Combustion efficiency and its radiative component

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 131-141

  Tewarson, Archibald ^a  

^a FM GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Combustion efficiency; Fuels and polymers Af; Radiative component

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL BONDS; FIRE RESISTANCE; FLAME RESEARCH; FLEXIBLE FOAMED PLASTICS; FUELS; HALOGENATION; HEAT RADIATION; HEAT TRANSFER; POLYNOMIALS; POLYURETHANES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIGID FOAMED PLASTICS; SOOT;

COMBUSTION EFFICIENCY; SOOT FORMATION;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 0348229367     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2003.07.004     Document Type: Article

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