DENVER – Science teachers need more safety training before running dazzling chemical experiments that can result in dangerous flash fires, according to a recommendation from a federal board charged ...

Salt slurries in petri dishes with methanol are ignited and characteristic colors for various metals are observed. Colors of emission spectra are due to loosely-bound valence electrons being excited ...

DENVER (AP) — A Denver teacher had no special training in the dangers of methanol before he conducted a demonstration in a school laboratory that resulted in a fire and injuries to three students, a ...

Since 2011, at least 72 people—mostly children—have been injured in alcohol-fueled fires ignited during educational demos. The accidents most commonly occur when teachers doing “rainbow” flame ...

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board recommended March 13 that Camp Dresser & McKee Inc. ensure that designs for methanol systems in wastewater treatment plants specify appropriate materials and comply with ...

Salt slurries in petri dishes with methanol are ignited and characteristic colors for various metals are observed. Colors of emission spectra are due to loosely-bound valence electrons being excited ...

Canada geese forage on the site of the former Kaiser Aluminum smelter. The 125-acre site of a proposed methanol production plant is temporarily being using by Auto Warehousing Company as a Foreign ...

DINWIDDIE COUNTY, Va. -- One of four students hurt in a Dinwiddie High School chemistry class fire remained hospitalized one week after the incident, Dinwiddie County Schools Superintendent Kari ...