Assessing combustion hazard of flammable gases: Revision of RF-number

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 110 PART II, Issue , 2004, Pages 534-539

  Kondo, Shigeo ^a   Takizawa, Kenji ^a   Takahashi, Akifumi ^a   Tokuhashi, Kazuaki ^a   Sekiya, Akira ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); DIFFUSION; FLAMMABILITY; FLAMMABLE MATERIALS; FUELS; GASES; HAZARDS; PROBABILITY; REFRIGERANTS; STOICHIOMETRY;

BURNING VELOCITY; COMBUSTION HAZARDS; FLAMMABILITY LIMITS; FLAMMABLE GASES;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 20344396392     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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