Pyrophoric materials are a type of fire hazard that can ignite spontaneously in air at or below room temperature. They pose significant risks in handling and storage, as they can catch fire without an external ignition source. Proper precautions and storage methods are essential to mitigate these risks in laboratory or industrial settings.
A pyrophoric substance (from Greek purophoros, "fire-bearing") will ignite spontaneously.
Pyrophoric scale is a material that can be burnt or ignited spontaneously when in contact with air, if struck or scratched.
Its a chemical hazard
Health hazard choking hazard
Class 1 materials are explosives.Materials that have an explosive hazard are in Hazard Class 1.
Fine powders of hafnium are pyrophoric.
Neptunium as a powder is pyrophoric.
Plutonium is pyrophoric as a fine powder.
Mihail Demestihas has written: 'Simulations to predict the countermeasure effectiveness of using pyrophoric type packets deployed from TALD aircraft'
Finding foreign objects in food served anywhere is a health and safety hazard.
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