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The electrostatic ignitibility of various solvent vapour-air mixtures

✍ Scribed by Boyle, A. R. ;Llewellyn, F. J.


Publisher
Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
Year
1947
Weight
431 KB
Volume
66
Category
Article
ISSN
0368-4075

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Abstract

The influence of discharge capacity, electrode shape and size, electrode material, temperature of the vapour‐air mixture, and resistance in the discharge circuit, on the ignitibility of a number of solvent vapour‐air mixtures has been examined. Ignition occurs most easily, i.e. at a minimum energy, when the capacity is low; when the electrodes are not points a minimum voltage is necessary for ignition no matter what it is the size of the capacitor, but with point electrodes the critical factor is the energy stored in the capacitor.