A comparative study of drainage characteristics in AFFF and FFFP compressed-air fire-fighting foams

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 21-52

  Magrabi, S A ^a   Dlugogorski, B Z ^a   Jameson, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drainage; Fire; Fire fighting; Foam; Protein; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSED AIR; DRAINAGE; FOAMS; PROTEINS; RHEOLOGY; STANDARDS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

AQUEOUS FOAMS;

FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0036466799     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-7112(01)00024-8     Document Type: Article

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