The necessity of studying chemical reactions of the clean agent heptafluoropropane in fire extinguishment

Architectural Science Review

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 223-227

  Chow, W K ^a,b   Lee, E P F ^a,b   Chau, F T ^a,b   Dyke, J M ^a,b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical reactions; Fire extinguishment; Heptafluoropropane

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444282571     PISSN: 00038628     EISSN: 17589622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00038628.2000.9697528     Document Type: Article

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