| ID (ISN) del documento | 34081 |
| Número CIS |
80-1228 |
| ISSN - Título de la serie |
0304-3886 - Journal of Electrostatics |
| Año |
1980 |
| Número de serie |
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| Autor(es) |
Tolson P. |
| Título |
The stored energy needed to ignite methane by discharges from a charged person. |
| Información bibliográfica |
1980. p.289-293. Illus. 3 ref. |
| Resumen |
A person insulated from earth can become electrostatically charged and may ignite a flammable vapour when earthed. Estimations of the amount of electrical energy required to produce a spark capable of igniting methane vary widely. An experimental setup is described in which methane was ignited with discharges from a person with a stored energy of as little as 1.1mJ. It is suggested that the much larger values quoted by other authors are due mainly to the quenching effects of the electrode systems used. |
| Descriptores (primarios) |
metano; investigación en materia de explosiones; electricidad estática |
| Descriptores (secundarios) |
investigaciones sobre el hombre; chispas eléctricas |
| Tipo de documento |
D - Artículos periódicos |
| Tema(s) |
Electricidad
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Navegación por categoria(s) |
Aliphatic and alicyclic hydrocarbons
Electricidad
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