- Industry: Fire safety
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The quantity of explosive material and the separation distance relationships providing protection.
Industry:Fire safety
The pressure shown on the nameplate at which a shell was tested at time of manufacture.
Industry:Fire safety
The process of connecting one or more conductive objects to the ground, and is a specific form of bonding. The words Bonded or Grounded, as they are used in the text, must be understood to mean either that a bond or ground as defined has been deliberately applied, or that an electrically conductive path having a resistance adequately low for the intended purpose (usually 106 ohms or less) is inherently present by the nature of the installation.
Industry:Fire safety
The sampling, inspections, test, or other measures conducted by a certification organization on a periodic basis to determine the continued compliance of labeled and listed products that are being produced by the manufacturer to the requirements of the standard.
Industry:Fire safety
The principal structural member of a ship, running fore and aft on the centerline, extending from bow to stern, forming the backbone of the vessel to which the frames are attached.
Industry:Fire safety
The propensity of a material to support fire propagation beyond the ignition zone in terms of the chemical heat release rate during upward fire propagation and TRP.
Industry:Fire safety
The proportion of foam concentrate in the foam solution expressed as a volume percentage.
Industry:Fire safety
The separation of the cover or liner from the textile reinforcement.
Industry:Fire safety
The removal of material from an object by a solvent using processes such as immersing, soaking, spraying, agitating, or ultrasonics.
Industry:Fire safety
The pressure of the weight of air on the surface of the earth, approximately 14. 7 pounds per square inch (psia) (101 kPa absolute) at sea level.
Industry:Fire safety
