The phrase "a flammable atmosphere" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing safety, chemistry, or environments where combustion is a risk.
Example: "The factory must ensure that there is no flammable atmosphere in the storage area to prevent accidents."
Alternatives: "a combustible environment" or "an ignitable atmosphere".
Area classification defines hazardous areas on the basis of the probability of a flammable atmosphere being present.
For this reason, gauging from above the liquid surface should not be carried out in a road tanker containing a flammable atmosphere when hazardous conditions are present.
But the board said in its report that "many of the double-shell tanks currently have enough flammable gas retained in the waste" that, if it is released in the tank's head space, it could create "a flammable atmosphere".
This is the case when the equipment is operated well within its rating and installed in areas where the risk of contact with a potentially flammable atmosphere is adequately low (Zone 2 only).
It is concluded that ignition prediction should still be based on tests conducted with mechanical impacts taking place in an ambient flammable atmosphere.
The 16 March explosion that maimed postdoc Thea Ekins-Coward at the University of Hawaii (UH), Manoa, resulted from her using a pressure gauge "not rated or designed" for use in a "flammable gaseous atmosphere," according to a report issued on Monday by the Honolulu Fire Department.
The ignition of flammable atmospheres from hot surfaces arising from mechanical interactions has been a significant cause of many industrial and mining explosions.
In addition, this chapter highlights flammable atmospheres and electrocution risk.
This has implications for the design of plastic components for use in sensitive flammable atmospheres.
Different fire scenarios have been simulated with a cone calorimeter coupled with FTIR, condensation nuclei counter (CNC) analysers, and/or cascade impactors in order to produce aerosols emitted at different radiation levels and flammable atmospheres.
A general trend was observed of enhanced explosion likelihood and consequence severity with a decrease in material diameter, as well as enhanced consequence severity with admixture of a flammable gas to the combustion atmosphere.
