Bhopal as a Case Study - Union Carbide Corp. INVESTIGATION OF LARGE-MAGNITUDE INCIDENTS: BHOPAL AS A CASE STUDY Ashok S. Kalelkar Arthur D. Little‚ Inc. Cambridge‚ Massachusetts‚ USA Presented At The Institution of Chemical Engineers Conference On Preventing Major Chemical Accidents London‚ England May 1988 ABSTRACT The investigation of large-magnitude incidents is fraught with difficulties and the process of establishing the primary cause of an incident often requires an understanding
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Biology 20 IB Design Lab Does increasing or decreasing the ph level of a 3% concentration H2O2 (l) solution affect the amount of oxygen released between 15.0ml of the solution and a 5g sample of liver? The reaction is measured by the difference in mass of a balloon that is used to capture the amount of gas released by the catalase enzyme found in liver reacting with a basified 3% H2O2 (l) and an acidified 3% H2O2 (l) . Chemical reactions occur when two or more molecules interact and the molecules
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What happens when oil does peak? by Joel Bainerman Peak oil is often referred to as "Hubberts Peak"‚ a geophysicist who observed that oil well production followed a bell curve. According to the mainstream‚ convention view‚ peak oil is set to occur around 2006-2008. When peak oil occurs‚ production will decline approximately 3% per year at a time where global demand is increasing at 3% per year. What will all this mean for you and me- the average folk? Which industries will suffer the most- and
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experience of the soldiers was beyond anything that had ever been faced before. A soldier who was attacked by poison gas says that “It seemed as if [his] lungs were gradually shutting up and [his] heart pounded away in [his] ears like the beat of a drum. On looking at the chap next to [him‚ he] felt sick‚ for green stuff was oozing from the side of his mouth.” (Pressey‚ “Poisonous Gas”). After getting attacked‚ this soldier isn’t only poisoned physically‚ but is poisoned mentally as he looks at the
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Oil and Gas Law Outline Fall 2000 Class One INTRODUCTION Petroleum: generic name for certain combustible hydrocarbon compounds found in the earth A commercial oil deposit requires the presence of a porous‚ permeable rock formation containing oil of a marketable A.P.I. gravity and of producible viscosity. Three fundamental properties of petroleum (for oil and gas production): 1. state (gaseous‚ liquid or solid) 2. specific gravity
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After the Bhopal gas disaster in 1984‚ the Indian legislation governing safety and environment underwent significant changes.Specifically‚the factories Act was amended to assign the responsibility of the “occupier”‚who is legally responsible for the safety of the workplace and workers‚to the highest level of management in an organization. For a company this meant that one of the directors on the board had to be designated as “occupier”.The Environmental legislation also underwent changes ‚with the
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Company is catering the demand of its product W within a local community. However the Company wishes to analyse the implications if a decision is made in respect of launching product W at the state level. As a consulting firm‚ we will perform a cost-volume-profit [CVP] analysis whereby we will examine where the Company stands now and where the Company intends to be. CVP analysis is extension of break-even analysis – a situation where a business earns no income and incurs no loss. From the analysis we
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showing a gas station with the gas prices on a sign sitting in front of it. The gas sign said that the price for regular was "an arm"‚ the price for plus was "a leg" and the price for premium was a "first born". As I marveled over what Photoshop can do‚ I began to think about these high gas prices and what is causing them. Everyone talks about‚ complains about‚ and jokes about the high gas prices‚ but no one does anything about them. Many people told me what they thought was causing the high gas prices
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The glow sticks can operate by causing two chemicals to mix. A common reaction used for these devices is hydrogen peroxide and phenol oxalate ester. The hydrogen peroxide is kept in a thin‚ small glass vial in the middle of the stick‚ and the second chemical phenol oxalate ester is in the main body of the light stick. Bending the light stick in the middle causes the small glass vial of hydrogen
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• Natural gas is an odorless‚ colorless‚ flammable gas. It is non-toxic and lighter than air. • The gas chiefly consists of methane (CH4)‚ but also contains other hydrocarbons such as ethane‚ butane‚ propane and naphtha. Oil and gas deposits in the North Sea were formed millions of years ago through the decomposition and transformation of organic matter (plant and animal remains). In its primary form‚ natural gas can be used for residential heating and cooking‚ for industrial purposes
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