Alchemy 101 or the use of Physical and Organic Chemistry to solve a long term incident

The course will include an introduction to mass balance by the use of balanced chemical equations and then applying that mass balance to energy generation from reactions. The next stage would be the definition of what is, and how to define and calculate, chemical equilibrium. The Ideal Gas Law will then be introduced with its relationships to both mass balance and chemical equilibrium.
The overall goal is the applications of these basic principles to real life situation by the following:
1) How to estimate Pressures and Temperatures using the Ideal Gas Law under different situations, i.e. a chemical/gasoline tanker exposed to a heat source.
2) The use of vapor pressure and the Ideal Gas Law in estimating concentrations in an enclosed space, i.e. a spill of a chemical or mix of chemicals in a closed building at a certain temperature.
3) The use of balanced chemical equations to determine possible products and their concentrations in a reacting situation.
4) The combination of all the above to define what the steady state conditions are when you enter a scene of varying chemicals that may or may not react with each other.

To end the session, the group will deal with a real situation in a problem-solving session.
a) Gasoline spill in a wetland
Using gas laws to solve the problem
b) Frozen caustic on a roadway
use of reaction chemistry to neutralize a ruptured caustic tanker with its contents frozen on a major roadway
c) Over pressured tanker
Relationships between pressure and temperature in a closed container.
During the presentation, examples and videos will be used to highlight the various points made.