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When a substance passes directly from a solid state to a vapor state without passing through a liquid state it is going through the process of ____

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Sublimation

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_____ is the pressure exerted on the inside of a closed container by the vapor in the space above the liquid in the container

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Vapor pressure

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____ is the minimum temperature required to liquefy a gas, no matter how much pressure is applied

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Critical temperature

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1 atmosphere is equal to what is psia

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14.7 psia

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The vapor air density of air is

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1.0

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T OR F

The term miscible refers to the tendency or ability of two or more liquids to form a uniform blend, or to dissolve in each other

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TRUE

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____ describes the ease with which a liquid can pass into the vapor state

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Volatility

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Negligible solubility is described as what

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Less than 0.1%

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An electron has what type of charge

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Negative

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When the number of protons stays the same but the number of neutrons changes, the new atom is said to be a/an ____ of the original atom or element

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Isotope

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The existence of a substance in two or more forms with different physical and chemical properties

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Allotrope

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This type of molecular bond is made by the sharing of electrons between the parts

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Covalent

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_____ burn very, very rapidly; the speed of reaction is much faster than ordinary combustion but travels much slower than detonation

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Deflagration

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If a material pyrophoric, it is

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Air reactive

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Which of these is not a FCFRD core value

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Preparedness

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HMT are individuals who respond to releases or potential release for the purpose of stopping the release OSHA ____. 120

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1910

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HMT shall be the person who responds to hazardous material/WMD incidents using risk based response process. NFPA —— chapter 7

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472

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Hazmat training is broken into 3 Broad areas offensive, defensive, and

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Incident management branch management safety

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APIE stands for

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Analyze, plan, implement, evaluate

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Predict the likely behavior of the materials when released—- APIE

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Analyze

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Select the PPE required for the given action APIE

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PLAN

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Perform duties of an assigned position within the local incident management system APIE

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Implement

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RCRA of 1976 defines

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Solid and hazardous waste

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RCRA of 1976 regulates what of hazardous materials

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Generation, storage, transportation, treatment and disposal

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RCRA is also know as____
Cradle to grave law
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This law exempts actions taken during
Immediate response
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Established the superfund hazardous substances clean up program
CERCLA
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When in danger of imminent danger condition, who shall have the authority to alter, suspend, or terminate those activities?
Safety officer
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Who is responsible to develop an IAP incident action plan
The IC
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Who establishes the HMTSP?
The hazardous material branch director/ group supervisor
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What identifies critical operational areas?
Site map
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Monitoring of hazards should include
Toxicity, flammability, oxygen concentrations, corrosiveness, and radioactivity
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Who takes appropriate action to prevent the spread of contamination?
Site control supervisor
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What are the 3 physical states of matter
Solid, liquid, gas
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Any substance that boils at atmospheric pressure at any temp less than 80F is a what?
Gas
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DOT defines gases as materials with a boiling point below ___
68F
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Compressed gas when in a material in a container has an absolute pressure of
40psi @ 70F
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Gases that become a liquid in a container at normal temperature from 25 to 2,500PSI
Liquefied compressed gas
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Liquefied gas with boiling point below -130 F
Cryogenic
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Has a fixed volume but no fixed shape ?
Liquid
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Not mobile materials
Solid
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Homogeneous material having a constant, fixed chemical composition with no impurities.
Pure substances
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Simplest form of any substance cannot be decomposed into smaller units
Element
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Materials that are made from two or more substances in varying proportions that are not chemically combined.
Mixture
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Uniformly dispersed mixture of one or more substances in one or more substances
Solution
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A pourable mixture of a solid into a liquid
Slurry
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What is the boiling point of acetone?
133F
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Boiling points for jet fuel range from ___ to ___
400 to 550
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How is vapor pressure measure and what are the numbers
mmHg 760, PSI 14.7psia, 1 atm atmosphere (at sea level)
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Natural gas per vdem has an expansion ratio of
635:1
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Toluene has a vapor density of
3.14 atm
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Vapor pressure of chlorine is
4,800
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Vapor pressure of Acetone(propanone) is
100
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Propane vapor density is per vdem
1.52
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Hydrogen vapor density is
0.07
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Solubility is expressed low to high % as this
Negligible, slight, moderate, appreciable
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Chemistry has two basic subdivisions
Organic and inorganic
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Organic contains
Carbon
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Inorganic is
Nitrogen or non carbons
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Atomic structure- atoms are composed of ___ basic units
3
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Particles that are found in the center or nucleus of the atom having a positive charge
Protons
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Particles found in the nucleus, have no charge
Neutrons
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Particles found in the space surrounding the nucleus, they have a negative charge. These spaces are called the electron shells
Electrons
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All matter is made of
Atoms
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There are ____ named elements of those —- are found in nature
118, 92
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Some isotopes are very unstable this break down is called___ and the particles and energy released are called ___
Radioactivity, radiation
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Loss of an electron = positive charged atom called
Cation
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Gain of an electron = negative charged atom called
Anion
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Carbon existing as a diamond, graphite and carbon black example of
Allotrope
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Number of protons in nucleus
Atomic number
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Adding together the number of protons and neutrons
Atomic mass
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Group one is will explode with contact of water pyrophoric
The alkali family
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Group two have two electrons and will decompose in water
The alkali earth family
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The number of groups indicated the___ in the outer shell of the atom
Number of electrons
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Atoms reacts to complete their putter shell ie 2 electrons in the first shell and 8 in the outer shell is called the ____ law
Octet law
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There are ____ families a tech must know
Group 1, group 2, group 17, group 18
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Group 17 is the ____ family (oxidizers 7electrons
Halogen/ fluorine bromine
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Group ___ is the noble gas family
18
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A chemical reaction that combines metal elements with non metal elements producing a compound called salt
Ionic bonding
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A chemical reaction that combines two non metals together the product is a non salt
Covalent bond
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Hazard class one
Explosive
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Action levels for ionizing radiation
>2mR/hour
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Action level fit flammability
>25% of the LEL
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Exposure limits for CO
50TWA 1200 IDLH
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Hydrogen sulfide exposure limit
20 ceiling, 100 ppm
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Geiger muller tube can detect
Alpha, beta, gamma
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Geiger muller uses ___ that are measured on the meter
Electric pulses
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Model 44-38 uses a ___ to detect beta and gamma
Side window
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Model 44-2 uses scintillation yo detect
Low level gamma
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44-9 pancake style uses Geiger muller to detect
Alpha, beta, and gamma
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Scintillation detector uses a ____
Crystal sodium iodide drenched in tholum
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If ticket turns ___ no pesticide is present
Blue
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What does TRACEM stand for
Thermal, radiation, asphyxiation, chemical, etiological, and mechanical
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What is the process for determining the protection factor?
Quantities testing
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Supplied air line has a length limit of
300ft
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Liquid splash what respiratory protection recommended?
APR
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Should be worn when hazardous material requires the highest level of protection for eyes, skin, respiratory no thermal threat.
Level A
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Should be worn with atmospheric concentration of substances require high level of respiratory protection but low level skin protect. (Splash protection)
Level B
99
Level D protection is not appropriate for personnel operating in the
Warm zone

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