ASTM F1127-01

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Designation:F1127–01
Standard Guide for
Containment by Emergency Response Personnel of
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Hazardous Material Spills
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 1127; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope the solid to swell (50 % or more). The absorbent is at least
70 % insoluble in excess fluid.
1.1 This guide describes methods to contain the spread of
3.1.2 adsorbent—an insoluble material that is coated by a
hazardous materials that have been discharged into the envi-
liquid on its surface including pores and capillaries.
ronment. It is directed toward those emergency response
3.1.3 gellant—a material such as colloidal network or other
personnel who have had adequate hazardous material response
aggregate network which pervades and holds a liquid in a
training.
highly viscous fragile structure. Many gels may rapidly liquefy
2. Referenced Documents with added heat or ionic/polar addition. These materials are
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soluble/flowable in excess liquid.
2.1 ASTM Standards:
3.1.4 sorbent—aninsolublematerialormixtureofmaterials
F 716 Test Methods for Sorbent Performance ofAbsorbents
used to recover liquids through the mechanisms of absorption
F 726 Test Methods for Sorbent Performance ofAdsorbents
or adsorption, or both.
F 1011 Guide for Developing a Hazardous Materials Train-
3.1.5 thickener—a material (usually of higher molecular
ing Curriculum for Initial Response Personnel
weight) that is soluble in excess liquid. These materials go
F 1129 Guide for Using Aqueous Foams to Control the
from dry to gummy (viscoelastic) to flowable and then soluble.
Vapor Hazard from Immiscible Volatile Liquids
The final viscosity depends only on the liquid to solid ratio.
F 1525 Guide for Use of Membrane Technology in Mitigat-
3.1.6 universalsorbent—aninsolublematerialormixtureof
ing Hazardous Chemical Spills
materials that will sorb both hydrophobic and hydrophilic
F 1644 Guide for Health and Safety Training of Oil Spill
liquid spills.
Responders
F 1656 Guide for Health and Safety Training of Oil Spill
4. Significance and Use
Responders in the United States
4.1 This guide contains information regarding the contain-
2.2 Federal Schedules:
ment of a hazardous material that has escaped from its
2001.3
container. If a material can be contained, the impact on the
2001.4
environment and the threat it poses to responders and the
2008.1
general public is usually reduced. The techniques described in
3. Terminology
this guide are among those that may be used by emergency
responders to lessen the impact of a discharge.
3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
4.2 Emergency responders might include police, fire service
3.1.1 absorbent—a material that picks up and retains a
personnel, government spill response personnel, industrial
liquid distributed throughout its molecular structure causing
response personnel, or spill response contractors. In order to
applyanyofthetechniquesdescribedinthisguide,appropriate
training is recommended.
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This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F20 on Hazardous
Substances and Oil Spill Response and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
5. Containment Methodology
F20.22 on Mitigation Actions.
5.1 Containmentequipment,procedures,andtechniquescan
Current edition approved Oct. 10, 2001. Published December 2001. Originally
published as F 1127 – 88. Last previous edition F 1127 – 88 (1996).
be categorized into three general functional classes: (a) patch/
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
plug, (b) enclosure, and (c) immobilization. The important
contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
advantage of containment is that it restricts the spreading of a
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
the ASTM website. spill and makes cleanup easier. Careful selection of techniques
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and materials is required. Errors in judgment can lead to 6.1.9 MechanicalPatch—Neopreneorrubberstoppers,rub-
worsening of the situation, deflagration or detonation, and ber balls, and plywood or spring steel sheets with neoprene
increased hazard to personnel involved in the cleanup. gaskets can be mechanically held in or on the damaged area.
Toggle and “T” bolts, washers, and wing nuts are useful
6. Patches and Plugs (General)
attachments.
6.1 Diminishing or stopping the flow of a leaking hazardous
6.1.1
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