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• Explosion Prevention in United States Coal Mines
  9/1/2007 - Conference papers
  This paper discusses methods for protecting U.S. underground coal mines from explosions of methane gas and coal dust, and presents new research, such as the Coal Dust Explosibility Meter, a handheld device to directly measure coal dust explosibility.
• Technical Development of the Coal Dust Explosibility Meter
  1/1/2006 - Conference papers
  NIOSH's Office of Mine Safety and Health Research, in collaboration with MSHA Technical Support, has devised a prototype handheld device, Coal Dust Explosibitlity Meter (CDEM), to assess the potential explosibility of a coal and rock dust mixture.