Sodium Hydroxide and Potassium Hydroxide

Sodium Hydroxide & Potassium Hydroxide

25-minute training video distributed by Moxie Media designed to provide training to emergency response personnel who may be called upon to respond to a leak, spill or a fire involving these hazardous chemicals.

"Sodium Hydroxide & Potassium Hydroxide" is part of the HazChem Series

About caustics
Caustics are strong alkaline chemicals, corrosive to many materials including human tissue. Sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and potassium hydroxide (KOH) are the two most important caustics used in industry, with over 10 million tons of NaOH alone produced annually in its various forms. Mishandled, caustics can cause serious harm to the environment, and workers exposed to caustics can experience long-term health problems or even death. It is critical that workers who handle sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide, and that response personnel who must respond to an emergency involving one of these chemicals, be well educated in the hazard properties of caustics.

About the film
"Sodium Hydroxide & Potassium Hydroxide," sixth in the award-winning HazChem Series of emergency response and right-to-know training videos, tells where these caustics are found and in what common forms. The program provides basic information on bases and acids, explaining the relevance of Ph and how it is measured. It advocates an active program of accident prevention and safety inspection.

The film explains the forms that caustics may take and teaches safe storage and handling procedures. Typical containers used for storage and transportation are described, and proper protective clothing and respiratory protection, safety precautions such as showers and warning signs, and safe loading and unloading techniques are also discussed.

The hazard properties of sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide are very similar. The program covers flammability and reactivity properties, and discusses symptoms of exposure and medical treatment for victims. The film also outlines priorities for the incident commander during incidents involving NaOH or KOH, and tells what the factors are in his decision whether to mount an offensive or defensive strategy in controlling the incident. Other topics covered include selecting protective clothing and respiratory protection for emergency responders, protecting water supplies from spills, avoiding or containing runoff, using foams or spray fog nozzles to control vapors, using dry chemicals or carbon dioxide to extinguish fires, decontamination procedures, and overseeing the clean-up crew to make sure that clean-up activities are carried out safely. (25 minutes)

About the HazChem Series
Each film in the HazChem Series focuses on a different product or group of products. Programs combine footage of actual incidents with action-packed, realistic training sequences. The films are designed to provide training to persons who are expected to respond to an emergency involving these hazardous materials.

HazChem films have been the winners of numerous awards for both filmmaking excellence and technical content. Among the honors received by HazChem programs are the prestigious Cine Golden Eagle award, the Society for Technical Communication Award of Excellence, the Telly Award, and the Silver Apple Award from the National Education Film and Video Festival.

28 minutes
Price: $395