- Look up
inert or
inertness in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Inert may
refer to:
Chemically inert, not
chemically reactive Inert gas
Noble gas, historically...
- An
inert gas is a gas that does not
readily undergo chemical reactions with
other chemical substances and
therefore does not
readily form
chemical compounds...
- In fire and
explosion prevention engineering,
inerting refers to the
introduction of an
inert (non-combustible) gas into a
closed system (e.g. a container...
- An
inerting system decreases the
probability of
combustion of
flammable materials stored in a
confined space. The most
common such
system is a fuel tank...
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Inert gas
asphyxiation is a form of
asphyxiation which results from
breathing a
physiologically inert gas in the
absence of oxygen, or a low
amount of...
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chemically inert is used to
describe a
substance that is not
chemically reactive. From a
thermodynamic perspective, a
substance is
inert, or nonlabile...
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Inert waste is
waste which is
neither chemically nor
biologically reactive and will not
decompose or only very slowly.
Examples of this are sand, concrete...
- In
fluid mechanics,
inertance is a
measure of the
pressure difference in a
fluid required to
cause a unit
change in the rate of
change of
volumetric flow-rate...
- An
inertial navigation system (INS; also
inertial guidance system,
inertial instrument) is a
navigation device that uses
motion sensors (accelerometers)...
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Inertial waves, also
known as
inertial oscillations, are a type of
mechanical wave
possible in
rotating fluids.
Unlike surface gravity waves commonly seen...
