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  • NIOSH
    RI 6255 Experiments With Solid-In-Gas Suspensions As Heat Transport Mediums

    By W. T. Abel

    Laboratory tests were conducted with a closed, recycling system to evaluate the effectiveness of solid-in-gas suspensions as heat transport mediums. Micronized graphite in helium or nitrogen was circu

    Jan 1, 1963

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    RI 2113 The Field of Work of the U.S. Bureau of Mines

    By Van H. Manning

    "Under the organic act establishing it, the Bureau of Mines is authorized to conduct investigations designed to improve health and safety conditions in the mineral industry and to promote efficient de

    Apr 1, 1920

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    IC 8397 Bureau Of Mines Research On The Analysis Of High-Purity Tungsten

    This report summarizes the work performed by the Bureau of Mines on the development of analytical procedures for determining metallic and interstitial impurities in high-purity tungsten. Fourteen publ

    Jan 1, 1968

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    RI 8424 A Fail-Safe Control System for a Mine Methane Pipeline (8a7698a3-c6e2-45e5-8b5d-b0f1a3a2671c)

    By M. C. Irani

    The Bureau of Mines has designed and put into operation a fail-safe control system for use in underground coal mines equipped with methane drainage pipelines. This control system can detect certain un

    Jan 1, 1979

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    RI 8424 - A Fail-Safe Control System for a Mine Methane Pipeline

    By P. W. Jeran, S. J. Pepperney, M. C. Irani, F. F. Kopsch

    The Bureau of Mines has designed and put into operation a fail-safe control system for use in underground coal mines equipped with methane drainage pipelines. This control system can detect certain un

    Jan 1, 1980

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    IC 7755 Rock Dusting And Sampling - Including Wet Rock Dusting, At The Bureau Of Mines Experimental Coal Mine ? Introduction

    By Irving Hartmann

    Modern mechanized mining with high-speed machines, multiple-entry systems, multiple blasting, high-velocity air currents, and rapid haulage has brought many economic benefits and has on the whole enha

    Jan 1, 1956

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    RI 3187 Protection Against Mercury Vapor Afforded By Canister Gas Masks

    By W. P. Yant

    Canister-type gas masks have become an essential part of the equipment of many industries not only for use in emergencies, but also in performing normal operations of industrial processes and procedur

    Jan 1, 1932

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    RI 9435 - Transfer of Self-Contained Self-Rescuer Donning Skills Under Similar Conditions of Practice: The Draeger OXY-SR60B and the CSE SR-100 (7f8e5489-309b-4fbb-9367-1df0d387dbda)

    By M. J. Brnich

    The purpose of this U.S. Bureau of Mines study was to assess the ability of trainees to don an unfamiliar self-contained self-rescuer (SCSR) after having become familiar with how to put on a different

    Jan 1, 2010

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    Bulldozer Work Rate Indicator ? Objective

    Reduce costs of surface mine reclamation by improving bulldozer operating efficiency. Approach A draft power indicating system helps bulldozer operators adjust blade height and other controls for m

    Jan 1, 1979

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    Fatal Accidents Due To Flyrock And Lack Of Blast Area Security And Working Practices In Mining

    By Suresh K. Bhatt, Gary L. Mowrey, Timothy R. Rehak, David K. Ingram

    Coal and nonmetal mining used about 4.3 billion pounds of explosives and blasting agents during 2001 in the United States. A major part of this consumption was related to surface mining. Mine Safety

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    Associated Bibliography

    By Lloyd A. Morley, Robert Stefanko

    1 Abaibanel, S , "Deflection of Confining Walls by Explosive Loads," Israel Jour. Technology, vol. 4, n. 1, Feb 1966. 2 Albertoni, S and others, "Numerical Computation Methods for Implosion Process

    Jan 1, 1974

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    RI 6518 Heats of Formation of Zirconium Carbide and Hafnium Carbide

    By Alla D. Mah

    The energies of combustion of zirconium carbide and hafnium carbide were measured by combustion calorimetry and the heats of combustion and formation. of zirconium carbide and hafnium carbide were der

    Jan 1, 1964

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    RI 5680 Flammability Limits Of Methyl Ethyl Ketone And Methyl Isobutyl Ketone In Bromochloromethane-Air Mixtures - Summary

    By M. G. Zabetakis

    At ordinary temperatures and pressures methyl ethyl ketone (MEK)-air mixtures containing between 2.0 and 11 vol.-pct. MEK and methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK)-air mixtures containing between 1.5 and 7.5

    Jan 1, 1960

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    RI 9460 - Programmable Electronic Mining Systems: Best Practice Recommendations (In Nine Parts) - Part 3: 2.2 Software Safety

    By Thomas J. Fisher, Christopher C. Jobes, Edward F. Fries

    This report (Software Safety 2.2) is the third in a nine-part series of recommendations addressing the functional safety of processor-controlled mining equipment. It is part of a risk-based system sa

    Jan 9, 2001

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    RI 6379 Linear Correlation of Magnetic Susceptibility With the Composition of Minerals

    By Foster Fraas

    Review of the literature on solid solutions discloses that the relation between composition and magnetic susceptibility is not linear . Recalculation using a transformation of composition values to pa

    Jan 1, 1964

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    RI 9464 - Programmable Electronic Mining Systems: Best Practice Recommendations (In Nine Parts) - Part 5: 4.0 Independent Functional Safety Assessment

    By John J. Sammarco, Edward F. Fries

    This report (Independent Functional Safety Assessment 4.0) is the fifth in a nine-part series of recommendations addressing the functional safety of processor-controlled mining equipment. It is part o

    Jan 5, 2003

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    RI 9461 - Programmable Electronic Mining Systems: Best Practice Recommendations (In Nine Parts) - Part 4: 3.0 Safety File

    By Thomas J. Fisher, John J. Sammarco, Gary L. Mowrey, Edward F. Fries

    This report (Safety File 3.0) is the fourth in a nine-part series of recommendations addressing the functional safety of processor-controlled mining equipment. It is part of a risk-based system safet

    Jan 5, 2002

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    Technology News - No. 461 - Coal Dust Explosibility Meter

    Objective: To enable mine operators and mine inspectors to make quick and accurate measurements of the explosible nature of coal and rock dust mixtures.

    Jul 1, 2008

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    RI 5873 Continuous Analysis Of Helium In Natural Gas By Chromatography ? Summary

    By C. L. Klingman

    In extracting helium from natural gas at Bureau of Mines helium plants, a continuous analysis of the helium content of inlet and outlet gas streams is required to determine extraction efficiency. An a

    Jan 1, 1961

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    Effect of Thermal Treatment on the Surface Characteristics and Hemolytic Activity of Respirable Size Silica Particles

    By W. E. Wallace, B. L. Razzaboni, P. Bolsaitis, M. J. Keane

    "Therma1 and chemical treatment of respirable size silica dusts samples is shown to induce marked changes in their hemolytic activity. The cytotoxicity of crystalline a-quartz (Min-U-Sil), and fumed s

    Jan 1, 1990