- 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 chemical action involving the movement of chemicals, on a molecular level, through intact material.
Industry:Fire safety
A checking circuit incorporated in a safety-control circuit that prevents light-off if the flame-sensing relay of the combustion safeguard is in the unsafe (flame-present) position due to component failure within the combustion safeguard or due to the presence of actual or simulated flame.
Industry:Fire safety
A charge of explosives or blasting agent receiving an impulse from an exploding donor charge.
Industry:Fire safety
A charge of explosive material that fails to detonate completely after initiation.
Industry:Fire safety
A charge during which the voltage across the battery terminals is maintained at a constant value.
Industry:Fire safety
A charge during which the current is maintained at a constant value.
Industry:Fire safety
A characteristic of coal that causes coking on the fuel bed during volatilization.
Industry:Fire safety
A characteristic of an explosive material, classifying its ability to detonate upon receiving an external impulse such as impact shock, flame, or other influence that can cause explosive decomposition.
Industry:Fire safety
A characteristic of a material such that, once the source of ignition is removed, the flame is quickly extinguished without the fuel or oxidizer being exhausted.
Industry:Fire safety
