spontaneous ignition

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spontaneous ignition [spän′tā·nē·əs ig′nish·ən]

(chemistry)

spontaneous combustion

The initiation of combustion caused by internal, chemical reaction in which heat is liberated.

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No references found			It will also help to identify which anti-bacterial agent may be used to reduce or eliminate the spontaneous ignition. Little bugs can cost big dollars by Louiseize, Kelly / Northern Ontario Business Earlier this year several silage fires in Denbighshire were also ascribed to spontaneous ignition. Spontaneous blaze destroys 1, 600 hay bales in barn by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) As it turned out, Italy had lots of pent-up interest in a mobile process to clean oil bottles, since the Italian government mandated separate collection of these bottles and strictly limited the ability to transport them because of the danger of spontaneous ignition inside a closed truck on a hot day. Dirty Oil Bottles Come Clean by Schut, Jan H. / Plastics Technology			spongiform encephalopathy Spongiidae Spongillidae spongin spongioblast spongiocyte Spongiomorphida Spongiomorphidae spongocoel spongolite spongolith spongy spongy mesophyll spongy parenchyma sponson mount sponsor sponsored link spontaneous spontaneous abortion spontaneous amputation Spontaneous Combustion Spontaneous Emission spontaneous fission spontaneous generation spontaneous heating spontaneous ignition spontaneous liquefaction spontaneous magnetization Spontaneous Materialism spontaneous mutation spontaneous nucleation Spontaneous Phenomena spontaneous pneumothorax spontaneous polarization spontaneous process spontaneous symmetry breaking spontaneous-potential well logging Spontini, Gaspare Spontini, Gasparo Luigi Pacifico spoo spoof spoofing spooge spook spool spool file spool-type roller conveyor spooler spooling SpoolView spoolwork			Spontaneous ecchymoses Spontaneous ecchymoses Spontaneous ecchymoses Spontaneous ecchymoses Spontaneous ejaculation Spontaneous ejaculation Spontaneous ejaculation Spontaneous emission spontaneous evolution Spontaneous Excitatory Junction Potentials Spontaneous exclamation Spontaneous fission spontaneous fracture spontaneous fracture spontaneous fracture spontaneous fracture spontaneous gangrene of newborn spontaneous generation spontaneous generation spontaneous generation Spontaneous Genome Degeneration Syndrome Spontaneous healing Spontaneous healing Spontaneous Heart Rate Turbulence spontaneous heating Spontaneous human combustion Spontaneous Human Explosion spontaneous hypoglycemia spontaneous hypoglycemia spontaneous hypoglycemia spontaneous ignition Spontaneous Ignition Temperature spontaneous inclination spontaneous intermittent mandatory ventilation Spontaneous internal combustion Spontaneous internal combustion spontaneous internal hemorrhage spontaneous internal hemorrhage spontaneous internal hemorrhage spontaneous internal hemorrhage Spontaneous Intestinal Perforation Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension Headache Spontaneous Intramural Hematoma of the Esophagus Spontaneous Killer Cellular Cytotoxicity Spontaneous Knife Defense spontaneous labor spontaneous labor spontaneous labor spontaneous labor Spontaneous Laughing Spontaneous Liabilities Spontaneous Liability spontaneous liquefaction spontaneous liquefaction spontaneous liquefaction Spontaneous Lymphoblastoid Cell Lines Spontaneous magnetization Spontaneous Massive Existence Failure Spontaneous Materialism Spontaneous Method spontaneous mutation

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