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BLEVE
- Scope Note
- Explosion normally associated with fires that involve compressed bases in cylinders, rapid rupture of a vessel caused by overpressure accompanied by rapid burning of the tank contents.
- Used For
- Boiling liquid expanding
- Boiling liquid expanding vapour explosion
- Pressure burst
- Vapour explosion
- Broader Term
- Explosions
- Related Term
- Liquefied petroleum gas - explosions
- Liquefied petroleum gas - fires