A QUANTITATIVE APPROACH TO DETERMINATION OF NFPA REACTIVITY HAZARD RATING PARAMETERS

Authors
HOFELICH TC PRINE BA SCHEFFLER NE
Citation
Tc. Hofelich et al., A QUANTITATIVE APPROACH TO DETERMINATION OF NFPA REACTIVITY HAZARD RATING PARAMETERS, Process safety progress, 16(3), 1997, pp. 121-125
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Chemical
Journal title
Process safety progress → ACNP
ISSN journal
10668527
Volume
16
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
121 - 125
Database
ISI
SICI code
1066-8527(1997)16:3<121:AQATDO>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has developed a system for labeling short-term acute hazards of materials in fire, or emerge ncy situations [1]. The procedures for obtaining the hazard rating for health and flammability are based upon measured quantities [2], but t he basis for assigning reactivity ratings are largely qualitative [1]. This paper proposes a quantitative approach for assigning reactivity hazard ratings.