Equations:

pH and hydroxide or hydrogen ions

pH= -log[H+]

pOH=-log[OH-]

pH + pOH = 14

[H+]=10(ph)

[OH]=10(pOH0

Flammables:
Le chatliers

1
=

Where:

LFL= lower flammability limit

=Fractional concentration of component n

LFLn=lower flammability of component n

NOTE: UFL is same equation just substitute Upper flammability limits for Lower

Toxic equivalency:

= ( )

Where

TEQ= Toxic Equivalency Factor of compound

TEF= Toxic Equivalency Factor of individual part

Mi= Concentration of each substance

Note: all based off of Dioxin: 2,3,7,8-TCDD, a TEF of 0.5 means is half as toxic as this one

OHMS Law
V=IXR

Where v =voltage (volts), I= current (Amps), and R = resistance(OHMs)

Electircal Power

P = IV

Where P is electrical power in watts

Total energy used= P X Time

Power and ohms law combined

2
=
and P= 2

Resistance
In series ohms

= 1 + 2 + +

In parallel ohms

1
=
1 1 1
+ + +
1 2

Voltage Division- Voltage drop across a resistor in series (V)

=
1 + 2 + +

Current Division- through Parallel resistors current through any branch is calculated

1

= ( )
1 1 1
1 + 2 + +

Kirchoffs Current and Voltage law

Nodal analysis KCL

 =

Mesh Analysis KVL sum of all voltage drops across resistors in closed loop will always equal 0

Inductors and Capacitors

Inductance measured in (H) henrys proportional to turns in a coil

Capacitors measured in (F) Farads proportional to surface area and inversely to separation between
plates

Radioactivity
Radioactive Decay

N = N0 et
Where: No=amount of material at time 0, =decay constant, t=time passed, N=amount of material
present after time t

e= 2.718
Source Strength
Becquerels (Bq) = number of disentigrations per second

Curies (Ci)= 3.7 x 1010 disintegrations per second

=

Where: Q=number of disintegrations per second, =decay constant, m=mass of radioisotope,

Na= 6.02 x 1023 g/g-atoms

W= atomic weight of radioisotope

VECTORS
X and y components

Adding vectors
 = +

Magnitude of resulting vectors

= () + ()

Determine the angle of resultant vector

Torque or moment

Where: M=moment, F=force, d=distance usually lb/ft

Note counter clockwise is positive for moments, but can be positive in either way

Basic Trigonometry

P.E.M.D.A.S. Parenthesis | Exponents | Multiplication | Division | Addition | Subtraction. Perform

the operations inside a parenthesis first.

Pulley- rope holding pully up must be equal to both weights

CENTER OF MASS

Maginitued of load- load/linear length

Center of mass equation

0 ()

0 ()
Beam load and sum of moments (in balance)

1 + 2 + . + = 1 + 2

Where f= force from load (N,lbs) and R=force from support collums or support

1 1 + 2 2 + . 3 3 = 1 + 2

Where a=distance from force to common reference usually one of the support beams

Compressive or tensile stress

Where f=normal component force, A= Area, =compressive or tensile stress

Strain

=
0

=unitless measure of strain, l=change in length, l0=initial length

Hooks law= stress and strain are directly proportional and equal the moduus of elasticity

=

Where =strain, =stress, E=modulus of elasticity

SLING ANGLE FACTOR

Sling angle factor= sin(angle between load and sling leg)

Adjusted WLL= Verticle WLL * number of legs *sling angle factor

VENTILATION Air flow or liquid

Where Q=quantity of moving air, V=velocity at which air is moving, A=cross sectional area the
air is moving through

Pressure in ventilation ducts= total, static, and velocity

= +
Air velocity from velocity pressure of pitot tube

= 4005

FIRE SUPRESION

Mass flow rate

= =

Velocity is inversely proportional to area

= 1 1 = 2 2

SOUND INTESITY LEVEL

() = 10 log ( )
0

Where IL= sound level intensity (dBA), I=sound level (W), I0=reference sound level, 10-12 (W)

WET BULB GLOBE TEMPERATURE

= 0.7 + 0.2 + 0.1

Where Tw=natural wet bulb temp, Tg=globe theremometer temp, Td=actual air temp, dry bulb

FALL PROTECTION

Lanyard legth + max elongation + height to d ring on back of person +safety margin (3ft common)

PHYSICS

( )
=
( )

( )
=
( )

Momentum (ftlbs/s)

FRICTIONAL forces

Static

=
Where s= coefficient of static friction, N is the magnitude of the normal force

Kinetic friction

Kinetic Energy

1
= 2
2

Gravitational potential energy

m=mass,g=gravity (32.17ft/s2),h=height

GAS LAWS

Boyles law

1 1 = 2 2

Charles law
1 2
=
1 2

Gay-Lussacs Law

1 2
=
1 2

Ideal gas law

P is pressure, V=volume, n=moles of gas, R.082 Latm/kmol, T=temp in Kelvin (C+273, F-C=F*1.8+32)

FUNCTIONAL NOTATION

(PIF,5%4) means Present value,

Net Present Value

=

(1 + )()

PV=present value, FV=future value, i=decimal interest rate, n=number of times compounded yearly,
t=number of years
Standard deviation

=1( )2
=

( )2
= =1
1

X=number set, n=number of data set

SKEW

1
( )3
=
( 1) =1
2 3
1 2
( ( ))
( =1 )

N=number of values, xi=ith value in the set and x is the mean

LINE OF BEST FIT

= +

Where a and b are regression coefficients

SPEARMANS RHO

6 ( 2 )
= 1
( 2 1)

rs= sperman rank correlation coefficient, D= difference between two ranks of each item, N=number of
items

68-95-99.7 rule

68 within one standard deviation of mean, 95 within 2, 99.7 within 3 BELLCURVE

Z SCORE

=

X is data value, =mean of data set, =standard deviation of pop.

STANDORD ERROR (sampling distribution of the mean)

=

Probability

probability of two outcoumes sumultaniosly is product of individual probabilities

Permutation

!
=
( )!

Combination

!
= =
! ( )! !

r= number of combinations or permutations, n=number of items

Compound event

( ) = () + () ( )

2 independent events

( ) = () ()

Mutually exclusive- 2 events have no outcome in common suit and number on drawn card

Independent- no influence on probability

Dependent- changes probabilityone ace drawn only 3 left

Conditional Probability

()

7 out of 10= 1/10 on second pull 1/9

Poisson distribution equation

(t)
=
!

Pr= probability of r= events, lambda= expected number of events in a gien time interval, t is time

Odds in favor
 ()
1 ()

Usually in ratio form a/b or a:b a event occurs b event dosnt occur

TOTAL CASE INCIDENT RATE (TCIR)

# 200,000
=

DAYS AWAY,RESTRICTED DUTY, OR TRANSFER (DART)

, , 200,000
=

Note 200,000 is indicator for 100 employees**** might be 2000 x # of employees

SOUND DECIBLE SUMATION

1 2
= 10 log10 (1010 + 1010 + + 10 10 )

Where Le= total sound, Ln=sound of devices

SOUND OVER DISTANCE

1
= 20 log10 ( )
2