Static discharges spark discharge

Investigation of the final, last chance , filter of the hydraulic circuit and the main online filter of the lubricating oil revealed that static electricity spark discharges, which happen in the online filter in the lubricating oil, damage the oil and that the outside surface of the last chance filter removed the contaminants produced in... 

Section 5.4.1 described explosions in storage tanks, and Section 13.3 described explosions in tank trucks, ignited by static sparks. The static was formed by the flow of a nonconducting liquid, and the spark discharges occurred between the body of the liquid and the grounded metal containers (or filling arms). 

Sparks resulting from static charge and discharge continue to cause major fires and explosions within the chemical industry. The examples and fundamentals developed in these sections were designed to emphasize the importance of this subject. Hopefully this emphasis on the fundamentals will make the subject less elusive and destructive. 

Grade E Mg powd and BkPdr dust when exposed in layers. Dust of solid proplnts can also be ignited from the spark that can accumulate on a person, and conductive floors Sc shoes must be used when the dust is present. In addn, dust-air mixts of Amm Picrate, Tetryl, Tetrytol dust of solid proplnts are sensitive to static elec discharges. Many flammable liquids Sc air mixts ( ether, ethyl alcohol, ethyl acetate, acetone gasoline) can also be ignited by static discharge from a person (Refs 1 3)... 

Static Electricity and Sensitivity to Initiation by Electrostatic Discharge. See under Electrostatic Discharges and Sensitivity of Explosives to Initiation by Them in Vol 5, E38-L to E55-L Addnl Refs 1) M.S. Kirshenbaum, Response of Lead Azide to Spark Discharges Via a New Parallel-Plate Electrostatic Sensitivity Apparatus . PATR 4559 (1973) 2) Ibid, Functional... 

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