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    The document discusses typical adverse environments and hazardous location lighting. It lists various acids, bases, gases, and salts that are commonly found in industrial environments and the industries where they are used. It also describes luminaires that have no exposed metal parts and are made of materials like fiberglass and plastics to provide better corrosion resistance in these adverse environments.

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    HAZARDOUSLOCATIONS

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    The document discusses typical adverse environments and hazardous location lighting. It lists various acids, bases, gases, and salts that are commonly found in industrial environments and the industries where they are used. It also describes luminaires that have no exposed metal parts and are made of materials like fiberglass and plastics to provide better corrosion resistance in these adverse environments.

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    TYPICAL ADVERSE LOCATION

    ENVIRONMENTS
    HAZARDOUS LOCATION LIGHTING

    In many industries, luminaires must operate under conditions that are considered
    “Adverse”–corrosive, wet, dirty, etc.–which do not necessarily fall into the normally
    hazardous or not normally hazardous categories defined by NEC. While a UL844 Listed
    luminaire might be applied, it must also be resistant to corrosive actions of the
    environments commonly found in industry, many of which are listed below.

    ADVERSE ENVIRONMENT SOURCE/PROCESS/USES TYPICAL INDUSTRIES


    ACIDS
    Hydrochloric Solder fluxes Metal manufacture
    (Muriatic) Cleaning metals, tile, brickwork Metal finishing
    Making glue, gelatin, dextrose, chlorides Brick and ceramics
    Nitric Manufacturing of explosives, dyes, fertilizers, plastics, nitrates Explosives
    Metal finishing and coating Textile
    Fertilizer
    Plastics
    Metal finishing
    Sulfuric Gas drying agent Petroleum
    Petroleum purification Plating
    Making glass, explosives, inks, dyes, fertilizers, batteries Fertilizer
    Metal cleaning and finishing Battery
    Metal finishing
    Phosphoric Making fertilizers, detergents Fertilizer
    Metal finishing Food
    Water softeners Metal finishing
    Cleaning agents
    Drying agents
    Hydrofluoric Pickle baths Metal finishing
    Etching solutions Glass
    Catalysts Petroleum
    Cleaning sand from castings Lighting products
    Insecticides
    BASES
    Sodium or Lye, soda lye Metal finishing
    Potassium Hydroxide Chemical production Chemical
    Cleaners Pulp and paper
    Refining Petroleum
    Soap Food
    GASES
    Chlorine Paper and textile bleaching Pulp and paper
    Manufacturing of chloroform, sulfur chloride, dyes, medicines, cleaning solvents Rubber
    Organic chlorine compounds Chemical
    Water purification Pharmaceutical
    Metal extraction (tin, zinc) Metal
    Petroleum
    Nitrogen dioxide See Nitric Acid Chemical
    Sulfur dioxide Making Sulfuric Acid Pulp and paper
    Bleaches, disinfectants, refrigerants Food
    Mold growth prevention
    SALTS
    Chlorides Soldering fluids (Zinc chloride) Metal processing
    Floor and wall coverings (Magnesium chloride) Battery
    Batteries (Ammonium chloride) Coal processing
    Soldering Pastes (Ammonium chloride)
    Coal dust control (Calcium chloride)
    Ferric, Sodium, Nickel, Potassium chlorides
    OTHER ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTS
    Steam Utility
    Salt water Chemical
    Dust

    For these and many other adverse environments, luminaires have better corrosion resistance in a broader range of adverse envi-
    been designed and constructed with no exposed exterior metal ronments. The GE Perma•Gard® luminaire with an FRP housing,
    parts (housings, reflectors, hinges, fasteners, etc.). Materials like glass globe, polypropylene reflectors, acrylic or polycarbonate
    Fiberglass Reinforced Polyester (FRP), Polypropylene, and refractors, and PBT globe guard has no exposed metal parts and
    Fiberglass Reinforced Polybutyleneterepthalate (PBT) have carries appropriate UL Listings and NEMA 4X rating for use in
    replaced die-cast aluminum and other metal parts to provide many adverse locations described above.
    ® Registered Trademark of General Electric Company
    Data subject to change without notice

    H-6/March 2001
    GE Lighting Systems, Inc.

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