Flammables should not be stored in a standard refrigerator: keep your lab safe with a flammable storage refrigerator.

When safety is concerned, awareness is always step one. Careless or thoughtless use of a standard refrigerator for storing flammable materials can result in fire or explosion. Guidance from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington mandates that “If flammable liquids must be refrigerated or cooled, they must be kept in an approved ‘flammable storage’ refrigerator or freezer.”  The Flammable Material Storage Information Sheet goes on to note that, in contrast to standard refrigerators, with relays, switches, and lights that are all potential ignition triggers, flammable storage refrigerators have no ignition sources inside the cabinet.

For further information visit www.uncw.edu.

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