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Explosive atmosphere
Domain: Health and safety at work => Risk factors
Grammatical category
Noun phrase
Grammar notes
Countable
Definition
Mixture, under atmospheric conditions, of air and one or more dangerous substances in the form of gases, vapours, mists or dusts in which, after ignition has occurred, combustion spreads to the entire unburned mixture.
Definition source
Reg. 2 of The Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002
European legislation
Directive 1999/92/EEC
British legislation
The Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002
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Image source
BG-Vorschrift "Sicherheits- und Gesundheitsschutzkennzeichnung am Arbeitsplatz " (BGV A 8) vom 01.04.1995