When a liquid in a container begins to boil, the increase in vapor pressure may exceed the vessel’s ability to relieve excess pressure (acro)
Potential biological weapons- Anthrax _______
______ hazardous materials Easier to contain due to flow or pooling
materials with specific gravity _____than 1 will sink on water
_____ Pressure Measure of a substance’s tendency to evaporate
_______ Gravity Density of a substance compared to density of some standard material, typically water
______radiation Can be completely blocked by outer layer of
human skin
______ Hazards -Typically result from explosion caused by bomb or improvised explosive device (IED), the failure of pressurized container, or reactivity of hazardous materials
_______error cause of hazardous materials incidents
Skin or some other exposed surface touches a solid, liquid, or gaseous hazardous material
_________ Hazards
Most common at medical centers, nuclear power plants, research facilities, and transportation incidents
_______ radiation Emitted from the nucleus of radioactive elements
such as tritium, carbon-14, and strontium-90
________ asphyxiants – Prohibit body from
processing available oxygen
______ health effects – Long-term conditions that may take years to appear
Simple asphyxiant ______ that displace oxygen
________radiation produced by fission reactions
Materials with specific gravity_____than 1 will float on water
Potential biological weapons
Smallpox ______
____chemicals that break down in water to yield hydrogen ions
Breathing in hazardous vapors, smoke, gases, fumes, liquid aerosols, and suspended dusts