liquid nitrogen and cryogenics training program prepared by: kathryn billings
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Liquid Nitrogen and Cryogenics Training Program
Prepared by: Kathryn Billings
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Potential HazardsHealth:
• Vapors may cause dizziness or asphyxiation without warning.
• Vapors from liquefied gas are initially heavier than air and spread along ground.
• Contact with gas or liquefied gas may cause burns, severe injury, and/or frostbite.
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Public Safety
• Immediately call emergency personnel in the event of a large spill or leak.
9-1-1 from campus phone or 438-8631 for ISUPD dispatcher
• Isolate large spills or leaks for at least 100 meters in all directions.
• Keep unauthorized personnel away.• Stay upwind.• Keep out of low areas.• Ventilate closed spaces before entering.
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Container Requirements
• Closed container with a loose fitting top that allows venting.
• Use only vessels designed for extreme cold (i.e. insulated).
• Vessel must have carrying handles or be on wheels.
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Potential HazardsExplosion:
• Liquid Nitrogen must be transported and stored in an appropriate container containing pressure relief devices.
• Otherwise, when the pressure builds up,
1. the stopper could be "rocketed out"
2. or worse, the container could explode
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Appropriate Containers
Examples of acceptable cryogenic Dewar's:
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Inappropriate Containers
• DO NOT use open, un-insulated or glass containers!
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Liquid Nitrogen Tank
• Located off loading dock at Science Lab Building
• Key can be checked out at the Chemistry storeroom.
• Enter through South East gate.
Valve Location
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Liquid Nitrogen Tank
• Do NOT touch any of the valves on the North side of the tank.
• Do NOT enter through the North gate.
DO NOT touch!
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Protective Clothing
• Always wear thermal protective clothing when handling refrigerated/cryogenic liquids or solids.
• It is required you wear a full face shield over safety glasses, loose fitting gauntlet gloves, long sleeve shirts, full-length trousers without cuffs, and fully enclosed shoes.
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Fill Hose
• The liquid Nitrogen is released through this hose.
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Procedures:Step 1: Fill Hose
• Insert and hold the fill hose into the appropriate container or into the funnel.
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Procedures:Step 2: Open/Close Valve
• Open valve slowly to begin filling.
• Close valve tightly after filling.
Valve
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Safe Handling
• Wear Personal Protective Equipment:
• Face Guard• Gloves
• Always use liquid Nitrogen in a well ventilated area.
• Use a loose-fitting stopper or lid that allows venting of the boil off.
• If using a funnel, use caution not to overfill the container.
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Safe HandlingContinued
• Only transport liquid nitrogen in the freight elevator with no other occupants present.
• Only use containers that have been designed specifically for cryogenic liquids.
• Do not store in a confined space.
• Do not store at temperatures above 125°F.
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References
• Emergency Response Guide 2004• Harvard University• Praxair• http://www.chem.uncc.edu/safety/Nitrogen
Safety.html• http://www-safety.deas.harvard.edu/
services/nitrogen.html