Betekenis van:
spontaneous combustion
spontaneous combustion
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- zelfverbranding, autocrematie
- ignition of a substance (as oily rags) resulting from an internal oxidation process
Hyperoniemen
Voorbeeldzinnen
- Substances or wastes liable to spontaneous combustion 4.3 H4.3 Substances or wastes which, in contact with water, emit flammable gases
- Spontaneous combustion occurs when the rate of heat production exceeds the rate of heat loss and the auto-ignition temperature is reached.
- Substances and mixtures with a temperature of spontaneous combustion higher than 50 oC for a volume of 27 m3 shall not be classified as a self-heating substance or mixture.
- Self-heating of substances or mixtures, leading to spontaneous combustion, is caused by reaction of the substance or mixture with oxygen (in the air) and the heat developed not being conducted away rapidly enough to the surroundings.