
5	Dangerous reactions of inorganic chemicals	163
6	Dangerous reactions of organic chemicals	235
6.1	Hydrocarbons	235
6.2	Alcohols and glycols	248
6.3	Phenols	258
6.4	Ethers	260
6.5	Halogen derivatives	272
6.6	Amines	285
6.7	Nitrated derivatives	292
6.8	Aldehydes, ketones and acetals	307
6.9	Carboxylic acids	315
6.10	Esters	321
6.11	Acid anhydrides and chlorides	327
6.12	Nitriles	334
6.13	Amides and analogues	338
6.14	Miscellaneous substances	345
7	Inorganic elements and their compounds	359
8	Organic compounds	385
9	Tables of chemical names and corresponding formulae	459
9.1	Inorganic substances	459
9.2	Organic substances	470
	Publications and Internet Site Bibliography	493
	Chemicals Index	495
	Subject Index	527