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Risk assessment
Experiment 1: Investigation of the suitability of indicators and instrumental detection of equivalence points in acid-base titrations
|Compound |Hazard |Handling (besides wearing |Spillage |Disposal |
| | |gloves and goggles) | | |
|Hydrochloric acid |Corrosive, toxic |Fume cupboard, store away |Cover the spill with |Halogenated waste |
| | |from heat. |excess soda ash, lime or |container |
| | | |sodium bicarbonate, wash | |
| | | |away with large amounts | |
| | | |of water. | |
|Acetic acid |Flammable |Fume cupboard, store away |Dilute with water and mop|Waste container |
| | |from heat, avoid |up, or absorb with an | |
| | |inhalation. |inert dry material and | |
| | | |place in an appropriate | |
| | | |waste disposal container.| |
|Sodium hydroxide |Corrosive |Hygroscopic. Away from |Take up dry. Clean |Neutralise with acid and |
| | |acid...