【Daily Question】In-depth processing 20160817: Glossary explanation – What is the “explosion limit”?
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The explosion limit, in simple terms, refers to the boundary conditions for an explosion. Taking combustible gases as an example, it refers to the lowest and highest concentrations at which a combustible substance can explode in air. Beyond this range, it cannot explode. The narrower the explosion limit, the higher the safety level.
When the vapor of flammable gases or liquids (or flammable dusts) mixes with air and reaches a certain concentration, an explosion occurs upon encountering a source of fire. This range of concentrations at which an explosion can occur is called the explosive limit, and it is usually expressed as a volume percentage of the flammable gas, vapor, or dust in the air.
Combustible materials (combustible gases, vapors, and dusts) must be uniformly mixed with air (or oxygen) within a certain concentration range to form a premixed gas; an explosion will occur only when this mixture comes into contact with a source of ignition. This concentration range is known as the explosive limit, or explosion concentration limit
Combustible materials (combustible gases, vapors, and dusts) must be uniformly mixed with air (or oxygen) within a certain concentration range to form a premixed gas; an explosion will occur only when this mixture comes into contact with a source of ignition. This concentration range is known as the explosive limit, or explosion concentration limit
The range of proportions in which a combustible material and an oxidizer mix to cause an explosion is known as the explosive limit.
Answer: The explosion limit is the concentration range within which a flammable gas (or vapor) can burn or explode in air.
When combustible materials are evenly mixed with air within a certain concentration range to form a premixed gas, an explosion occurs upon exposure to a fire source; this concentration range is known as the explosive limit
A concentration range; below the lower limit of this range, the substance will not explode, and above the upper limit, it will only burn.
The lowest and highest concentration ranges at which a mixture of combustible gas and air can cause an explosion
Combustible materials (combustible gases, vapors, and dusts) must be uniformly mixed with air (or oxygen) within a certain concentration range to form a premixed gas; an explosion will occur only when this mixture comes into contact with a source of ignition. This concentration range is known as the explosive limit, or explosion concentration limit.