Prepared by the staff of the Reed College chemistry department, in conjunction with the community safety office, and the environmental health & safety office

Edition Fourteen, April 2004

1.1 Purpose
1.2 Organization
1.3 Course-specific safety information

2. Reed College Chemistry Department Policies and Regulations

2.1 Normal Building Hours and Rules
2.2 Work After Normal Hours
2.3 Special Pass for Work Outside Normal Hours
2.4 Emergency Procedures

3. Things Every Chemistry Student Should Know

3.1 Basic Building and Safety Info
3.2 Self-Protection in the Lab
3.3 Dealing with Accidents
3.4 Waste Disposal
3.5 What Should You Read Next?

4. Things Every Chem 201/202/212 Student Should Know

4.1 Self-Protection in the Lab
4.2 Avoiding Accidents
4.3 What Should You Read Next?

5.Things to Know for Upper-Class Chemistry Students

5.1 Self-Protection
5.2 Waste Disposal
5.3 Radiation Safety
5.4 Laser Safety: Class IV-High Power Laser
5.5 Dealing with Tanks of Compressed or Liquefied Gas
5.6 Low Pressure-Vacuum Systems
5.7 Peroxide Issues
5.8 Flammability
5.9 Detonation
5.10 Skin Contamination; Protective Clothing

6. General Hazards

6.1 Floods
6.2 Electrical Hazards - 110 v 60 Hz AC; Grounding, D.C., High Voltage
6.3 High Temperatures - Hot Plates, Heating Mantles, and Furnaces
6.4 Superheated Liquids
6.5 Stoppers-Swelling in Solvents
6.6 Heating Closed Systems-Unintentional and Intentional
6.7 Toxicity
6.8 Vesicants, Sternutators, Lachrymators, Allergens, and Burning Agents
6.9 Stinkies (a.k.a unpleasantly odoriferous)

7. References

7.1 Chemical Hazards and Toxicity
7.2 Radiation Hazards
7.3 Laser Info
7.4 Literature

8. 1st-Year Chemistry Student Questions

9. Upper-Class Chemistry Student Questions

Appendix A Chemical Resistance Guide (pdf format)