Flammability of gas mixtures containing volatile organic compounds and hydrogen

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 13, Issue 3-5, 2000, Pages 377-384

  Liekhus, Kevin J ^a   Zlochower, Isaac A ^b   Cashdollar, Kenneth L ^b   Djordjevic, Sinisa M ^c   Loehr, Cindy A ^c  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^c Benchmark Environmental   (United States)

Author keywords

Flammability; Hydrogen; Prediction; Test chamber; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; HYDROGEN; MIXTURES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BUTANONE; DICHLOROETHANE; LECHATELIER METHOD; TEST CHAMBER;

FLAMMABILITY;

EID: 0034188523     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-4230(99)00034-0     Document Type: Article

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