Flammability potential of hologenated fire suppression agents and refrigerants

Process Safety Progress

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-73

  Ural, Erdem A ^a  

^a Loss Prevention Science and Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; FLAME RESEARCH; HALOGENATION; HYDROCARBONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REFRIGERANTS;

FLAMMABILITY POTENTIAL;

FIRE PROTECTION;

FLAMMABILITY; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; REFRIGERANT; SUPPRESSION;

EID: 0037332540     PISSN: 10668527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prs.680220109     Document Type: Article

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