The Hydrogen Incident
and Accidents Database
European Hydrogen Incidents and Accidents database HIAD 2.1, European Commission, Joint Research Centre

HIAD Facility - Application: Chemistry Laboratory

Explosion in an Academic Laboratory (314)
The explosion was caused by the ignition of hydrogen during reaction with sodium metal. The Chemistry Department routinely dried solvents using metallic sodium. This leaves an excess of sodium metal…
Explosion of an Autoclave in a Laboratory (1033)
A researcher was conducting an experiment that involved sawdust being heated at pressure using hydrogen gas in an laboratory-scale autoclave.The gas leaked from the autoclave during the experiment…

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