## Abstract Major improvements have occurred in the technology for making latex. Latex plants represent good examples of the application of inherently safer plant features. Early plants had Fire & Explosion Indexes (F&EIs) in a range of 159β171 (Severe) whereas recent plants are in a range of 97β12
Inherently safer plants
β Scribed by Kletz, Trevor A.
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 445 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0278-4513
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