Chemistry of hazardous material Essay 1

Responses for Essay’s #1 & #2 :

 Unless otherwise indicated, there is a 300 word minimum response required for each numbered essay question.

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Course Textbook in APA format:

Meyer, E. (2010). Chemistry of hazardous materials (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson

Essay # 1

Describe an incident (fire, spill, explosion, etc) you have experienced (or research one on the Internet, professional journal, or scientific magazine article) that involved a polymeric or explosive material(s) and required mitigation. Please do not use the instances supplied in the textbook unless you intend to provide a lot more detail than what is included in the book. The following items must be addressed:

A) Describe the incident and identify the polymeric or explosive material(s) involved;
B) Discuss the chemical interactions of the material(s) involved in this incident or hazardous properties relevant to the incident;
C) Discuss the mitigation required or implemented.