Citation

Dupont L. Process Saf. Progr. 2009; 28(1): 36-44.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/prs.10291

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Explosion risks resulting from the industrial handling of aqueous ammonia solutions are often not taken into account in risk assessments, especially for dilute solutions, although accidental explosions implying ammonia vapors are reported in the literature. In fact, ammonia solutions do not show any flash point, but are able to form an explosive atmosphere. In this study, explosivity characteristics of several ammonia solutions, more or less diluted, were determined in a 20-L sphere device.