Assalamualaikum wbt.
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS). Sounds quite unfamiliar isn't it? Well, for those who are Dr. Anuar's students for OC Lab, you have been told about this.
Before that, let me quote you the definition of MSDS from Wikipedia :
A material safety data sheet (MSDS), safety data sheet (SDS),[1] or product safety data sheet (PSDS) is an important component of product stewardship and Occupational safety and health. It is intended to provide workers and emergency personnel with procedures for handling or working with that substance in a safe manner, and includes information such as physical data (melting point, boiling point, flash point, etc.), toxicity, health effects, first aid, reactivity, storage, disposal, protective equipment, and spill-handling procedures. MSDS formats can vary from source to source within a country depending on national requirements.
So, did you understand it? Or you just skipped it because it is too long and complicated? Okay, let me tell you in a simple words.
MSDS is actually a guide of safeness in laboratory. It tells you what to do, what not to do, properties and composition of chemicals, its effects and warning and so on. So, when you have this MSDS, you will be more careful in running the experiment(s).
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| Example of MSDS of... WOMAN! (No offense!) |
In my opinion, every scientist, scientist-wannabe, and anybody who involved with experiment and laboratory should have this MSDS, so that there will be no undesirable incident happpened in the lab.
Lastly, just want to remind to all Dr. Anuar's students to prepare this MSDS before you having each lab session. Please find out the properties (chemical & physical) of the chemical(s) you gonna used in the lab. Other students, it is not compulsory but I strongly recommended it.
That's it for now. See you soon. ;)
