Review of the explosibility of nontraditional dusts

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 7651-7655

  Worsfold, S Morgan ^a   Amyotte, Paul R ^a   Khan, Faisal I ^b   Dastidar, Ashok G ^c   Eckhoff, Rolf K ^d  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c Fauske and Associates LLC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR PATTERNS; COMBUSTIBLE DUST; ELECTROSTATIC SPARKS; EXPLOSIBILITY; FLAMMABLE GAS; FLOCKING PROCESS; HIGH-VOLTAGE DISCHARGES; HYBRID EXPLOSIONS; HYBRID MIXTURES; IGNITION ENERGIES; IGNITION HAZARD; LENGTH TO DIAMETER RATIO; MECHANICAL FRICTION; MINIMUM EXPLOSIBLE CONCENTRATIONS; MINIMUM IGNITION ENERGY; NANOMATERIAL;

COAGULATION; DUST; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EXPLOSIONS;

EID: 84861905987     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie201614b     Document Type: Review

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