Respect those nitrates in the lab

gating the November 3,1973, crash of a Pan Am cargo plane that took the lives of all three crew members. Concentrated nitric acid that spilled onto co...
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Respect Those Nitrates in the Lab Mlrlarn C. Nagel 152 Juniper Drive Avon. CT 06001

The National Transoortation Safetv Board was investigating the November 0; 1973, crash of; Pan Am cargo plane that took the lives of all three crew members. Concentrated nitric acid that spilled onto combustihle material in a wooden shippina box started smokina in 13 minutes. Three minutes later