March 23, 2012 marks the 50th Anniversary of Neil Bartlett’s groundbreaking discovery of the first noble gas compound. Prior to Bartlett's discovery, all chemistry textbooks were written with the...
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2013 Orientation Brochure [PDF]
Chemical Safety Training (RMS)
SAFETY VIDEOS
Basic PPE in a Lab Video (.mpg)
Chemical Spill Clean-up Demo (regular quality, 10 Mb)
Chemical Spill Clean-up Demo (hi quality, 65 Mb)
Experimenting with Danger (YouTube)
RESEARCH GROUP SAFETY TEMPLATES
Personal Safety Checklist [.doc]
What is the Buddy Program? [.doc]
Buddy Program Orientation Checklist [.doc]
Student-Researcher Training Record [.doc]
Practical Chemistry Safety Template [.doc]
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Safe Working Procedure for Pyrophorics [PDF]
Handling Pyrophoric Reagents [PDF]
Safe handling of organolithium compounds [PDF]
Supervisor Responsibility Training