Download or read book Elsevier's Dictionary of Containers and Dangerous Goods written by L.J. Zilberberg and published by Elsevier Science. This book was released on 2004-12-11 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dictionary contains approx. 6,000 terms related to containers and dangerous goods, medical terms in relation to accidents involving dangerous goods, chemicals most frequently involved in accidents, segregation terms and groups, reglementation of dangerous goods, conventions, codes and directives, organisations and acronyms. This dictionary will concentrate mainly on the technical vocabulary relating to containeri-sation and the transport of hazardous and noxious substances as it would appear that, that particular sector is rather poorly documented.