MDI & TDI: Safety, Health and the Environment

edited by Dennis C. Allport, David S. Gilbert
and Susan M. Outterside

Features include

• Insights from academic, regulatory, and industrial experts
• Numerous photographs, spectra, tables, and graphs
• Additional information on physical properties and analysis
• Considers the risk management of these two diisocyanates

MDI and TDI are polymer building blocks with a wide range of applications in industry. Both are used in large quantities and can be found in a wide variety of industries and applications. The safe handling of MDI and TDI requires close attention to working practices in their transportation, storage, use and disposal. This book focuses on handling aspects, but also includes reviews of medical and environmental issues. There is detailed coverage of the properties, occupational and release limits and nomenclature of MDI and TDI, and on their analysis.

MDI & TDI: Safety, Health and the Environment covers all the important topics concerning MDI and TDI and provides comprehensive coverage on the health and environmental science associated with these.

Contents

MDI and TDI Usage: Responsible Risk Management

1. MDI, TDI and the Polyurethane Industry
2. Handling MDI and TDI
3. Health
4. The Environment
5. Supporting Sciences:
   Chemistry of Manufacture of MDI and TDI
   Structures and Nomenclature
   Chemical Reactions of MDI and TDI
   Physical and Fire Properties
   Fire Behaviour of MDI and TDI
   Occupational Exposure Limits, Stack Limits and Community Limits
   Sampling and Analysis

Index

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