International standards on explosive atmospheres: Harmonization is a hard but necessary task

2011 European Conference on Electrical and Instrumentation Applications in the Petroleum and Chemical Industry, PCIC EUROPE

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Rangel, Estellito ^a   Sanguedo, Carlos A ^b  

^a PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^b CEPEL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

explosive atmospheres; harmonization; IEC; requirements

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS; EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERE; HARMONIZATION; IEC; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; REQUIREMENTS;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; INSTRUMENTS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY;

STANDARDS;

EID: 79960691323     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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