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Toxic dispersion of acetic acid
SITE DATA:

Location: BOISE, IDAHO

Building Air Exchanges Per Hour: 0.61 (unsheltered single storied)

Time: September 22, 2017 1103 hours MDT (using computer's clock)

CHEMICAL DATA:

Chemical Name: ACETIC ACID, GLACIAL

CAS Number: 64-19-7 Molecular Weight: 60.05 g/mol

ERPG-1: 5 ppm ERPG-2: 35 ppm ERPG-3: 250 ppm

IDLH: 50 ppm LEL: 40000 ppm UEL: 199000 ppm

Ambient Boiling Point: 238.7 F

Vapor Pressure at Ambient Temperature: 0.027 atm

Ambient Saturation Concentration: 29,893 ppm or 2.99%

ATMOSPHERIC DATA: (MANUAL INPUT OF DATA)

Wind: 3 meters/second from NE at 10 meters

Ground Roughness: open country Cloud Cover: 0 tenths

Air Temperature: 30 C Stability Class: C

No Inversion Height Relative Humidity: 57%

SOURCE STRENGTH:

Leak from hole in vertical cylindrical tank

Flammable chemical escaping from tank (not burning)

Tank Diameter: 4 feet Tank Length: 5.32 feet

Tank Volume: 500 gallons

Tank contains liquid Internal Temperature: 30 C

Chemical Mass in Tank: 2.16 tons Tank is 100% full

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Circular Opening Diameter: 6 inches

Opening is 10 inches from tank bottom

Ground Type: Sandy dry soil Ground Temperature: 30 C

Max Puddle Diameter: Unknown

Release Duration: ALOHA limited the duration to 1 hour

Max Average Sustained Release Rate: 20.6 pounds/min

(averaged over a minute or more)

Total Amount Released: 1,091 pounds

Note: The chemical escaped as a liquid and formed an evaporating puddle.

The puddle spread to a diameter of 22 yards.

THREAT ZONE:

Model Run: Gaussian

Red : 45 yards --- (250 ppm = ERPG-3)

Note: Threat zone was not drawn because effects of near-field patchiness

make dispersion predictions less reliable for short distances.

Orange: 174 yards --- (35 ppm = ERPG-2)

Yellow: 486 yards --- (5 ppm = ERPG-1)

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Evaporation Rate

Toxic Threat Zone of Acetic acid