Bibliography of Bureau of Mines Health and Safety Publications: January 1947-June 1955 Page: 67
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SUBJECT INDEX
Item
Experimental mine, Bureau of Mines, coal-dust
explosion tests ------- 94, 95, 97, 99, 109, 128
results --------------------------176, 179
coal-mine explosions, arresting by rock
dusting, tests---------------------- 176
coal-mine fires, control, tests------------- 372
description---------------------- 94, 95, 128
investigations ------------------------- 128
natural gas-air mixtures, ignition by per-
missible explosives, tests------------- 203
rock-dust barriers, tests -----------------145
rock dust distribution by permissible explo-
sives, tests ------------------------176
rock dust for extinguishing fires, tests ------ 364
short-delay multiple blasting of coal, tests_ 218, 219
results--------------------------- 223
Experimental Oil-Shale mine, Bureau of Mines,
blasting techniques, improving, re-
search---------------------------- 220
scaling rig, hydraulic, operation_-----------544
Explosibility, acetylene, effect of hydrocarbons
on-------------------------------439
ammonium nitrate, tests, results ------------375
coal dust, factors -------------------------109
investigations------------------- 92, 107, 111
study-------------------------------- 125
cornstarch ------------------------------123
ethane-air-carbon dioxide mixtures, effect of
pressure --------------------------441
ethane-air-nitrogen mixtures, effect of pres-
sure-----------------------------441
oil-shale dust----------------------------116
powders, in plastics industry ---------------122
propane-air-carbon dioxide mixtures, effect of
pressure--------------------------443
propane-air-nitrogen mixtures, effect of pres-
sure----------------------------- 443
sulfide dusts, in metal mines --------------- 118
Explosions, ammonium nitrate fertilizer, on ships
at Texas City, Tex., investigation .-- 369
bituminous-coal mines, prevention ---------- 35
carbon-oxygen complex as possible initiator-_ 370
coal-dust, causes------------------------- 108
confining, with rock-dust barriers--------- 153
in tipples and cleaning plants, prevention - 129
initiation, by gas explosions-------------- 120
limiting, by rock dust and water ----------188
prevention--------------------- 101, 108, 146
by rock dust, size, effectiveness--------- 154
by rock dusting------------103, 126, 127, 144
Mine Safety Board decision ----------575
specifications ----------------------152
by salt, as substitute for rock dust, tests_ 168
propagation, arresting, tests, results------- 179
propagation in rooms, prevention, tests in
Experimental mine, results____-------- 173
tests in Experimental mine--------------- 94,
95, 97, 99, 109, 128
results-------------------------- 176, 179
coal-mine, annual data-------------------- 387
arresting, by rock dusting, tests in Experi-
mental mine ----------------------- 176
causes and prevention------------------- 25
concrete stoppings to resist pressure,
strength, tests--------_, 366
study---- 110
dust, reducing pressure, by vent closures, ef-
fectiveness_------- 175
gas, Brighton, N. Y., investigation---_ 374
coal mines, prevention----__ -- -101
in buildings, cause and prevention ------- 380
prevention ------------ 394
gasoline, bituminous-coal mines----_ 397
industrial dust, prevention-- ----__ 132Item
Explosions, industrial plants, prevention, by
utilizing analyses of complex-gas mix-
tures----------------------------- 359
mine, barricading after---------------- 363, 503
value------------------------------ 363
prevention, by utilizing analyses of complex-
gas mixtures---------- ------------- 359
recovery operations after---------------- 400
propagation, amount of coal dust needed,
tests ----------------------------- 121
research and technologic work, annual re-
ports__------------------------- 211, 213
school, New London, Tex., investigation --- 367
ships, Texas City, Tex., investigation 369
tunnel, prevention, by utilizing analyses of
complex-gas mixtures---------------- 359
Explosion hazards, black blasting powder, in coal
mines_ --------------------------- 234
coal dust, in steel mills-------------------- 111
combustible anesthetics-------------------- 428
electricity, static, hospital operating rooms- 360, 373
ethyl mercaptan, in stench warning systems,
in mines, elimination, method-------- 348
firing open shots, in coal mines------------- 395
industrial dust_---------------- 132
metal powders--------------------------- 130
methane, coal mines, minimize, ventilation
recommendations ----------------- 659
perchloric acid, investigation ------------- 212
powdered starch--------------_ ----------- 123
pulverized coal, at industrial plants ..------- 96, 113
Explosion pressures, explosives --------------- 202
Explosion-proof enclosures, in electrical mining
equipment, Bureau of Mines explosion
test, description --------------------285
construction features, Bureau of Mines stand-
ard ----- 285
high pressures------------------------- 275
reducing------------------------ 275
pressure piling in testing, study----------- 284
permissible mine electrical equipment, design- 271
Explosion-proof mine equipment, flat joints,
flame-arresting limitations--------- 321
flame-arresting properties, effect of tempera-
ture on, study--------------------- 281
plain bearings, flame-arresting limitations .- 321
Explosion temperatures, explosives__ ------------201
Explosives, calculations, theoretical--------201, 202
charging, in drill holes of drift rounds in metal
mines_ --------------------------- 207
coal-mine, investigations------------------- 193
damaged or deteriorated, destruction ------- 228
efficiency, effect of stemming--------------- 198
explosion pressures_ -----------------------202
explosion temperatures --------------------201
firedamp incendivity, measurement, by oxy-
gen-value test_ ------------------ 377
fumes, metal mining, dangers_ --------------- 205
gaseous products from, effects of carbonaceous
blasting accessories ------- 331
gelatin, toxic gases from_ ------------------- 199
handling, at copper mines_ --------------- 230
precautions ---------------------------232
safe_ --------------------------------- 237
in mines and quarries -----------------238
ignition of firedamp by--- 196, 200, 215
mechanism- _-_ - ----_ _ ---- 376
industrial, consumption, annual data ------- 244
liquid-oxygen, performance characteristics__ 197
safety characteristics ------------ 197
use _________------------- ___195
misuse, accidents fromn___ ------ 225
permissible, consumption, annual data- ---244
distributing rock dust by, tests in Experi-
mental mine _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ---------- 176
gaseous products from, effects of sheaths 335, 33967
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Humphrey, H. B. & Stratton, Hazel J. Bibliography of Bureau of Mines Health and Safety Publications: January 1947-June 1955, report, 1956; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc12714/m1/71/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.