Runaway Reactions: Ignore the Chemistry at Your Peril: Proper hazards testing is key to ensuring chemical process safety

Chemical Engineering

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 78-85

  Leggett, David ^a,b  

^a BAKER ENGINEERING AND RISK CONSULTANTS INC   (United States)

^b Hazard Evaluation Laboratories Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OPERATIONS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; HAZARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY TESTING;

CHEMICAL PROCESS INDUSTRY; EXOTHERMIC REACTIONS;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY;

EID: 0034239406     PISSN: 00092460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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