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- 1. Introduction and Purpose
- 2. Production Information and Product Characteristics
- 3. Health Aspects
- 4. Environmental Aspects
- 5. Design and construction of transport and storage equipment
- 6. Transport, Loading and Storage Operations
- 6.1. Training
- 6.2. Operating Instructions and Regulations
- 6.3. Inspections
- 6.4. Loading Operations for Rail and Road Transport
- 6.5. Unloading Operations for Rail and Road Transport
- 6.6. Vapour Control
- 6.7. Previous Cargoes and Cleanliness
- 6.8. Blanketing
- 6.9 Road Specific Operations
- 6.10 Intermodal Transport
- 6.11 Ferries Selection
- 6.12 Rail Specific Operations
- 6.13 Operations Common to Barges and Dea
- 6.14 Barge Specific Operations
- 6.15 Sea Specific Operations
- 6.16 Tank Storage Operation
- 6.17 Customer Collection
- 7. Emergency procedures
- 8. Personal protection, first aid and medical treatment
- 9. Styrene: REACH Consortium
- Appendices
- Bibliography
6. Transport, Storage and Handling Operations
6.7. Previous cargoes and cleanliness
A tank that carries Styrene Monomer should not have carried the following substances as any of the last two cargoes:- Caustic soda
- Pyrolysis gasoline
- Fuel oils
- Lube oils
Because of the effect of the application of heat to styrene, steam cleaning of adjacent tanks to compartments which contain styrene or styrene residues is strictly not allowed.
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