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What does afterdamp mean?

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Noun
  1. (mining) Suffocating gases present in a coal mine after an explosion caused by firedamp, consisting of nitrogen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and sometimes hydrogen sulfide.
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He kept his head down to allow the explosion to pass over him, but as soon as the explosion had occurred stood upright as much as possible to avoid the afterdamp.
Afterdamp is the mixture of gases found in a mine after an explosion or fire.
They had managed to soak their shirts in water and breath through them to filter out the afterdamp.
The afterdamp and smoke passed directly to the airshaft from the split of the ventilating current in the section.
As they had been almost completely destroyed it was impossible to enter owing to the afterdamp which prevailed.
Explosions made headlines, but falling rocks killed more miners, who could also be poisoned by underground gases, which they variously named stinkdamp, blackdamp, firedamp, and afterdamp.

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