CHEMICAL LOGISTICSBENZENE

Members:

Jane Tan (s10049162D)

Poon Yoke Chee (s10046916F)

Tan Lee Min (s10047130J)

Yeo Cai Hua (s10049307C)

Acute Health Effects: Inflammation of eyeSkin irritationHeadachesVomiting Irritation of the stomachDizzinessTremors Increase in heart rate

HAZARDS

Chronic Health Effects:Damages the bone marrowCauses a decrease in red blood

cellsMay cause excessive bleedingDamages the liverAffects urinary systemDecrease in ovary size for women

HAZARDS

Eye Contact:Flush eyes with plenty of warm water for atleast 15 mins. Get medical attention

immediately.

Skin Contact:Flush skin with plenty of water. Cover the

irritatedskin. Remove contaminated clothing. Wash

clothesthoroughly before reuse. Get medical attention.

FIRST AID MEASURES

Serious Skin Contact:Wash with disinfectant soap & covercontaminated skin with anti-bacterial

cream.Seek immediate medical attention.

Inhalation:Move to a place with lots of fresh air.

Giveartificial respiration if the person is notbreathing.

FIRST AID MEASURES

Serious Inhalation:Evacuate to a safe area. Loosen tightclothing. Administer oxygen is breathing

isdifficult.

Ingestion:Never give anything by mouth to anunconscious person. Loosen tight clothing

likea belt, collar or tie.

FIRST AID MEASURES

FlammableAuto-Ignition Temp: 497.78˚CFlash Point: -11.11˚CProducts of Combustion: carbon oxides

(CO, CO2)

FIRE & EXPLOSION DATA

Fire Hazards in Presence of Substances:

Open flames & sparks Highly Flammable

Oxidizing materials Slightly Flammable

Sodium PeroxideDioxygenyl TetrafluoroboratePowdered Chromic Anhydride

FIRE & EXPLOSION DATA

causes ignition

Explosion Hazards in Presence of Substances:

Oxidizing materials of acids Chlorine Nitric acid Liquid oxygen Diborane

Fire Fighting Instructions: Small Fire Use DRY chemical powder Large Fire Use alcohol foam, water

spray/fog

FIRE & EXPLOSION DATA

BOOOM!!

DyesPharmaceutical drugsLubricantsPaint remover e.g. thinnerRubber e.g. for shoes & tiresAfter-shave lotionSolvent for degreasing metalsAs an intermediate to produce

other chemicals

USES OF BENZENE

WORLD CONSUMPTION

From the diagram above, we can deduce that United States and Western Europe stand the most portions in the pie chart. North America alone stands 33% of the world consumption.

WORLD CONSUMPTIONChina’s total benzene consumption is 3.5 million tonnes.

Ethylbenzene with 49.1% occupies the most.

Because it is used for those common items we will use in our daily lives & some are needed for almost everyone.Used in: paints, lacquers, adhesives, inks, and cleaning materials. In production of - dyes, perfumes, plastics and pesticides

Pollution

Accidents

In November 13 2005, an explosion occurred at a PetroChina chemical plant in Jilin Province that released over a hundred tons of benzene and nitrobenzene into the 1,897-kilometer-long (1,176-mile) Songhua River. The enormous benzene slick then flowed through the Heilongjiang Provinces’ capital Harbin and into Russia by way of the Amur river. Benzene levels were 108 times above national safety levels. The polluting material index had dropped to 29 times above national safety levels when the contaminants reached the border of Jilin and HeilongjiangSongyuan, a city of more than 400,000 located between Jilin and Harbin, shut off the part of its water system that is linked to the river but told the public it was just doing repairs. Residents were warned not to drink water from rivers.

The Jilin Petrochemical Company plant where the November explosions occurred.

Earlier in January 2006, the spill itself passed Russia's major Far Eastern urban centre Komsomolsk-on-Amur. Benzene pollution levels in the Amur River remained within permitted levels, the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said on January 6, 2006. Subsequently, the spill proceeded through scarcely populated plains until it reached the Pacific in the Sea of Okhotsk.

Polluted Songhua River is seen as the State Environment Protection Administration confirmed that pollutants containing benzene and nitrobenzene contaminated the river after a chemical-plant blast at the upper reaches in Northeast China.

Marked off with warning tape, the polluted Songhua River is frozen over.

Dead fish can be seen in the Songhua River as the State Environment Protection Administration confirmed that pollutants containing benzene and nitrobenzene contaminated the river after a chemical-plant blast at the upper reaches in Northeast China.

Polluted water in Songhua River reaches Harbin, the capital of north-eastern Heilongjiang province November 24, 2005. A stretch of potentially lethally polluted river water headed towards one of China's biggest cities after an explosion at a petrochemical plant. The blast had caused 'major pollution' in the Songhua River from which Harbin and home to nine million people, draws its drinking water.

On November 26th, 2005, another chemical plant exploded in China, spewing toxic benzene into the water supply of a central region as authorities in the country's north-east struggle to protect millions of people from an earlier spill.The blast at the Yingte Chemical Co in Dianjiang, part of the huge Chongqing municipality straddling the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, killed one worker and forced the evacuation of 6000 nearby residents and the closure of schools.People in the area were warned not to drink water from the local river, a tributary of the Yangtze, because of concern that carcinogenic benzene had spilled.

TRANSPORTATIONAs benzene is classified class 3 for flammability, we need to be very careful when we transport benzene. We must be aware things that can cause fire to be put a distance away from benzene.

From the information of personal safety provided by the MSDS, we should put on splash goggles, lab coat, vapour respirator and gloves to protect themselves from coming in contact with benzene.

Before we transport benzene, we should consult a specialist before handling this product.

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