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Blackdamp (also
known as
stythe or
choke damp),
sometimes found in
enclosed environments such as mines, sewers, wells,
tunnels and ships' holds, is an...
- clear).
Chokestuff is
inspired by
chokedamp, a term for
oxygenless air
found in
mines and
other confined spaces.
Chokedamp is
composed mostly of nitrogen...
- (asphyxiant gas), the lamp
flame would be
extinguished (black damp or
chokedamp). A methane-air
flame is
extinguished at
about 17%
oxygen content (which...
- be used to
detect firedamp by the
increase in
height of the flame, and
chokedamp by the
dying of the flame, is a
classic exposition in his textbook, Respiration...
- work in p****ages
filled with mine
gases such as firedamp, afterdamp,
chokedamp, and
sometimes shallow submersion. From 1989 to 2004, the SEFA backpack...
-
number 3 pit ("More's dook")
appeared to be free of
falls but was full of
chokedamp. A
brattice was
constructed to
divert the air p****ing from
number 3 pit...
- firedamp,
found to be
caused by a
lighted candle, 90 men
suffering from
chokedamp or
burns escaped but 36 men and boys died. The
colliery was
renamed Hic...
- when
their candles set fire to firedamp. The
resulting afterdamp and
chokedamp resulted in a
wider loss of life to men and horses. The town remained...
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Naturally occurring flammable mixtures, prin****lly methane.
Blackdamp or
Chokedamp –
Nitrogen and
carbon dioxide with no oxygen.
Formed by
complete combustion...
- When they did not
return another party went down but were
forced back by
chokedamp. Late on the
following day six
bodies were
recovered and
there was "little...
