Additional threats to employees are posed by. the ease with which many corrosive chemicals ignite, explode or react with incompatible substances. In North Carolina, the N.C. Department of Labor enforces the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act through a. state plan approved by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Calcium sulfate (or calcium sulphate) is a common laboratory and industrial chemical. In the form of Î³- anhydrite (the nearly anhydrous form), it is used as a desiccant. It is also used as a coagulant in products like tofu. In the natural state, unrefined calcium sulfate is a translucent, crystalline white rock.
Copper Sulphate is a widely used chemical compound comprised of Copper, Sulphur and Oxygen whose formula is CuSO4. Crystals of Copper Sulphate are often bright blue and the substance was known once as Blue Vitriol or Bluestone.Copper sulfate was used in the past as an emetic, (An agent that induces vomiting). Copper sulfate crystals is still used today dissolved in water in a foot bath for sheep to pass through as a prevention and cure for foot rot.