Electrostatic hazards

Lüttgens, Günter. (Author). Wilson, Norman, Dr. (Added Author).

Summary: In the US, UK and Europe there is in excess of one notifiable dust or electrostatic explosion every day of the year. This clearly makes the hazards associated with the handling of materials subject to either cause or react to electrostatic discharge of vital importance to anyone associated with their handling or industrial bulk use. This book provides a comprehensive guide to the dangers of static electricity and how to avoid them. It will prove invaluable to safety managers and professionals, as well as all personnel involved in the activities concerned, in the chemical, agricultural, pharmac.

Record details

ISBN: 9780080505404 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0080505406 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0750627824
ISBN: 9780750627825
Physical Description: electronic resource
remote
1 online resource (x, 166 p.) : ill.
Publisher: Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth Heinemann, 1997.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User. CatMonthString:jan.13 CatBulkString:jan.03.13
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Front Cover; Electrostatic Hazards; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. Danger of fire and explosion; Chapter 2. Origin of static electricity; Chapter 3. Electrostatic discharges as sources of ignition; Chapter 4. Principles of safety; Chapter 5. Case histories related to brush discharges; Chapter 6.Case histories related to cone or bulking discharges; Chapter 7. Case histories related to propagating brush discharges; Chapter 8. Case histories related to spark discharges; Chapter 9. Case histories not related to static electricity
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.