Quote
The man, whose capacitance is 200 pF, is able to charge himself electrically to 10 000 V. In this case, the energy released during an electrostatic discharge is 10 mJ. This value exceeds many times the minimum ignition energy of gases, vapours and dusts particles.
Quote
In 1984, in Bhopal (India), there was the largest and most tragic industrial disaster in history. In the Union Carbide plant, one of the tanks containing dioxins exploded and consequently, 40 tons of extremely toxic methyl isocyanate were released into the atmosphere. Approximately 3 thousand people died as a result of the disaster and another 15 thousand as a result of the post-disaster complications.
Quote
