An investigation into the causes of laundry fires - Spontaneous combustion of residual fatty acids

Problems of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue , 2001, Pages 272-277

  Nic Daéid, Niamh ^a   Maguire, Caroline ^a   Walker, Ailsa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laundry fires; Residual fatty acids; Spontaneous combustion

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

AUTOOXIDATION; CLOTHING; COMBUSTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTAMINATION; COTTON; FIRE; HEATING; LAUNDRY;

EID: 0035716446     PISSN: 12307483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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