Potential Ignition Sources which can carry enough
Energy to start an Explosion (acc. EN 1127-1):
- Hot surfaces
- Flames
- Sparks from electrical equipment
- Electrical equipment and lights
- Stray currents from electrical equipment
- Electrostatic discharge sparks
- Lightning strikes
- Electromagnetic fields in frequencies from 9kHz up to 300GHz
- Electromagnetic radiation in frequencies from 300GHz up to 3 x 106 GHz
and of different wavelengths from 1000µm up to 0,1 µm (optical spectral range)
- Ionizing Radiation
- Ultrasonic
- Adiabatic compression, shock wave, running gases
- Chemical reaction
- And not to forget: the human factor which turns all potential
ignition sources into effective ones.