Oxidizing Chemicals

[nahrein.yaghoubpour]

Hi Everyone,
Some schools have oxidizing chemicals in a cabinet & others don't. Just wondering if we are required by law to keep them in a cabinet or not.
Thanks in advance for your help
Nahrein

[sunray18]

Hi Nahrein,
I am lucky to have the cabinets I do have, to get one for oxidising would be far too much.
I store my oxidising chemicals quite separate to reducing chemicals. I think you will find that these need separation, within the limits of your own site.
I have cabinets for flammable liquids, flammable solids, nitric acid, corrosives, and a container for Acetic acid and another one for 32% Ammonium hydroxide.
Inside the flammable liquid cabinet I have contianers to hold Methanol separate to all the other chemicals.
I have Lead Nitrate and Barium Nitrate in a container separated from Silver Nitrate, which is in its own container.
and that is the best I can do

[Graham Kemp]

www.hazchem.net.au/Storage-Cabinets/Oxi ... inets.html

Oxidizing agents obviously need to be kept away from anything that can be oxidised (such as reducing agents, organics, combustables, et cetera).

So, of course, oxidizing cabinets have been made of metal. Even with their resistant paint these will eventually rust. That is annoying, but safer than wood shelves, I guess.

At the very minimum oxidizing agents should be placed on secured, oxidizing resistant, shelving with isolated spill catchment trays.

[noona]

I keep mine on a wooden shelf glass on the top

[Lyn]

Google - school chemical storage and then click on the Dangerous Goods and Hazardous Substances, site that belongs to Vic education. If you browse through the Chemical Management section you will come across Guidance sheet 1: Chemical Storage. Class 5 amongst others "must be stored at least 5 metres from any potential source of ignition or heat if not stored in specialised chemical storage cabinet." I'm sure the information is relevant whether you are in Victoria or N.S.W. or anywhere else in Australia.
I did put the website in this post but when I tried to use it I found that I couldn't find the page that you needed to look at so you will just have to find it doing the google thing.

Lyn.

[Labbie]

Most of us at the DEC schools, just store them in cupboards that we have in the prep room or store room. I do not have a cabinet, just glass on top of the cupboard shelve, that cupboard only has class 5 oxdizing chemicals in it.

[Lyn]

I used the information from the Victorian Ed. as a guideline because there was nothing specific available at the time to assist me in making wise decisions as to how certain chemicals should be stored. The information now is in a more updated format and seriously, any guidelines for working in this job are eagerly devoured.

Lyn.