Dust and electrostatic hazards, could we improve the current standards?

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 207-217

  Perrin, L ^a   Laurent, A ^a   Falk, V ^a   Dufaud, O ^a   Traore M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Charge decay time; Icing sugar; Magnesium stearate; Static electricity; Volume resistivity

Indexed keywords

DUST; STANDARDS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CHARGE DECAY TIME; ICING SUGAR; MAGNESIUM STEARATE; VOLUME RESISTIVITY;

EXPLOSIONS;

DUST; EXPLOSIONS; STANDARDS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

EID: 34250215953     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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