Mining in Manitoba
Mine Gases
Mine Development
| Oxygen | - no colour, taste, or smell -@ 21% all kinds of lamps burn -@ 15% breathing becomes laboured -@ 10% life is in danger |
| Carbon Dioxide | -
colourless, odourless - product of complete combustion - causes death by suffocation -@ 3% breathing is difficult -@10% death can occur |
| Carbon Monoxide | - colourless, odourless - incomplete combustion [email protected]% is dangerous |
| Methane | -
colourless, odorless, burns - explosive when mixed with air |
| Hydrogen Sulfide | - offensive odour - @.15% is fatal |
| Hydrogen | - explosive when mixed with air |
| Nitrogen Dioxide | - reddish brown colour - incomplete combustion |
