- Author
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Pedersen, G. H.
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Eckhoff, R. K.
- Title
- Initiation of Gas Explosions by Heat Generated During Single Impacts Between Solid Bodies.
- Coporate
- Swedish Fire Research Board, Stockholm, Sweden
- Report
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CMI 863302-1,
December 1986,
37 p.
- Keywords
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gas explosions
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dust explosions
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ignition
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heat generation
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impact
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sparks
- Identifiers
- solid bodies; metal sparks; friction sparks
- Abstract
- The critical conditions for ignition of propane- and acetylene-in-air mixtures by heat generated furing single impacts between solid bodies was studied experimentally by means of a specially made impact generator allowing independent variation and quantification of impact velocity and impact energy.