The last of the Metal Hydride gas medical treatment articles has been published. Each of the metal hydride gases have unique toxic action on the body and requires proper medical treatment. Not many doctors see these cases. So these should be in your library if you use or handle any of the metal hydride gases.

Tox and Hound – Fellow Friday – Metal Hydrides III – Boron Hydrides, Diborane, Pentaborane

https://toxandhound.com/toxhound/ff-boron-hydrides/

Note what a severe dermal toxin pentaborane is

For those who missed the first 2 they were

1. Tox and Hound – Fellow Friday – Metal Hydrides I – Arsine, Germane, Hydrogen Selenide
2. Tox and Hound – Fellow Friday – Metal Hydrides II – Phosphine (PH3)

I learned a lot collaborating on these in the last year. Hope to do some more.

Am now writing a chapter on Pyrophoric Materials and one on Semiconductor Fab Emergency Response for the Semiconductor Manufacturing Risk Handbook. Was lots of fun looking back at the development and use of the ER Devices I got 6 patents on. Went down memory lane with my 30 years of pyrophoric release testing of silane, disilane, phosphine, trimethylaluminum, trisilane, diborane. Can’t forget blowing up the gas cabinet with silane in 2006 or trying to burn one up with trimethylaluminum. Those videos get’s everyones attention when I do training or presentations on pyrophoric chemicals.

Also the many interesting HazMat incidents I get to manage or consult on. Just finished one today on a butane hash oil extraction cylinder. Hope to post my summary in the future

Eugene Ngai

Chemically Speaking LLC

www.chemicallyspeakingllc.com