Chemicals

Project RevChem
New Safety Measures for Chemicals + New Chemicals
Status	In progress
Contact	PeterC
Last Update	2016-06-10

We need a new space to store the chemicals since what we have now is prone to accidents.

Labeling Guidelines

• When labeling chemicals I recommend not covering the original label since it contains useful info.
• Things in caps are worse than things in lowercase. (Ex. "toxic" is toxic, "TOXIC" is very toxic)
• The large Carl Roth bottles will stay unlabelled for now because they have a lot of bilingual safety info (English, German)

Label Format

• English Chemical Name
• Dutch Chemical Name
• Hazard Statement / Extra Info

Label Example

Safe material label:

• Methylene Blue
• Methyleenblauw
• Warning: This stuff stains!

Hazardous Material Label:

• Toluene
• Tolueen
• HIGHLY FLAMMABLE

What Needs to be Done

• Find cabinets suitable for chemicals
• Inventory the dangerous chemicals and provide MSDS's or usage guidelines (Will probably be turned into a leaflet on cabinets)

Ideas

• Build a basic fume hood for the space
• Construct a small workspace dedicated to projects that use chemicals (chemistry/bio/PCB etching) in the $projectruimte downstairs, or in the Sparkshack