tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post5217697807767046377..comments2024-03-27T21:23:40.339-04:00Comments on Chemjobber: CTV: One dead, three injured at Polymer Source in Montreal Chemjobberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932113680515602275noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-33151621259614786182022-07-27T08:35:23.267-04:002022-07-27T08:35:23.267-04:00thermal runaway with EO polymerization can turn de...thermal runaway with EO polymerization can turn deadly, especially after the polymerization was previously done hundred times "safely" without a problem, by some unanticipated quirk or equipment malfunction or a small change in the setupAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-47083150466871939222022-07-26T09:06:53.438-04:002022-07-26T09:06:53.438-04:00Rohm & Haas divested the Triton surfactant lin...Rohm & Haas divested the Triton surfactant line to Dow many years ago (long before Dow acquired the rest of R&H) for exactly this reason. Too much risk of something going wrong.KTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-1586659158888441882022-07-25T07:58:31.324-04:002022-07-25T07:58:31.324-04:00I wonder if the explosion was due to work with eth...I wonder if the explosion was due to work with ethylene oxide - that stuff is nasty, it burns even without oxygen. Polymer Source was manufacturing PEGs/PEOsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com