Using Maximum Experimental Safe Gap to Select Flame Arresters

Process Safety Progress

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 140-145

  Britton, Laurence G ^a  

^a UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETONATION; FLAME RESEARCH; IGNITION; INERT GASES; TEMPERATURE;

DEFLAGRATION; FLAME ARRESTERS; LOW AUTOIGNITION TEMPERATURE; MAXIMUM EXPERIMENTAL SAFE GAP;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 0034258011     PISSN: 10668527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prs.680190304     Document Type: Article

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