CCPS Process Safety Glossary
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Center for Chemical Process Safety of the American Institute of Chemical... Read More... |
One of the 27 different categories of CPQRA, defined by a unique value for... Read More... |
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Elevation of plume centerline above ground after plume rise is completed.... |
The portion of a computer's or microprocessor's logic which executes the... Read More... |
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Mass-weighted mean height of plume, as defined by Eq. (1). |
A document verifying that a company maintains insurance at a specific... Read More... |
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Element of a finite set of different elements, called the character set,... Read More... |
A defined set of representations, called, characters, from which selections... Read More... |
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The typical wind speed in the obstacle array. Chemical reactions Removal of... Read More... |
An excess or deficit of electrons expressed in Coulombs. An electron carries... Read More... |
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The quantity of charge divided by the total volume that contains this charge... Read More... |
The process by which separated charges recombine or excess charge is lost... Read More... |
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Charge density expressed per unit mass of condensed phase material. Also... Read More... |
The rate of flow of charge into a given system per unit time, expressed in... Read More... |
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A written procedure in which each item is marked off (or acknowledged on a... Read More... |
In a computer, a summation of digits or bits summed according to an... Read More... |
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Any element, chemical compound or mixture of elements and/or compounds. OSHA... Read More... |
A group of single elements or compounds with a common general name. Example... Read More... |
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The stopping of a flame by means of a chemical suppressant. |
The phrase is used loosely to include facilities which manufacture, handle... Read More... |
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The numerical evaluation of both incident consequences and probabilities or... Read More... |
The quantitative evaluation of expected risk from potential incident... Read More... |
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Removal of pollutants from the air by reactions with other chemicals.... Read More... |
The tendency of substances to undergo chemical change.NOAA 2002 |
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A situation with the potential for an uncontrolled chemical reaction that... Read More... |
Chemical Transportation Emergency Center; a national center established by... Read More... |
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An adverse effect on a human or animal body, with symptoms which develop... Read More... |
A frequent or continuous exposure to a toxic agent over an unspecified, but... Read More... |
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The potential for injury or damage to occur as a result of prolonged... Read More... |
Adverse (chronic) effects resulting from repeated doses of or exposures to a... Read More... |
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The NFPA system for flammable and combustible liquids is given in NFPA 30.... Read More... |
The term used in this text to identify the company issuing the tolling... Read More... |
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Any type of pollutant mass moving through the atmosphere. |
The concentration mass-weighted mean height of a pollutant cloud. |
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Carbon monoxide, a colorless, odorless, flammable and very toxic gas... Read More... |
Carbon dioxide, a heavy, colorless gas, produced by the combustion and... Read More... |