Chemical factors Flashcards
Lithium metal type
Alkali metal
Sodium metal type
Alkali metal
Potassium metal type
Alkali metal
Where is Lithium found
Removed trace gases from vacuum tubes, desulfurizer, catalyst, hardeners
Lithium health effects
Skin and respiratory irritants
Where is sodium found
In vapor lights, tetraethyl lead alloys
Sodium health effects
Hydroxides are caustic, nitrates are preservatives, explosives & fireworks, peroxides are irritants and corrosives
Where is potassium found
In vapor lights, tetraethyl lead alloys
Potassium health effects
Hydroxides are caustic, nitrates are preservatives, explosives
Beryllium metal type
Alkali earth metal
Magnesium metal type
Alkali earth metal
Strontium metal type
Alkali earth metal
Barium metal type
Alkali earth metal
Where is beryllium found
Fume or dust phosphor lites, non-spark alloy
Beryllium health effects
Pneumonitis, cyanosis, chronic breathing, cardiac failure
Where is magnesium found
Silicates, light metals alloy
Magnesium health effects
Leucocytes, fume fever
Where is strontium found
Flares, luminous paint
Strontium health effects
Fires, boneseeker
Where is barium found
Oil and gas drilling
Barium health effects
Baritosis pneumonitis
Iron salts metal type
Transitional metals
Chronic acid metal type
Transitional metals
Manganese metal type
Transitional metals
Cobalt metal type
Transitional metals
Nickel metal type
Transitional metals
Copper metal type
Transitional metals
Tin metal type
Transitional metals
Organotins metal type
Transitional metals
Zinc metal type
Transitional metals
Where is iron salts found
Mining and welding
Iron salts toxicology
“Siderosis,” pneumonia and emphysema, fume fever, respiratory irritant
Where is chromic acid found
Nichrome heating elements, plating
Chromic acid toxicology
VII bronchogenic, perforated nasal septum, chrome-plating
Where is manganese found
Welding
Manganese toxicology
Spastic and psychological symptoms, pneumonitis
Where is cobalt found
Tungsten carbide industry
Where is nickel found
Money values, plating
Nickel toxicology
Nickel carbonyl: carcinogen; dermatitis
Where is copper found
Electricity, plumbing alloys
Copper toxicology
Fume fever, eye and nasal irritants
Where is tin found
Plating, soldering
Tin toxicology
Pneumonitis “stenosis”