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National Fire Protection Association
Industry: Fire safety
Number of terms: 98780
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Established in 1896, NFPA's mission is to reduce the worldwide burden of fire and other hazards on the quality of life by providing and advocating consensus codes and standards, research, training, and education.
A gas pressurizing an agent container.
Industry:Fire safety
A gas that supports combustion.
Industry:Fire safety
A gas that causes visible destruction of or irreversible alterations in living tissue by chemical action at the site of contact.
Industry:Fire safety
A gas that does not meet the definition of a flammable gas.
Industry:Fire safety
A gas that does not provide sufficient oxygen to support life and that has none of the other physical or health hazards.
Industry:Fire safety
A gas that is noncombustible and nonreactive.
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A gas that is not a corrosive gas, flammable gas, highly toxic gas, oxidizing gas, pyrophoric gas, toxic gas, or unstable reactive gas with a hazard rating of Class 2, Class 3, or Class 4 gas.
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A gas that, by itself, is readily capable of detonation, explosive decomposition, or explosive reaction at normal or elevated temperatures and pressures.
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A gas, other than in solution, that in a packaging under the charged pressure exists both as a liquid and a gas at a temperature of 68°F (20°C).
Industry:Fire safety
A gas that, when reacted with air in an endothermic generator by the addition of heat, becomes a special atmosphere gas.
Industry:Fire safety