Explosions, data

Navy Bank of Explosives Data (NAVBED), Naval Surface Weapons Center MP83-230, June 1983. 

Explosibility and Fire Control. As in the case of many other reactive chemicals, the fire and explosion hazards of ethylene oxide are system-dependent. Each system should be evaluated for its particular hazards including start-up, shut-down, and failure modes. Storage of more than a threshold quantity of 5000 lb (- 2300 kg) of the material makes ethylene oxide subject to the provisions of OSHA 29 CER 1910 for "Highly Hazardous Chemicals." Table 15 summarizes relevant fire and explosion data for ethylene oxide, which are at standard temperature and pressure (STP) conditions except where otherwise noted. 

Energy on tlie Explosion Data of Combustible Dusts (1-m ... 

Figure 7-57. Influence of initial pressure on explosion data of propane, 7 liter vessel, E=10 J. By permission, Bartknect, W., Explosions 2nd, Ed. (1980), Springer-Verlag [54].

Figure 6-14 Test apparatus for acquiring vapor explosion data.

Test apparatus for acquiring dust explosion data. 

Figure 6-21 Explosion data for propane showing peaks indicative of the onset of detonation. Data from W. Bartknecht, Explosions (New York Springer-Verlag, 1981).

In Ref. 18, a very complete analysis of gas pressures from internal explosion data was presented. The authors performed a similitude analysis to determine the functional form of the quasi-static pressure, as a function of the physical parameters pertaining to the problem of an internal explosion inside a vented structure. 

FIG. 23-7 An apparatus for collecting explosion data for gases and vapors. [D. A. Crowl, Understanding Explosions, Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AlChE) copyright 2003 AlChE and reproduced with permission. ]... 

Section IV Fire and Explosion Data Flashpoint 159 °C (McCutchan - Young)... 

Historical data from industrial explosions are hard to accurately quantify as these can only be approximated by back calculating from observed deformations of structures. Blast overpressures from vapor cloud explosions are especially difficult to quantify because they tend to be directional, come from multiple sources, and vary with site conditions. Additionally, there is less information available than for high explosives. In one company s review of five recent vapor cloud explosion incidents, as measured at a range of 200 to 1,000 feet (60 to 300 meters), peak reflected pressures in the range from 2 psi (14 kPa) with a 35 ms duration to 12 psi (83 kPa) with a 33 ms duration have occurred. These pressures correspond to side-on overpressures ranging from 1 psi (7 kPa) to 5.5 psi (38 kPa). An extensive list of this type of explosion data is included in Lenoir 1993. 

Grace, T. M., and Taylor, M. L. (1979). Analysis of Explosion Data. Inst. Pap. Chem., Appleton, Wisconsin. 

Your occupational health and safety officer at work can and should tell you whether chemicals you work with are dangerous and likely to be carried home on your clothes, body, or tools. Ask if you should shower and change clothes before you leave work, store your street clothes in a separate area of the workplace, or launder your work clothes at home separately from other clothes. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs) for many chemicals used at your place of work. MSDS information should include chemical names and hazardous ingredients, and important information such as fire and explosion data, potential health effects, how you get the chemical(s) in your body, how to properly handle the materials, and... 

Report on the Program to Develop an Improved HBX-Type Explosive , NAVORD Rept 1502 (1950) 3) NAVORD Rept 2986 (1953), Explosive Data Sheet, Sectn D-2 4) O.E. Sheffield,... 

Heat of Explosion Data for TNTj Cydohite and PETN Both Dry arid Water-Filled W 1 i... 

Ref S.L. Hermann, Explosives Data Guide , Explosives Research Institute Inc, Scottsdale, Ariz (1977), 108... 

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