Safety
Corner
The following are some safety tips and articles about laboratory safety. They
intended to help science teachers and laboratory staff to take appropriate preventive
measures for minimising the occurrence of laboratory accidents.
- "Pop" Sound Test for Hydrogen
Gas - Microscale Experiment
- An Accident Involving Ignition
of Hydrogen Soap Bubbles
- Safety in Use of Concentrated
Sulphuric Acid in Chemistry Experiments
- Safety in Use of Alkalis in
Science Experiments
- Safety Tips for Use of Flywheel
in Physics Experiment
- Using a Cork Borer to Assist
in Threading Glass Tube through the Hole of a Rubber Stopper
- An Accident Related to the Model
Eye Kit
- Three Accidents Involving the
Tasting of Chemicals
- An Accident Involving Inhalation
of Ammonia
- A Serious Accident Associated
with Heat Burn
- An Accident Involving the Squirting
of Hot Alcohol into the Eyes
- Two Accidents Involving Flicking
of Copper(II) Sulphate onto the Eyes
- An Accident Involving Splash
of Concentrated Sulphuric Acid onto the Eyes
- An Accident Involving Splash of
Sodium Hydroxide onto the Eyes
- An Accident with Dynamic Trolleys