Explosion Hazards and Safe Handling of High Pressure Acetylene

摘要

The above account has outlined the explosion hazards of pressure acetylene and related safe-handling methods. The research topic currently attracting interest in relation to the explosion hazards of acetylene is the hazard posed by liquid acetylene, especially the problem of stability in ordinary industrial environments. The most recent results suggest liquid acetylene is not as explosive as hitherto believed and have shown, in particular, that the compound is fairly stable at low temperature. It should not be too long before we find acetylene being liquefied by cooling and transported in bulk in much the same way that oxygen and nitrogen, previously carried under pressure in heavy steel vessels, is now transported in bulk after liquefaction. 14 refs., 11 figs., 4 tabs. (ERA citation 11:003678)