Sentences with phrase «isocyanate gas»

Composed of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen atoms (forming the CH3NCO molecule) a tragic methyl isocyanate gas leak caused thousands of deaths and injuries during what is considered to be the deadliest industrial accident in history — the Indian 1984 Bhopal disaster.

-- Charlene Colchester, via e-mail Bhopal should have been a wake up call, but it is unclear whether chemical plants around the world are any safer a quarter century after the December 1984 disaster — during which some 40 tons of toxic methyl isocyanate gas leaked from a pesticide plant owned by Union Carbide (now part of Dow Chemical), killing 2,259 people immediately and causing lifelong health problems and premature death for tens of thousands more.

On the morning of Dec. 3, 1984, a pesticide plant run by Union Carbide leaked about 40 tons of deadly methyl isocyanate gas into the air in Bhopal, quickly killing about 4,000 people.

Not exact matches

So a molecule such as methyl isocyanate will emit a characteristic fingerprint of photons that will appear as spikes or lines in the spectrum detected from the gas cloud.

On the morning of December 3, 1984 a holding tank of stored MIC (methyl isocyanate) at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, overheated and released over 40 tonnes of the noxious gas.

Cons: the health risks are potentially very high, ALL spray foams contain toxic ingredient Isocyanate (even those that have a percentage of soy and claim to be «eco»), because the material is so rigid closed cell systems tend to develop cracks in the material compromising the insulative envelope, many people on RV blogs are opening their walls to remodel and finding a pile of pulverized insulation in the cavities, if the ratio of parts A and B aren't mixed exactly right, the material can off gas toxic fumes perpetually, a code approved fire barrier must be installed over spray foam in living spaces (such as 1/2» drywall).

Studies have suggested serious insufficiencies in the safety measures at the installation, including lack of safety valves to prevent the mixing of water into the Methyl isocyanate tanks which started the evolution of the toxic gas, and the failure of scrubbers to treat the gas leak — apparently they were out of service for repair.