Laminar smoke points of wax candles

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 800-811

  Allan, Kathryn M ^a   Kaminski, John R ^a   Bertrand, Jerry C ^b   Head, Jeb ^c   Sunderland, Peter B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b CW Group   (United States)

^c Atkins and Pearce Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Combustion; Diffusion flames; Laminar flames; Soot; Wicks

Indexed keywords

CANDLE FLAME; CARBON NUMBER; DIFFUSION FLAMES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HEXADECANOL; HEXATRIACONTANE; LAMINAR FLAMES; NORMAL ALKANE; OCTADECANOL; PRIMARY ALCOHOLS; SMOKE POINT; SOOT EMISSIONS; TETRACOSANE; WICKS;

ALCOHOL FUELS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; COMBUSTION; FLAMMABILITY; FUELS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PARAFFIN WAXES; PARAFFINS; SOOT; WAXES;

SMOKE;

EID: 70449604844     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: 1563521X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102200902935512     Document Type: Article

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