Derivation of Le Chatelier's mixing rule for flammable limits

Process Safety Progress

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 112-117

  Mashuga, Chad V ^a   Crowl, Daniel A ^a  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAMMABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FLAMMABILITY LIMITS; LE CHATELIER MIXING EQUATION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

AIR; FLAME; FUEL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MIXING RULE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033622662     PISSN: 10668527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prs.680190212     Document Type: Article

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