thermal runaway
loss of control of an exothermic process due to reactivity increasing with temperature
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Summary
thermal runaway is a failure cause[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of failure_cause entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (249 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- thermal runaway's instance of is recorded as failure cause[3].
- thermal runaway's subclass of is recorded as exothermic reaction[4].
- thermal runaway's subclass of is recorded as positive feedback[5].
- thermal runaway's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/075vwr[6].
- thermal runaway's facet of is recorded as process safety[7].
- thermal runaway's facet of is recorded as chemical reaction engineering[8].
- thermal runaway's facet of is recorded as semiconductor device reliability[9].
- thermal runaway's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/thermal-explosion[10].
- thermal runaway's has effect is recorded as Seveso disaster[11].
- thermal runaway's has effect is recorded as explosion[12].
- thermal runaway's has effect is recorded as catastrophic failure[13].
- thermal runaway's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 135353[14].
- thermal runaway's schematic is recorded as ThermalRunaway vector en.svg[15].
- thermal runaway's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 72688512[16].
- thermal runaway's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C72688512[17].
Why It Matters
thermal runaway ranks in the top 10% of failure_cause entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (249 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]