Railway Prevention of Electric Sparks Regulations (SOR/82-1015)

2 In these Regulations,

cathodic protection

cathodic protection means a technique to prevent the corrosion of a metal surface by making that surface the cathode of an electro-chemical cell; (protection cathodique)

compressed flammable gas

compressed flammable gas means any product, material or mixture that

• (a) has a critical temperature less than 50°C, an absolute vapour pressure greater than 295 kPa at 50°C or an absolute pressure in a pressure vessel greater than 275 kPa at 21.1°C or 716 kPa at 54.4°C, and

• (b) is flammable when in a mixture of 13 per cent or less by volume with air at normal atmospheric temperature and pressure or has a flammable range with air wider than 12 per cent regardless of the lower limit; (gaz comprimé inflammable)

flammable range

flammable range means the difference between the minimum and maximum volume percentage of a product, material or mixture in air that, with air, forms a compressed flammable gas; (intervalle d’inflammabilité)

flammable liquid

flammable liquid means any liquid that gives off flammable vapours at or below a temperature of 61°C in a closed cup test; (liquide inflammable)

railway company

railway company means a railway company that is subject to the jurisdiction of the Canadian Transport Commission. (compagnie de chemin de fer)