REFERENCES
Books
Bretherick’s Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards
Prudent Practices in the Laboratory: Handling and Disposal of Chemicals (1995), The National Academies Press:
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Butyllithiums
 Sodium (reactive metal)
Lithium aluminum hydride
California Department of Public Health
Laboratory Research Associate Dies of Burns from a Pyrophoric Chemical (PDF), April 2009
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Research Associate Dies from Burns Sustained While Working with a Pyrophoric Chemical, California
FACE Report #09CA001
U.S. Chemical Safety Board
“Experimenting with Danger” Focuses on CSB Case Study on Texas Tech University Accident; Laboratory
Deaths at UCLA and Dartmouth
U.S. Department of Energy
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory “Handling Pyrophoric Reagents” August 2009 PNNL-18668
American Chemical Society
Chemical & Engineering News, August 3, 2009, “Learning From UCLA”
Chemical Health and Safety, May/June 2002, “Safe handling of organolithium compounds in the laboratory” by James Schwindeman, Chris Woltermann, and Robert Letchford
Academic Institutions
UCLA
Procedures for Safe Use of Pyrophoric Liquid Reagents
Procedures for Safe Use of Pyrophoric Solids
Pyrophoric Lab Chemicals (list of examples)
Pyrophoric Liquid Safety Video
UCI
Procedures for Safe Use of Pyrophoric Reagents 05/10/99
UCSD
University of Minnesota- Pyrophoric Chemicals Guide Page 1

Handling Pyrophoric and Other Highly Reactive Materials
Videos: Part One: Getting Ready
Part Two: Transferring Pyrophoric Liquids
Part Three: Working with Reactive Metals
UCSF
PPE- Appendix B of Procedures for Safe Use of Pyrophoric Organolithium Reagents, ver. 1 1/20/2009
UCSB
Laboratory Safety Fact Sheet #34 Pyrophoric Organolithium Reagents
Darthmouth
Handling Pyrophoric liquids (video)
Duke University (example SOP)
Standard Operating Procedure for work with Pyrophoric and other highly reactive materials
Columbia University
The Safe Use of Pyrophoric Reagents by Kevin McGhee and Jack Norton Fire Extinguishers and Sodium
Hydride
Lehigh
Factors Affecting Pyrophoricity
University of Nebraska
Video Presentation of Transferring Air-Sensitive Reagents by Scott Batcheller Manager R&D Aldrich
Brandeis University
Pyrophoric Chemicals Glove Box
Rochester University
SOP for Pyrophorics Vacuum Protection
Yale University
Working Safely with Organolithium compounds (video)
Chemical Manufacturers
ALDRICH
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Technical Bulletin AL-134- Handling Air Sensitive Reagents 3/97
Technical Bulletin AL-134- Handling Air Sensitive Reagents 2010
Technical Bulletin AL-136- The ALDRICH Sure/Pac™ Cylinder System 4/97
Technical Bulletin AL-164- Handling Pyrophoric Reagents 6/95
Technical Bulletin AL-195- The Oxford/Sure-Seal™ Valve Cap
Video Presentation of Transferring Air-Sensitive Reagent(slides) by Scott Batcheller Manager R&D
New Sure/Seal™ Brochure
Oxford® Sure/Seal™ storage valve-cap
Aldrich® Sure/Seal™ septum-inlet transfer adapter
Sure/Pac ™ steel sample cylinder
One-Piece Glass Reagent Storage bottles with stopcock equipped septum-inlet
AkzoNobel
Technical Bulletin- Safe handling of metal alkyls First aid recommendations
Technical Bulletin- Pyrophoricity of Metal Alkyls
Technical Bulletin- Operator Protection during handling of metal alkyls
Technical Bulletin- Control of Metal Alkyl Fires
Acros
Acros-Seal packaging for Air and Moisture Sensitive Organo-Metallic Reagents
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