74 relations: Accelerant, Acetic acid, Ammonia (data page), Architecture of the oil tanker, Bamboo cannon, Battery room, Bendix-Stromberg pressure carburetor, Big-Bang Cannon, Biogas, Boiler explosion, Catalytic bead sensor, Combustibility and flammability, Electrical equipment in hazardous areas, Explosimeter, Explosion, Explosion protection, Filling station, Fire accelerant, Fire boss, Fire-safe polymers, Flammability diagram, Flammable liquid, Flammable materials, Flixborough disaster, Flooded engine, Fluidized bed concentrator, Formic acid (data page), Fuel pump, Fuel tank, Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, Gas burner, Gas detector, Gasoline, Glossary of firefighting, Glossary of fuel cell terms, Greenpoint oil spill, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Heptanal, Higher alkanes, Hindenburg disaster, History of the oil tanker, Hydraulic tanker, Hydrogen sensor, Hydrogen sulfide, Hydrogen-cooled turbo generator, Ignition, Index of physics articles (F), Inerting (gas), Inerting system, Infrared point sensor, ..., Isopropyl alcohol, JPTS, LEL, Leuchter report, Limiting oxygen concentration, Liquefied natural gas, Liquefied petroleum gas, List of waste management acronyms, Lower flammable limit, Michael George Zabetakis, Natural gas vehicle, Oil tanker, Photoionization detector, Positive pressure enclosure, Project Gaia, Purging (gas), Smoke, SS Canastota, Static electricity, Tarakan Island, Thermobaric weapon, UFL, White spirit, 1,3-Butadiene (data page). Expand index (24 more) »
Accelerant
Accelerants are substances that can bond, mix or disturb another substance and cause an increase in the speed of a natural, or artificial chemical process.
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Acetic acid
Acetic acid, systematically named ethanoic acid, is a colourless liquid organic compound with the chemical formula CH3COOH (also written as CH3CO2H or C2H4O2).
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Ammonia (data page)
This page provides supplementary chemical data on ammonia.
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Architecture of the oil tanker
Oil tankers generally have from 8 to 12 tanks.
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Bamboo cannon
A bamboo cannon (meriam buluh, Jawi: مريام بولوه; kanyóng kawayan;, Bahasa Indonesia: meriam bambu, Javanese: mercon bumbung) is a type of home-made firecracker which is popular during the Hari Raya festive season in Malaysia, and during New Year's Eve celebrations in the Philippines.
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Battery room
A battery room is a room in a facility used to house batteries for backup or uninterruptible power systems.
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Bendix-Stromberg pressure carburetor
Of the three types of carburetors used on large, high-performance aircraft engines manufactured in the United States during World War II, the Bendix-Stromberg pressure carburetor was the one most commonly found.
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Big-Bang Cannon
The Big-Bang Cannon is an American toy cannon first manufactured in the early 20th-century.
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Biogas
Biogas typically refers to a mixture of different gases produced by the breakdown of organic matter in the absence of oxygen.
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Boiler explosion
A boiler explosion is a catastrophic failure of a boiler.
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Catalytic bead sensor
A catalytic bead sensor is a type of sensor that is used for combustible gas detection from the family of gas sensors known as pellistors.
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Combustibility and flammability
Flammable materials are those that ignite more easily than other materials, whereas those that are harder to ignite or burn less vigorously are combustible.
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Electrical equipment in hazardous areas
In electrical engineering, hazardous locations (sometimes abbreviated to HazLoc, pronounced Haz·Lōk) are defined as places where fire or explosion hazards may exist due to flammable gases, flammable liquid–produced vapors, combustible liquid–produced vapors, combustible dusts, or ignitable fibers/flyings present in the air in quantities sufficient to produce explosive or ignitable mixtures.
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Explosimeter
An explosimeter is a gas detector which is used to measure the amount of combustible gases present in a sample.
