2. ATEX regulations in the laboratory

2.1 Laboratory activities

Depending on the field in question (research and development, quality control, training, etc.), the activities of a laboratory can vary greatly:

• performance of physical and chemical analyses using various analyzers;

• implementation of chemical reactions or similar transformation processes (distillation, mixing, centrifugation, grinding, etc.);

• etc.

The performance of these activities may involve the use of flammable products:

• products necessary for the operation of certain analyzers, in liquid form (liquid chromatography, laser particle size analysis, etc.) or...