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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Chemical Safety headlines (18 articles)
Date: Monday, April 16, 2018 at 7:49:19 AM
Author: DCHAS Membership Chair <membership**At_Symbol_Here**DCHAS.ORG> 		Next by Date:
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Incidents of pyrophorics in storage
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 08:10:08 -0600
Author: mail**At_Symbol_Here**ECHELONENVIRONMENTAL.NET

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From: Harry J. Elston <helston**At_Symbol_Here**MIDWESTCHEMSAFETY.COM>
Subject: [DCHAS-L] Incidents of pyrophorics in storage
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2018 10:33:18 -0500
Reply-To: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU>
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Does anyone have an example of a container failure of a pyrophoric substance in storage, or even broader, ignition of a stored pyrophore? I cannot find anything in my stack of stuff apart from finely divided metallic hydrides that have self heated/ignited after >20+ years of storage of the former metal.

"In storage" is key here.

Please respond offline to me: helston**At_Symbol_Here**midwestchemsafety.com

Thanks,

Harry

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