Coal dust explosibility

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 9, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 65-76

  Cashdollar, Kenneth L ^a  

^a US Bureau of Mines   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal; Dust; Explosion

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COAL; DUST CONTROL; EXPLOSIONS; HAZARDS; MINING; MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PROBES; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOCOUPLES;

COAL DUST EXPLOSIBILITY; COAL VOLATILITY;

COAL DUST;

EID: 0029774969     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0950-4230(95)00050-X     Document Type: Article

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