The Thermal reaction number B provides a direct measure of the hazard potential related to a process. It combines thermodynamics and reaction kinetics by being directly proportional to the temperature dependence of the reaction rate represented by the activation temperature E/R and the adiabatic temperature increase ΔTad. B=E/R ? ΔTad/ T2 Reactions with a small to moderate hazard potential are characterized by thermal reaction number values around 2, and processes with an extremely high potential have values up to 50 and more