FIRE AND EXPLOSION

HAZARDS HANDBOOK
OF INDUSTRIAL
CHEMICALS

Tatyana A. Davletshina
Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff, Ph.D.

NOYES PUBLICATIONS
Westwood, New Jersey, U.S.A.
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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 98-22341
ISBN: 0-8155-1429-8
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Davletshina, Tatyana.
Fire and explosion hazards handbook of industrial chemicals / by
Tatyana k Davletshina, Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8155-1429-8
1. Chemicals--Safety measures. 2. Chemicals--Fires and fire
prevention. 3. Explosions. I. Cheremisinoff, Nicholas P.
II. Title.
TP149.D34 1998
660'.2804--dc21 98-22341
CIP
About the Authors

Tatyana A. Davletshina is consultant to the United States Agency for International

Development on environmental and safety management issues for industrial operations in the
republics of the former Soviet Union. For the last two years she has been on assignment in
Ukraine, assisting in industrial waste management issues at steel plant operations and in the
chemical manufacturing sector. Miss Davletshina is a safety engineer with degrees from the
Donetsk State University, Ukraine, and West Virginia University, where she obtained a
masters degree. She is also a member of the faculty of the Donetsk State Technical University,
Ukraine and visiting professor to West Virginia University. She has worked extensively with
Ukraine's National Academy of Sciences and has interacted on environmental issues with the
Russian Academy of Sciences. She has contributed to the industrial press extensively and is
the author of Noyes Publication's Industrial Fire Safety Deskbook.

Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff is consultant to the United States Agency for International

Development on world health and environmental issues impacting on sustainable development
in transitioning countries. At the writing of this volume, he was on assignment in Ukraine as
Manager of the Donetsk Industrial Waste Management Program under the Environmental
Policy and Technology Project (EPT),addressing sustainable development and environmental
policy issues. Under the EPT Program, he additionally assisted the United Nations
Development Program and the United States Environmental Protection Agency - Agency for
International Affairs, in establishing a Regional Environmental Center, now serving Eastern
Europe. Dr. Cheremisinoff has nearly twenty years of industry experience, providing technical
consulting to major international corporations and governments. Additionally he has
established and assisted several academic institutions in developing training programs dealing
with worker safety, hazardous materials handling, and remediation operations. He has
contributed extensively to the industrial press as the author, co-author or editor of more than
100 technical books. Dr. Cheremisinoff received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in chemical
engineering from Clarkson College of Technology. Contacts with the author can be made
through Noyes Publications.
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