Investigations of Conveyor Belts Flammability. Comparison of Flammability Assessment using the Large-Scale Gallery Test and Cone Calorimeter

Fire and Materials

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 213-218

  Wachowicz, Jan ^a  

^a CENTRAL MINING INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELT CONVEYORS; CALCULATIONS; CALORIMETERS; OXYGEN; TESTING;

GALLERY TEST;

FLAMMABILITY;

EID: 0032156405     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1018(199809/10)22:5<213::AID-FAM657>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Review

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