Flammable mixture analysis for hazardous area classification

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1827-1835

  Bozek, Allan ^a   Rowe, Vince ^b  

^a EngWorks Inc   (Canada)

^b Marex Canada Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autoignition; density; flammability; flammable mixture analysis; flashpoint; group classification; hazardous area classification

Indexed keywords

AUTO-IGNITION; DENSITY; FLAMMABLE MIXTURE ANALYSIS; FLASH POINTS; GROUP CLASSIFICATION; HAZARDOUS AREA;

MIXTURES;

FLAMMABILITY;

EID: 77956920711     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2010.2059591     Document Type: Article

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