Longtime Fire Engineering Adviser and FDIC Presenter Frank L. Fire Sr. Passes Away
Frank L. Fire Sr., a longtime adviser to Fire Engineering and FDIC instructor, passed away on May 30, 2020, after a brief illness.
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JET FUEL
Commercial jet fuel is essentially kerosene that has been hydrotreated to improve its burning properties. Hydrotreatment is a process proprietary to the producer of the…
PROPANE
Propane is a flammable, colorless, odorless, tasteless, nontoxic hydrocarbon gas. It burns relatively cleanly and is an excellent fuel. Although propane is a flammable gas,…
CHEMICAL DATA NOTEBOOK SERIES
With the October 1996 issue of Fire Engineering and a review of the chemical ethyl acetate, this series known as the Chemical Data Notebook came…
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CHEMICAL DATA NOTEBOOK SERIES #120: ETHYL ACETATE
A flammable, volatile, irritating, colorless liquid with a pleasant, fruity odor, ethyl acetate is used as a solvent for coatings, dopes, lacquers, shellacs, varnishes, and…
CHEMICAL DATA NOTEBOOK SERIES #119: NITROBENZENE
Nitrobenzene is a highly toxic, combustible, fairly reactive, irritating, oxidizing, bright yellow crystalline solid or a yellow-to-brownish oily liquid with a bitter almond or shoe-paste…
CHEMICAL DATA NOTEBOOK SERIES #117: HEXANE
Hexane is a flammable, volatile, irritating, slightly toxic, clear, colorless liquid with an odor similar to gasoline. A pure substance that may be used as…
CHEMICAL DATA NOTEBOOK SERIES #116: BUTYRALDEHYDE
Butyraldehyde is a flammable, toxic, irritating, slightly corrosive, clear, colorless, volatile liquid with a pungent, sweet, and rancid odor. It is used in making drugs,…
CHEMICAL DATA NOTEBOOK SERIES #115: DIISOPROPYL ETHER
Diisopropyl ether is a flammable, highly volatile, anesthetic, irritating, mildly toxic, clear, colorless liquid with a sweet, pungent, and slightly sharp but pleasant odor. Its…
CHEMICAL DATA NOTEBOOK SERIES #113: ALLYL CHLORIDE
Allyl chloride is a flammable, toxic, anesthetic, polymerizable, irritating, corrosive, colorless to straw-colored, volatile liquid with a garlic-like odor. It is used in the manufacture…
CHEMICAL DATA NOTEBOOK SERIES #112: METHYL MERCAPTAN
Methyl mercaptan is a flammable, toxic, reactive, irritating gas with a strong, disagreeable odor (similar to that of garlic or rotten cabbage) that is detectable…
CHEMICAL DATA NOTEBOOK SERIES #111: SILICON TETRACHLORIDE
Silicon tetrachloride is a water-reactive, toxic, corrosive, irritating, mobile, volatile, colorless to light yellow-colored fuming liquid with a sharp, pungent, suffocating odor. It is commonly…
