Mathematical models to analyse the effect of physical properties of cigarettes on the propensity of the cigarette to ignite cellulosic fabrics

Fire and Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-39

  Hirschler, Marcelo M ^a  

^a GBH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; COMBUSTION; FABRICS; FLAMMABLE MATERIALS; IGNITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

CELLULOSIC FABRICS; COMMERCIAL CIGARETTES; FUEL OXYGEN MIXTURES; IGNITION PROPENSITIES;

FLAME RESEARCH;

EID: 0030651913     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1018(199701)21:1<33::AID-FAM594>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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