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<div>I made a few calculations and if I did not make any mistake, in a 1 US Gallon of Nanostrip, the molar concentration of H2O2 and H2SO5 (a by-product in piranha and a strong oxidizer) are 0.52 and 0.79 respectively. If you compare to 30% H2O2 which is 9.38,
Nanostrip is much less of a hazard so it makes sense to keep it in the class 2 oxidizer classification.</div>
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<div>Le 2015-05-25 à 17:25, Mary Tang <<a href="mailto:mtang@stanford.edu">mtang@stanford.edu</a>> a écrit :</div>
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When the Stanford Nanofab underwent renovations in 2012, the Stanford Fire Marshall gave us a copy of a report from 1993 which was a comprehensive code study plan for the proposed Annex to our building. It's a long document, but in it, there was a question
from the Fire Marshall (the County FM, I believe) as to whether piranha should be considered a Class 3 oxidizer, subject to the restriction of a four pound maximum limit in open use (i.e., much less than used in a piranha bath.) Although it is common practice
to use piranha in open baths with appropriate engineering controls, I gather that the code analysis to substantiate its safe use in this manner was not easy to find. So Stanford commissioned a third-party consultant, specializing in environmental safety,
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The consultant did an analysis of the chemistry of piranha clean solutions at temperature and concluded that the oxidizing hazard (as measured by peroxide concentration) presented was actually much less than 30% hydrogen peroxide solution which is considered
a Class 2 oxidizer. So, now in our Chemtracker database, piranha is now listed as a Class 2 oxidizer. Nanostrip is no longer in the database, but was also classified as a Class 2 oxidizer for the same reasons.<br>
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We have also run into limits on storage. If you have a sprinklered storage area, you local codes might be more generous with storage limits.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/25/2015 11:41 AM, Matthieu Nannini, Dr. wrote:<br>
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<div>My facilities dept. has classified Nanostrip being oxidizing liquid class 3 ( MSDS says NPFA rating are H3, F0, R2 and <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CB0QFjAA&url=https://louisville.edu/micronano/files/documents/safety-data-sheets-sds/NanoStripNanoStripHP.pdf&ei=7WtjVcTmNor5yATCroIY&usg=AFQjCNEeO8g9jAd3aAv18JppQhfOlLj5Iw&sig2=FdxijnVqe4faJw5xZFAOaA">this</a> says
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<div>NPFA 5000 and 400 recommend no more that 2 lbs in use and 20 lbs in storage if in cabinet. Obviously we are over since one 1 Gal container of nanostrip is about 15 lbs.</div>
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<div>Does someone has the same issue ?</div>
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