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Two Aluminum Powder Explosions, that Occurred in Superficial Finishing Plants

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Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management

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Two aluminum powder explosions, that occurred in two small Italian factories, are reported. Both accidents took place in plants where the surface finishing of small aluminum artifacts was carried out through lapping and linishing. Highly flammable aluminum dust was produced and which was conveyed to the abatement plants. The two explosions are described and the causes are identified via an examination of plants and of the damage.

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  1. Dep. Science Material and Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Torino, Italy

    Diego Cavallero, Maria Luisa Debernardi, Luca Marmo & Norberto Piccinini

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  1. TÜV Süddeutschland, Dudenstrasse 28, D-68167, Mannheim, Germany

    Cornelia Spitzer Dipl.-Math.

  2. Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (HSK), CH-5232, Villigen-HSK, Switzerland

    Ulrich Schmocker PhD

  3. Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland

    Vinh N. Dang PhD

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Cavallero, D., Debernardi, M.L., Marmo, L., Piccinini, N. (2004). Two Aluminum Powder Explosions, that Occurred in Superficial Finishing Plants. In: Spitzer, C., Schmocker, U., Dang, V.N. (eds) Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-410-4_544

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