Onset of smoldering in cotton: Effects of density

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 73-80

  Hagen, Bjarne C ^a   Frette, Vidar ^a   Kleppe, Gisle ^a   Arntzen, Bjørn J ^b  

^a WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cotton; Density; Ignition; Smolder

Indexed keywords

HEATING; IGNITION;

COTTON EFFECTS; DENSITY; IGNITION TEMPERATURES; LOWER DENSITY; MASS LOSS RATE; PARTIAL DECOMPOSITION; SMOLDER; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

COTTON;

EID: 79951678081     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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