Prevent explosions of combustible dusts

Chemical Engineering Progress

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 25-37

  Jaeger, Norbert ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Siwek, Richard ^a,g  

^a Ciba Specialty Chemicals ^*  (United States)

^b CIBA GEIGY LTD   (Switzerland)

^c Ciba's NAFTA Central Safety Testing Laboratory   (United States)

^d National Federation of Independent Business   (United States)

^e AIChE's Center for Chemical Process Safety   (United States)

^f International Social Security Association   (Switzerland)

^g FireEx Fire and Explosion Department   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0005776779     PISSN: 03607275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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