Polymer combustion: Effects of flame emissivity

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1764, 2000, Pages 3655-3673

  Nelson, M I ^a   Brindley, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cone calorimeter; Flammability; Polymers; Radiative ignition; Soot

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347056623     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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