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Explosion
An explosion is a rapid increase in volume and release of energy in an extreme manner, usually with the generation of high temperatures and the release of gases.
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Explosion protection
Explosion protection is used to protect all sorts of buildings and civil engineering infrastructure against internal and external explosions or deflagrations.
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Filling station
A filling station is a facility that sells fuel and engine lubricants for motor vehicles.
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Fire accelerant
In fire protection, an accelerant is any substance or mixture that accelerates or speeds the development and escalation of fire.
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Fire boss
A fire boss is a person employed at a mine or state certified official, responsible for examining a mine for dangers, particularly explosive, poisonous or suffocating gases.
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Fire-safe polymers
Fire-safe polymers are polymers that are resistant to degradation at high temperatures.
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Flammability diagram
Flammability diagrams show the control of flammability in mixtures of fuel, oxygen and an inert gas, typically nitrogen.
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Flammable liquid
Generally, a flammable liquid is a combustible liquid that can easily catch fire.
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Flammable materials
may refer to.
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Flixborough disaster
The Flixborough disaster was an explosion at a chemical plant close to the village of Flixborough, North Lincolnshire, England on Saturday, 1 June 1974.
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Flooded engine
A flooded engine is an internal combustion engine that has been fed an excessively rich air-fuel mixture that cannot be ignited.
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Fluidized bed concentrator
A fluidized bed concentrator (FBC) is an industrial process for the treatment of exhaust air.
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Formic acid (data page)
This page provides supplementary chemical data on formic acid.
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Fuel pump
A fuel pump is a frequently (but not always) essential component on a car or other internal combustion engined device.
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Fuel tank
A fuel tank (or petrol tank) is a safe container for flammable fluids.
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Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
The was an energy accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Ōkuma, Fukushima Prefecture, initiated primarily by the tsunami following the Tōhoku earthquake on 11 March 2011.
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Gas burner
A gas burner is a device that produces a controlled flame by mixing a fuel gas such as acetylene, natural gas, or propane with an oxidizer such as the ambient air or supplied oxygen, and allowing for ignition and combustion.
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Gas detector
A gas detector is a device that detects the presence of gases in an area, often as part of a safety system.
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Gasoline
Gasoline (American English), or petrol (British English), is a transparent, petroleum-derived liquid that is used primarily as a fuel in spark-ignited internal combustion engines.
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Glossary of firefighting
Firefighting jargon includes a diverse lexicon of both common and idiosyncratic terms.
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Glossary of fuel cell terms
The Glossary of fuel cell terms lists the definitions of many terms used within the fuel cell industry.
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Greenpoint oil spill
The Greenpoint oil spill is one of the largest oil spills ever recorded in the United States.
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Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Greenpoint is the northernmost neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, in the U.S. state of New York.
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Heptanal
Heptanal or heptanaldehyde is an alkyl aldehyde.
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Higher alkanes
Higher alkanes are alkanes having nine or more carbon atoms.
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Hindenburg disaster
The Hindenburg disaster occurred on May 6, 1937, in Manchester Township, New Jersey, United States.
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History of the oil tanker
The history of the oil tanker is part of the evolution of the technology of oil transportation alongside the oil industry.
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Hydraulic tanker
An hydraulic tanker is an oil tanker designed to use water as an incompressible fluid for loading and unloading petroleum cargo.
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Hydrogen sensor
A hydrogen sensor is a gas detector that detects the presence of hydrogen.
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Hydrogen sulfide
Hydrogen sulfide is the chemical compound with the chemical formula H2S.
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Hydrogen-cooled turbo generator
A hydrogen-cooled turbo generator is a turbo generator with gaseous hydrogen as a coolant.
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Ignition
Ignition may refer to.
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Index of physics articles (F)
The index of physics articles is split into multiple pages due to its size.
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Inerting (gas)
In fire and explosion prevention engineering, Inerting refers to the introduction of an inert (non-combustible) gas into a closed system (e.g. a container or a process vessel) to make the atmosphere oxygen deficient and non-ignitable.
