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Appendix: Ignitability and Explosibility Data for Dusts
from Laboratory Tests 681
A.l Tables A.l, A.2, and A.3 and comments from the BIA (1987) 681
A. 1.1 Limitations to the applicability of the data 681
A.1.2 Comments on the various items in Table A.1 682
A.2 Applicability of earlier USBM test data 685
A.2.1 Background 685
A.2.2 Minimum ignition temperature of the dust cloud 685
A.2.3 Minimum ignition temperature of the dust layer 702
A.2.4 Minimum ignition energy of the dust cloud (MIE) 702
A.2.5 Minimum explosible dust concentration 702
A.2.6 Maximum explosion pressure 702
A.2.7 Maximum rate of pressure rise 703
A.2.8 Maximum permissible O2concentration for inerting 703

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