BRAINCAKEHazards and Risks in Organic Synthesis
Before any organic synthesis, a risk assessment is carried out. It depends on the difference between two words:
A hazard is anything with the potential to cause harm, such as a substance that is flammable, toxic, corrosive, harmful, an irritant, an oxidising agent or carcinogenic.
A risk is the chance that harm will actually occur, and how serious it would be. It depends on how the substance is used: the amount, the concentration, the temperature and the precautions taken.
A hazard cannot usually be changed, but the risk can be reduced with control measures:
Sign in free to see the rest of this lesson, the R.E.C.I.P.E. recall steps and the quiz
BrainCake is free. Make an account in seconds and pick up where this page stops.
More in Organic Synthesis
- Grignard Reagents and Carbon Dioxide
- Grignard Reagents and Carbonyl Compounds
- Organic Synthesis
- Synthetic Routes
- Practical Techniques - Heating under Reflux
- Recrystallisation
- Melting and Boiling Point Determination
- Planning a Multi-Step Synthesis
All 11 lessons in Organic Synthesis · All Edexcel A-level Chemistry topics