Will water mist extinguish a liquid fire rapidly?

Architectural Science Review

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-143

  Chow, W K ^a   Gao, Y ^b   Dong, H ^b   Zou, G ^b   Meng, L ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b HARBIN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fire extinguishment; Liquid fire; Mist; Water mist

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038177883     PISSN: 00038628     EISSN: 17589622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00038628.2003.9696976     Document Type: Article

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