A comparison of experimental methods to determine the minimum explosible concentration of dusts

Fuel

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 654-658

  Chawla, Nagesh ^a   Amyotte, Paul R ^a   Pegg, Michael J ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dusts; Explosion limits; Test methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000443918     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-2361(96)00006-3     Document Type: Article

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