Basics
Welding and Cutting
The Factory Mutual Engineering Corporation’s (FM) Loss Prevention Data Sheet (1977) shows that nearly 10% of losses in…
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Chemical Process Equipment
Operations to chemically change the nature of materials have often been the source of major catastrophes, causing severe…
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Heat Utilization Equipment
Heat utilization equipment in commerce and industry includes ovens, furnaces, kilns, dehydrators, dryers and quench tanks. In the…
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FIRE PREVENTION MEASURES
History tells us that fires were useful for heating and cooking but caused major damage in many cities.…
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Dusts
With regard to physical state, dusts belong to the solid materials, but their physical and chemical properties differ…
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Plastics and rubber
Plastics are macromolecular organic compounds produced synthetically or by modification of natural materials. The structure and shape of…
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Metals
It is known from practice that nearly all the metals, under certain conditions, are capable of burning in…
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Explosives and blasting agents
Explosive materials are used for many military and industrial purposes. These are chemicals and mixtures which, when affected…
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Chemicals
Knowledge of the hazardous parameters of chemicals is one of the basic conditions of safe working. The preventive…
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Gases
Although all materials—under a specific temperature and pressure—may become gases, the materials considered gaseous in practice are those…
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