Subject index explosions

Also included are a few pages for quick reference to acronyms and abbreviations, plus one to define all the explosives mentioned in the text. This section is called Definitions, Symbols, and Abbreviations. The Bibliography collects all the references cited in the text and adds a few. A Subject Index completes the work. 

The book contains about 500 entries arranged in alphabetical order. These include formulas and descriptions of about 120 explosive chemicals, about 60 additives, fuels, and oxidizing agents, and a 1500-entry subject index. 

The protective features recommended depend on this index and are given in reference 15. For instance, for an area subject only to fire an explosion or blast wall is not required unless the Fire and Explosion Index exceeds 40. For an index below 20 a ventilation rate that would result in total change of the air in the building every... 

Introduction. The existing books in English on detonation and explosion by Taylor (See Vol 2 of Encycl, p XII), Cook (See Vol 1, p Abbr 75), Penney St Mullins (See Abbt in this Volume), and Zel dovich St Kompaneets (See under Abbreviations which precede this introduction), do not give a comprehensive description of all subjects related to detonation and explosion. In most cases there is too much mathematics in them and no clear definition of items. Since the alphabetical indices in the books of Taylor, Cook and Penner Mullins are not very complete and since the book of Zel dovich 8t Kompaneets has no index at all, it is difficult, in some cases to find the desired items... 

Information on the explosion severity of the airborne dust present is required. This is generally obtained by subjecting representative dust samples to a 20 L sphere explosion test. This measures the explosion severity as expressed by maximum explosion pressure and maximum rate of pressure rise index). 

The ICI-MOND Fire Explosion and Toxicity Index (ICI 1985) was derived from DOW one and it is yet appreciated in process industry in many countries, including Italy. In ICI-MOND index method there are some ninety elementary questions, nested in a three levels tree. For many issues there is also a forth level of nested questions. About two thirds of the questions are for penalties and one third for credits accounting. For the most of the questions a quantitative answer is required. The questions are organized in chapters for penalties section the subjects are related to materials and quantities, processes and equipment, layout, health for credits section instead the method deals with containment, control, safety culture, fire engineering and emergency preparedness. Every issue weighs differently in overall risk levels accounting. Results are presented in a structured way, discriminat-iug fire, toxic, confined and unconfined explosion. 

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