Question 414 Deck General

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You are on a multiple-product chemical tanker and will carry cargoes of ethanolamine, methyl acrylate, and glycerine. Which statement is true?

A Glycerine is compatible with both of the other cargoes.
B Glycerine may be stowed adjacent to methyl acrylate but must be segregated from ethanolamine.
C All of these cargoes are mutually incompatible.
D Methyl acrylate and ethanolamine are compatible but both must be segregated from glycerine.
AI Explanation

The correct answer is A) Glycerine is compatible with both of the other cargoes. The key is that glycerine is generally considered a compatible cargo and can be stowed adjacent to both ethanolamine and methyl acrylate without any special segregation requirements. Ethanolamine and methyl acrylate may have incompatibilities that require segregation, but glycerine does not have any known incompatibilities with these two products. Therefore, option A is the correct statement. The other options are incorrect because they either overstate the incompatibility issues (option C) or incorrectly identify the segregation requirements for these cargoes (options B and D).

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