Flame-extinguishing concentrations and peak concentrations of N2, Ar, CO2 and their mixtures for hydrocarbon fuels

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 185-200

  Saito, Naoshi ^a   Ogawa, Yoshio ^a   Saso, Yuko ^a   Liao, Chihong ^a   Sakei, Ryuta ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FIRE AND DISASTER   (Japan)

^b Koatsu Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FLAME RESEARCH; FLAMMABILITY; FUEL BURNERS; INERT GASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXTURES; NITROGEN;

FLAME EXTINGUISHING CONCENTRATIONS; HEPTANE; HYDROCARBON FUELS; PEAK CONCENTRATIONS;

FIRE EXTINGUISHERS;

EID: 0030261205     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-7112(96)00060-4     Document Type: Article

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