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Chapter 9 Flashcards

1
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General Characteristics of containers include?

A
  • Size

- Whether used for Transportation or Fixed Storage.

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Special Characteristics of containers include? (4)

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  • What it’s constructed of
  • Pressurized or not
  • configuration or intended openings
  • Means to relieve internal pressure
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3
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Some bulk highway cargo tanks including those used to carry gasoline or diesel may carry as much as?

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9,000 gallons

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4
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Bulk High pressure containers intended to transport LPG or Anhydrous Ammonia may contain more than?

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11,000 gallons

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Non-pressurized bulk rail cars can have quantities ranging from

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10,000 to 26,000 gallons

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6
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Pressurized rail tank cars containing LPG can have loads in excess of?

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30,000 gallons

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7
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Chlorine tank cars could contain as much as?

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90 tons

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Non-bulk containers that include drums, barrels, crates, and cylinders could range in capacity from

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several ounces to more than 100 gallons

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9
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Bulk fixed storage tanks can contain materials in quantities that range from?

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Several hundred to Several thousand gallons

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10
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It’s important for FR’s to remember that not all fixed facilities are required by Federal Law to report all hazardous materials stored or used on-site. What may be the only way to learn about these items? 2

A

Preplanning and an MSDS before an incident

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Many highway cargo tanks that transport hazmats include what? Spaced?

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External ring stiffeners. Several feet apart.

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12
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Most highway cargo tanks used to transport petroleum products are constructed of what? How thick?

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Aluminum Alloy. .25” thick

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13
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Metal containers used to store corrosive liquids are often lined internally with?

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Rubber

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14
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Insulated highway cargo tanks will often have what shape when viewed from the rear?

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Horseshoe

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Bulk transportation containers for gasoline are designed to withstand very low pressures, sometimes as low as?

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3psi

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16
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Low pressure containers used to transport some liquid hazardous materials, such as flammable inks and solvents, corrosives, oxidizers, and poisons, may have operating pressures that range from?

A

25-75psi

17
Q

High pressure bulk transport containers used for products such as LPG may contain pressures as high as?

A

300psi

18
Q

Two primary characteristics for most compressed gas cylinders that first responders should always be aware of?

A

PRD and Rounded tank ends.

19
Q

Damage is especially troublesome on high pressure metal containers when it occurs where?

A

At the Weld lines

20
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What is important to first responders in reference to container openings?

A

How many, and is there a means to protect them from damage.

21
Q

Rollover damage devices intended to protect the openings during a rollover accident usually include stiff metal walls and are designed to support?

A

2x weight of loaded cargo tank

22
Q

Many bulk transport containers will also include emergency that allow valves to be closed both?

A

Manually or through heat activation

23
Q

PRD’s are prohibited on compressed gas cylinders that contain certain types of hazmats that are classified as?

A

Poisonous

24
Q

Some gases may be liquified with the application of only a few hundred pounds of pressure, these materials are often referred to as

A

Liquified gases

25
Q

Vapor space can be as high as _______ of the capacity of the container

A

15-20%

26
Q

The presence of a container with an overfill protection device (OPD) is usually indicated by a?

A

Triobular hand wheel.

27
Q

2 examples of Non-liquified gases are?

A

Oxygen and Nitrogen

28
Q

A process known as cryogenics can reduce the temperature of a material to lower than?

A

-150 degrees F.

29
Q

Liquid Nitrogen has an expansion ratio of?

A

694 to 1

30
Q

Liquid Oxygen expansion ratio

A

857 to 1

31
Q

Containers that carry liquified petroleum gas stored at high pressures are usually made of? what thickness?

A

Steel. 1/2”

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