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Inerting system
An inerting system decreases the probability of combustion of flammable materials stored in a confined space, especially a fuel tank, by maintaining a chemically non-reactive or "inert" gas, such as nitrogen, in such a space.
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Infrared point sensor
An infrared point sensor is a point gas detector based on the nondispersive infrared sensor technology.
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Isopropyl alcohol
Isopropyl alcohol (IUPAC name propan-2-ol; commonly called isopropanol) is a compound with the chemical formula C3H8O.
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JPTS
JPTS stands for Jet Propellant Thermally Stable (high thermal stability, high altitude fuel), and was created specifically as fuel for the Lockheed U-2 reconnaissance aircraft.
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LEL
Lel or LEL may refer to.
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Leuchter report
The Leuchter report is a pseudoscientific.
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Limiting oxygen concentration
The limiting oxygen concentration, (LOC), also known as the minimum oxygen concentration, (MOC), is defined as the limiting concentration of oxygen below which combustion is not possible, independent of the concentration of fuel.
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Liquefied natural gas
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is natural gas (predominantly methane, CH4, with some mixture of ethane C2H6) that has been converted to liquid form for ease and safety of non-pressurized storage or transport.
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Liquefied petroleum gas
Liquefied petroleum gas or liquid petroleum gas (LPG or LP gas), also referred to as simply propane or butane, are flammable mixtures of hydrocarbon gases used as fuel in heating appliances, cooking equipment, and vehicles.
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List of waste management acronyms
The following article contains a list of acronyms and initials used in the waste management industry.
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Lower flammable limit
Lower flammability limit (LFL), usually expressed in volume per cent, is the lower end of the concentration range over which a flammable mixture of gas or vapour in air can be ignited at a given temperature and pressure.
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Michael George Zabetakis
Michael George Zabetakis (7 July 1924 – 21 January 2005) was a fire safety engineering specialist.
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Natural gas vehicle
A natural gas vehicle (NGV) is an alternative fuel vehicle that uses compressed natural gas (CNG) or liquefied natural gas (LNG).
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Oil tanker
An oil tanker, also known as a petroleum tanker, is a ship designed for the bulk transport of oil or its products.
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Photoionization detector
A photoionization detector or PID is a type of gas detector.
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Positive pressure enclosure
A positive pressure enclosure, also known as welding habitats or hot work habitats, is a chamber used to provide a safe work environment for performing hot work in the presence of explosive gases or vapours.
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Project Gaia
Project Gaia is a U.S. non-governmental, non-profit organization involved in the creation of a commercially viable household market for alcohol-based fuels in Ethiopia and other countries in the developing world.
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Purging (gas)
In fire and explosion prevention engineering, purging refers to the introduction of an inert (i.e. non-combustible) purge gas into a closed system (e.g. a container or a process vessel) to prevent the formation of an ignitable atmosphere.
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Smoke
Smoke is a collection of airborne solid and liquid particulates and gases emitted when a material undergoes combustion or pyrolysis, together with the quantity of air that is entrained or otherwise mixed into the mass.
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SS Canastota
The SS Canastota was a British flagged, coal-burning, two-masted, steel screw, cargo steamer of 4,904 gross tons and 3,139 registered (net) tons.
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Static electricity
Static electricity is an imbalance of electric charges within or on the surface of a material.
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Tarakan Island
Tarakan is an island off the coast of North Kalimantan, Indonesia.
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Thermobaric weapon
A thermobaric weapon is a type of explosive that uses oxygen from the surrounding air to generate a high-temperature explosion, and in practice the blast wave typically produced by such a weapon is of a significantly longer duration than that produced by a conventional condensed explosive.
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UFL
UFL or ufl may refer to: Chemistry.
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White spirit
White spirit (UK)Primarily in the United Kingdom.
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1,3-Butadiene (data page)
Butadiene.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flammability_limit