[Che-student-staff-list] Explosion at Tsinghua University - Beijing

[Nagy, Gabriela]

Hello Everyone,

I wanted to share with you the news of a terrible accident that killed a postdoctoral researcher in a chemistry laboratory fire at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, on Friday, December 18, 2015. The researcher was working in the lab at the time of the explosion and fire.

The cause of the explosion is still under investigation, but it is believed that the incident happened during an experiment involving hydrogen.

Please follow the link below to find some information regarding this tragic incident:

http://cen.acs.org/articles/93/web/2015/12/Postdoctoral-Researcher-Killed-Fire-Tsinghua.html

Sincerely,
Gabriela
On behalf of the ChE Safety Committee

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Gabriela Nagy, PhD
Industrial Education Director
ChE Safety Committee Chair
School of Chemical Engineering
Room FRNY G041D
Purdue University
Tel: (765)-496-1710
E-mail: nagyg at purdue.edu<mailto:nagyg at purdue.edu>


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