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  2. Laboratory safety - Wikipedia

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    Hazardous chemicals present physical and/or health threats to workers in clinical, industrial, and academic laboratories. Laboratory chemicals include cancer-causing agents (carcinogens), toxins (e.g., those affecting the liver, kidney, and nervous system), irritants, corrosives, sensitizers, as well as agents that act on the blood system or damage the lungs, skin, eyes, or mucous membranes.

  3. Biosafety level - Wikipedia

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    A laboratory-specific biosafety manual must be drafted which details how the laboratory will operate in compliance with all safety requirements. [ 21 ] All laboratory personnel are provided medical surveillance and offered relevant immunizations (where available) to reduce the risk of an accidental or unnoticed infection.

  4. Uranium hexafluoride - Wikipedia

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    The long-term storage of D-UF 6 presents environmental, health, and safety risks because of its chemical instability. When UF 6 is exposed to moist air, it reacts with the water in the air to produce UO 2 F 2 ( uranyl fluoride ) and HF ( hydrogen fluoride ) both of which are highly corrosive and toxic.

  5. Wet lab - Wikipedia

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    China Medical University (Taiwan)'s Laboratory A wet lab is a type of laboratory in which a wide range of experiments are performed, for example, characterizing of enzymes in biology, titration in chemistry, diffraction of light in physics, etc. - all of which may sometimes involve dealing with hazardous substances. [2]

  6. Gas - Wikipedia

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    Drifting smoke particles indicate the movement of the surrounding gas.. Gas is one of the four fundamental states of matter.The others are solid, liquid, and plasma. [1] A pure gas may be made up of individual atoms (e.g. a noble gas like neon), elemental molecules made from one type of atom (e.g. oxygen), or compound molecules made from a variety of atoms (e.g. carbon dioxide).

  7. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Science/December 2005 ...

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    The answer is no - this is because the solubility of air (ie, mostly nitrogen and oxygen) in water decreases as you increase the temperature. Keenan's example of soda is an excellent everyday example of this general observation - hot coca cola certainly doesn't have quite the fizz as a cold one!

  8. Chemistry - Wikipedia

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    Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. [1] It is a physical science within the natural sciences that studies the chemical elements that make up matter and compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions: their composition, structure, properties, behavior and the changes they undergo during reactions with other substances.

  9. Public health - Wikipedia

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    These six goals address key issues in global public health, poverty, hunger and food security, health, education, gender equality and women's empowerment, and water and sanitation. [77] Public health officials can use these goals to set their own agenda and plan for smaller scale initiatives for their organizations.