Risk assessment of the ignitability and explosivity of aluminum nanopowders

Process Safety and Environmental Protection

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 304-310

  Vignes, A ^a   Munoz F ^b   Bouillard, J ^a   Dufaud, O ^c   Perrin, L ^c   Laurent, A ^c   Thomas, D ^c  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Dust explosion; Ignition; Nanopowders; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA CONTENT; ALUMINUM NANOPOWDERS; DUST EXPLOSION; EXPLOSIVITY; FIRE AND EXPLOSION; FLAME PROPAGATION; HAZARD IDENTIFICATION; IGNITABILITY; IGNITION SENSITIVITY; MINIMUM IGNITION ENERGY; MINIMUM IGNITION TEMPERATURE; NANO POWDERS; SAFETY BARRIERS;

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; EXPLOSIONS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RISK ANALYSIS;

IGNITION;

EID: 84863581006     PISSN: 09575820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psep.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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