The Influence of High Altitude on Fire Detector Test Fires

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 195-204

  Wieser, D ^a   Jauch, P ^a   Willi, U ^a  

^a Siemens Schweiz AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMBUSTION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FIRE DETECTORS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; LIGHT EXTINCTION; OXYGEN; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BURNING RATES;

FLAMMABILITY TESTING;

EID: 0031223431     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-7112(96)00042-2     Document Type: Article

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