Addressing combustible dust hazards

Chemical Engineering Progress

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 36-41

  Perry, Judy ^a   Myers, Molly R ^a   Murphy, Michelle ^a  

^a IOMOSAIC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTIBLE DUST; COMBUSTIBLE DUST HAZARDS; COST-EFFECTIVE APPROACH; DUST SAMPLES; HAZARD ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; RAW MATERIAL SUPPLIERS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COST EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ANALYSIS;

DUST;

EID: 79958742131     PISSN: 03607275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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