Explosion temperatures and pressures of metals and other elemental dust clouds

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 20, Issue 4-6, 2007, Pages 337-348

  Cashdollar, Kenneth L ^a   Zlochower, Isaac A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Dust; Explosion; Metal; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DUST; POWDER METALS; PRESSURE REGULATORS; PYROMETERS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DUST CLOUDS; EXPLOSION TEMPERATURES; PROCESSING INDUSTRIES; VOLATILE MATERIALS;

EXPLOSIONS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DUST; EXPLOSIONS; POWDER METALS; PRESSURE REGULATORS; PYROMETERS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

EID: 34548426111     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2007.04.018     Document Type: Article

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