Laboratory Safety

Integrated Chemistry Today

 Book 1A, 2nd Edition
1.3 Doing experiments in the
laboratory? (pg 4-7)
Accident ( 意外 )
The most dangerous
apparatus in laboratory
The most dangerous
apparatus in laboratory
Use of Test tube
Effective Capacity

The fewer it holds, 1/3 of the capacity

the better it works. is actually too much.
No tight stopper if a gas is
evolving.

X A test tube should

not be tightly stopp
ered if a gas is evol
ving.
Testing of gas in a stoppere
d test tube
Test tube is not designed
for boiling a liquid.

X
Warm occasionally Inclined
with constant position
swirling. No strong
heating
Hazard Warning Labels
危險警告標籤
A. Explosive
B. Oxidizing
C. Toxic
D. Carcinogenic
E. Corrosive
F. Harmful
G. Irritant
H. Flammable /
Inflammable
Hazard Warning Labels
危險警告標籤
Safety glasses

Eye is a
delicate
organ. Safety
glasses MUST
be worn in the
laboratory
ALL THE
TIME.
Wearing of Safety glasses

X
Wearing of safety glasses

X
Handling of safety glasses

X
Storage of hazardous
chemicals
Phosphorus – highly flammable
and should be kept under water
Bromine – Toxic and volatile, should
be kept in a sealed tube before use.
 Concentrated nitric acid,
potassium permanganate solution,
silver nitrate solution
 These
chemicals are
light sensitive
(decompose in
the presence of
light), and
should be kept
inside amber
(brown) bottles.
First Aid treatment
First Aid treatment
 Inhalation of toxic vapour
- Take victim to a well-ventilated are
a.
 Minor chemical or heat burn
- Wash with plenty of water
 Acid spillage on eye
- Wash with plenty of water and con
sult doctor.
Disposal of chemical
waste
 Use of fume cupboard
 Liquid wastes
should be
dispose in the
waste bottle
as instructed.
 Usually, the
waste bottle
would be
placed in the
fume
cupboard.
 Use of sink
 No chemical
waste should be
dispose in the
sink, sink is for
washing only
 The washings
should be run
into the plastic
basin in the sink
and use a large
amount of water
to flush it down
the sink.
 Use of rubbish bin
Allsolid
wastes should
be dispose in
the plastic
bucket
provided or in
the rubbish
bin under the
bench. (Don’t
run them into
the sink.)