DOE Handbook Primer on Spontaneous Heating and Pyrophoricity

• DOE Handbook Primer on Spontaneous Heating and Pyrophoricity
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• Foreword
• Overview
• DOE Handbook Primer on Spontanious Heating and Pyrophoricity
• Table of Contents
• Table of Contents cont'd
• Table of Contents cont'd
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Introduction
• Definitions
• Principles of Combustion
• Figure 1. Fire triangle.
• Spontaneous Heating
• Spontaneous Heating/Ignition of Hydrocarbons and Organics
• Spontaneous Heating/Ignition of Organic Materials
• Figure 2. The evolution of a fire caused by spontaneous heating
• Spontaneous Oxidation and Heating of Coal
• Coal Storage
• Pyrophoric Gases and Liquids
• Phosphine
• Table 1. Recommended distances of pyrophoric gas cylinders from fences and walls
• Pyrophoric Liquids
• Pyrophoric Nonmetallic Solids
• Pyrophoric Metals
• Magnesium
• Table 2. Melting, boiling, and ignition temperatures of pure metals in solid form
• Storage and Handling
• Extinguishing Magnesium Fires
• Titanium
• Storage and Handling
• Extinguishing Titanium Fires
• Potassium
• Lithium
• Process Hazards
• Storage and Handling
• Process Hazards
• Storage, Processing, and Extinguishing Fires in Calcium and Zinc
• Plutonium
• Carbides and Nitride
• Storage and Handling
• Extinguishing Plutonium Fires
• Storage and Handling
• Combustible Metal Agents and Application Techniques
• Approved Combustible Metal Fire Extinguishing Agents
• MetalGuard Powder
• Comparison of G-1 and Met-L-X Powder
• Table 3. Comparison of G-1 and Met-L-X powders.
• Other Combustible Metal Extinguishing Agents
• Lith-X Powder
• Pyromet Powder
• Carbon Microspheres
• Cast Iron Borings
• Water
• Water on Zirconium Fires
• Water on Titanium Fires
• Accident Case Studies
• Uranium Incidents (Smith, 1956)
• Thorium Incidents (Smith, 1956)
• Miscellaneous Incidents (Smith, 1956)
• Rocky Flats Plant Fire, 1969 cont'd
• Rocky Flats Plant Fire, 1969 cont'd
• Bibliography
• Bibliography cont'd
• Appendix A Materials Subject to Spontanoues Heating
• Appendix A Materials Subject to Spontaneous Heating
• Appendix A Materials Subject to Spontaneous Heating cont'd
• Appendix A Materials Subject to Spontaneous Heating cont'd
• Appendix A Materials Subject to Spontaneous Heating cont'd
• Appendix A Materials Subject to Spontaneous Heating cont'd
• Appendix A Materials Subject to Spontaneous Heating cont'd
• Appendix A Materials Subject to Spontaneous Heating cont'd
• Appendix B Oxidizing Agents by NFPA Classification
• Appendix B Oxidizing Agents by NFPA Classification
• Some typical oxidizers by NFPA classification
• Some typical oxidizers by NFPA classification. (continued)
• Concluding Material
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DOE Handbook Primer on Spontaneous Heating and Pyrophoricity

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