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Abstract Match production is one of the main activities at Moharrem zey Industrial Complex. Safety match is one of the most essential items of every day .se. It is an indispensable article and is needed by the rich and the poor alike. At present there are 8 units in the large scale sector. the FIcensed capacity of -one unit Is about Tyr Ilion boxes of 40 sticks per year in 1989-1990. EL-MANSHIA fac tory has two lines for production of matches, one to produce 40 icks, the other to produce 50 sticks per box. Match is a splint of wood, cardboard or another material provided with a combustible tip which ignites by friction and is widely used for production of fire. Friction matches tipped with antimony sulphide, potassium chlorate, gum arabic and starch were ’first marketed. Antimony sulphide was replaced by white phos¬Phorus but fumes of white phosphorus were very dangerous for workers and therefore, it was replaced by phosphorus sesquisul ide. |