November 16, 2019

Explosion due to suspended graphite cloud and static electricity

 On September 3 2018, a blast destroyed one of 400 buildings at the RDM plant in South Afirca, which manufactures artillery ammunition.Eight workers were killed.
 As per a report published Herald Live, "Based on extensive testing, assessments and elimination of other initially suspected causes, the most likely cause of the explosion was a build-up of electrostatic electricity in a suspended graphite cloud due to the triboelectric effect, and a subsequent discharge which ignited airborne propellant in the blending drum.”
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