July 25, 2010

Process safety -Humidity causes an incident!

An incident where humidity was the main cause of an incident involving ammonium persulfate has been reported. The incident occurred in a blender in which ammonium persulfate absorbed moisture and started decomposing. This forced the evacuation of 500 workers. See the MSDS of ammonium persulfate in this link.
Read the article about the incident in this link

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