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Fools Rush In: What Do We Really Expect in an Emergency?

Posted on August 25th, 2017 by Mike Schmidt in Chemical Manufacturing Excellence

“For Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread.” —Alexander Pope

One evening very early in my career I was working in the pilot plant. There were people elsewhere in the facility, but I was in the pilot plant by myself. The reaction ran in a solvent at a temperature above the solvent’s flash point. Continue reading “Fools Rush In: What Do We Really Expect in an Emergency?” »

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