CHEM LAB - Lab Safety

Vocabulary flashcards covering laboratory safety rules, chemical waste classifications, fire safety, personnel, and administrative policies for the Adamson University Chemistry Department.

Class A Fire

A fire involving ordinary combustibles such as paper, wood, and textiles.

Class B Fire

A fire involving flammable liquids such as oil, grease, and alcohol.

Class C Fire

A fire involving short-circuited electrical equipment.

Class D Fire

A fire involving combustible metals such as titanium, magnesium, and sodium.

Class K Fire

A kitchen fire involving cooking oil or fat.

Dry Chemical (Monoammonium Phosphate) Extinguisher

A fire extinguisher used for Class ABC fires.

Aqueous Film Forming Foam Extinguisher

A water-based fire extinguisher designed for Class A and B fires only.

Carbon Dioxide Extinguisher

A fire extinguisher designed specifically for Class B fires.

Water Extinguisher

A fire extinguisher designed for Class AB fires.

Waste Code J201

The waste category designation specifically reserved for broken glass.

Waste Code D499

The waste classification for other wastes containing inorganic chemicals, including antimony, arsenic, barium, beryllium, boron, cadmium, chlorine, chromium, cobalt, copper, cyanide, hydrogen chloride, hydrogen cyanide, hydrogen fluoride, iodine, lead, manganese, mercury, nickel, silica, silver, strontium, sulfur dioxide, and zinc.

Waste Code G703

The waste classification for halogenated organic solvents, including carbon tetrachloride, chloroform, bromophenol blue, methylene chloride, and methylene blue.

Waste Code G704

The waste classification for non-halogenated organic solvents, including acetone, ethanol, formaldehyde, ether, ethyl acetate, hexane, toluene, and xylenes.

Waste Code B203

The laboratory waste classification designated specifically for nitric acid.

Waste Code B206

The laboratory waste classification designated for a mixture of sulfuric and hydrochloric acid.

Waste Code C301

The laboratory waste classification designated for caustic soda (sodium hydroxide).

Contaminated Solid Waste

Laboratory waste including gloves, face masks, tissue, paper, parafilm, foil, pipette tips, and disposable pipettes that have come into contact with chemicals.

Jethro Benz A. Talaran

The Laboratory Coordinator who prepared the OZ Building fourth floor evacuation plan and the chemistry laboratory waste container location map.

Cindy T. Bautista

The Laboratory Head of the Chemistry Department at Adamson University.

Padlock Cutting Form

A form required to be accomplished and approved by the professor if a student fails to bring their locker key, granted only if a padlock replacement is already available.

Reagent Claiming Policy

The rule stating that chemical reagents can only be claimed during the first hour of the scheduled laboratory period.

Individual Breakage Charge Formula

Calculated using the formula $\text{Individual Charge} = \frac{\text{Total Group Charge}}{\text{Number of Group Members}}$

Apparatus Returning Schedule

The procedure of returning issued apparatus, which takes place 2 weeks before final exams and is conducted by class under professor supervision.