A Case Study of an Ethylene Oxide Explosion in a Sterilization Facility
Ethylene oxide is widely used as a sterilizing agent for medical and food applications and products. However, due to its broad range of flammability (2.6 % to 100 %) in air, this gas presents a particularly serious explosion hazard, which is compounded by extremely stringent and ever increasing requ...
Main Authors: | A. Reza, E. Christiansen |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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AIDIC Servizi S.r.l.
2013-05-01
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Series: | Chemical Engineering Transactions |
Online Access: | https://www.cetjournal.it/index.php/cet/article/view/6857 |
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