Are enhanced dust explosion hazards to be foreseen in production, processing and handling of powders consisting of nano-size particles?

Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Volumn 304, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Eckhoff, Rolf K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL DUST; IGNITION; POWDER METALS; POWDERS;

COAGULATION PROCESS; DISPERSION PROCESS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FLAME PROPAGATION; IGNITION SENSITIVITY; MASS CONCENTRATION; NANO-SIZE PARTICLES; PRIMARY PARTICLES;

DUST;

EID: 80052063883     PISSN: 17426588     EISSN: 17426596     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/304/1/012075     Document Type: Conference Paper

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