Particle Size and Surface Area Effects on Explosibility
3 coal concentration) and rock dust mixture must contain a t least 76% limestone rock dust to in ert the pulverized P ittsburgh coal (PPC) dust which c ontains 80% minus 200 m esh p articles (Cashdollar and H ertzberg 1989). This finding was verified a t coal dust concentrations of 150700 g/m3. Dastidar et al. (2001) also te sted P PC in a