Improvement of water mist's fire-extinguishing efficiency with MC additive

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-45

  Xiaomeng, Zhou ^a   Guangxuan, Liao ^a   Bo, Cai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Additive; Fire suppression mechanism; Fire extinguishing; Halon replacement; Water mist

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; CORROSION PREVENTION; ETHANOL; FIRE PROTECTION; FOG; WATER;

FIRE SUPPRESSION MECHANISM; FIRE-EXTINGUISHING; HALON REPLACEMENT; PHYSICAL SUPPRESSION MECHANISMS; WATER MIST;

FIRE EXTINGUISHERS;

EID: 29144519375     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2005.08.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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