Ammonia Hides in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Ammonia Leak Reported at Tucker Baking Company Building – DeKalb Fire said there were no reports of injuries in the incident. […keep reading] Properties of Refrigerants: Halocarbon Refrigerants – Halocarbons are man-made compounds. The term halocarbon is shorthand for “halogenated hydrocarbon”. A halocarbon is a hydrocarbon […]
Halocarbons are man-made compounds. The term halocarbon is shorthand for “halogenated hydrocarbon”. A halocarbon is a hydrocarbon compound that has replaced at least one hydrogen atom with a halogen atom. Halocarbons have been used for many purposes, such as Solvents, Fire Suppression, and Refrigeration. Halocarbons boil at various temperatures. Based on the chemical formula, each […]
Ammonia Weighs Heavy in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Ammonia Sare Freezes Traffic Around Port Everglades Cold Storage – A chemical leak at a cold storage facility at Port Everglades sent one person to the hospital and shut down several nearby roads on Tuesday morning, turning a routine workday into a hazmat scene. […keep reading] […]
Ammonia is a phenomenal chemical. It has a wide variety of uses in many different industries. Ammonia has been used in the following applications: Fertilizer, Water Treatment, Cleaning, Selective Catalytic Reduction, and Refrigeration. Ammonia boils at -28.1ºF at normal atmospheric pressure. Ammonia vapor is lighter than air as expressed by a vapor density of 0.6. Ammonia is highly […]
Mass Panic in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Tampa Stink Scare: Firefighters Shut Down Ammonia Leak, Nobody Hurt – A late Wednesday call in Tampa turned into a full hazmat operation when firefighters discovered an active ammonia leak in the city. […keep reading] Around 100 People Evacuated After Ammonia Leak in Stabio TI – […]
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