Mixture of gases present in mines and other confined spaces.
Blackdamp (also known as stythe or choke damp) is an asphyxiant, reducing the available oxygen content of air to a level incapable of sustaining human or animal life. It is not a single gas but a mixture of unbreathable gases left after oxygen is removed from the air and typically consists of nitrogen, carbon dioxide and water vapour. The term is etymologically and practically related to terms for other underground mine gases such as fire damp, white damp, stink damp, and afterdamp.
Blackdamp (also known as stythe or choke damp) is an asphyxiant, reducing the available oxygen content of air to a level incapable of sustaining human...
ventilation, referred to mixtures of carbon dioxide and nitrogen as "blackdamp", "choke damp" or "stythe". Before more effective technologies were developed...
Great Britain and North America. As well as firedamp, other damps include blackdamp (nonbreathable mixture of carbon dioxide, water vapour and other gases);...
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explosion. The biggest threats to rescuers were the fumes, particularly “blackdamp”, a mix of carbon dioxide and nitrogen that contains no oxygen, and “whitedamp”...
premises. The levels of gas detection depend on the methods used. Firedamp Blackdamp Stinkdamp Whitedamp Glossary of coal mining terminology "After-damp"....
methods used. Carbon monoxide detectors are common in homes. Firedamp Blackdamp Stinkdamp Afterdamp Glossary of coal mining terminology "Definition of...
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Firedamp – Naturally occurring flammable mixtures, principally methane. Blackdamp or Chokedamp – Nitrogen and carbon dioxide with no oxygen. Formed by complete...
Coking Metallurgical coal Externalities Ash pond Asian brown cloud Asthma Blackdamp Black lung disease Coal dust Coal mining disasters in the United States...
Coking Metallurgical coal Externalities Ash pond Asian brown cloud Asthma Blackdamp Black lung disease Coal dust Coal mining disasters in the United States...
Coking Metallurgical coal Externalities Ash pond Asian brown cloud Asthma Blackdamp Black lung disease Coal dust Coal mining disasters in the United States...
seven men and knocked out a ventilation fan. Without the fan, levels of blackdamp rose in the mine. Another 121 miners suffocated. About 40 other workers...
accumulation of blackdamp (carbon dioxide and low levels of oxygen incapable of supporting life). The presence of toxic levels of blackdamp made rescue efforts...
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