What do I need to be aware of when transporting and storing potassium hydroxide?

2023-08-01

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1. Transportation precautions: When transported by rail, steel drums can be transported in open wagons. The package should be complete when starting transportation, and the loading should be steady. During transportation, make sure the container does not leak, collapse, fall or get damaged. It is strictly prohibited to mix and transport with flammable or combustible materials, acids, edible chemicals and so on. Transportation vehicles should be equipped with leakage emergency treatment equipment;

2. storage precautions: stored in a cool, dry, well-ventilated warehouse. Keep away from fire and heat source. The humidity in the warehouse should be no more than 85%. Packaging must be sealed, do not get wet. It should be stored separately from easy (combustible) materials, acids, etc. Do not mix storage. The storage area should be equipped with suitable materials to shelter the leakage;

3. packaging methods: solids can be packed into 0.5 mm thick steel drum sealed, the net weight of each barrel does not exceed 100 kg; plastic bags or two-layer kraft paper bags outside the full-open or open steel drums; threaded-mouth glass bottles, glass bottles with iron caps pressure mouth, plastic bottles, or metal drums (cans) outside the ordinary wooden boxes; threaded-mouth glass bottles, plastic bottles or tinned thin steel drums (cans) outside the full base plate lattice box, fiberboard box or plywood box; tinned thin steel drums (cans), plastic bottles, or tinned thin steel drums (cans) outside the box. Thin steel drums (cans), metal drums (cans), plastic bottles or metal hoses outside the corrugated cardboard boxes.