Thermogravimetric studies of the pyrolytic behaviour in air of selected tropical timbers

Fire and Materials

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 173-181

  Momoh, Musa ^a   Eboatu, A N ^b   Kolawole, E G ^c   Horrocks, A R ^d  

^a USMANU DANFODIYO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CELLULOSE; COMBUSTION; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REACTION KINETICS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; WOOD;

BROIDO ANALYSIS; OVEN DRY DENSITIES; TROPICAL TIMBERS;

PYROLYSIS;

EID: 0030194086     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1018(199607)20:4<173::aid-fam573>3.3.co;2-r     Document Type: Article

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