- Industry: Fire safety
- Number of terms: 98780
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An exposure to increased pressure whether underwater or in a hyperbaric chamber.
Industry:Fire safety
An exposed wiring support system using a messenger wire to support insulated conductors by any one of the following:
Industry:Fire safety
An exposed wiring method using cleats, knobs, tubes, and flexible tubing for the protection and support of single insulated conductors run in or on buildings.
Industry:Fire safety
An explosive power pack containing an explosive charge in the form of a cartridge or construction device.
Industry:Fire safety
An explosive material containing substantial portions of a liquid, oxidizers and fuel, plus a thickener.
Industry:Fire safety
An explosive material containing substantial amounts of oxidizer dissolved in water droplets surrounded by an immiscible fuel or droplets of an immiscible fuel surrounded by water containing substantial amounts of oxidizer.
Industry:Fire safety
An explosion with a highly localized point of origin, such as a crater.
Industry:Fire safety
An exploding charge producing an impulse that impinges upon an explosive acceptor charge.
Industry:Fire safety
An exothermic reaction wherein the reaction propagates through the unreacted material at a rate exceeding the velocity of sound, hence the explosive noise.
Industry:Fire safety
