Experimental study on the characteristics of horizontal flame spread over XPS surface on plateau

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 189, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 34-39

  Zhang, Ying ^a   Huang, Xinjie ^a   Wang, Qingsong ^a   Ji, Jie ^a   Sun, Jinhua ^a   Yin, Yi ^a  

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

Author keywords

Altitude effects; Extruded polystyrene (XPS); Flame spread; Plateau; Scale effects

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE EFFECTS; EXTRUDED POLYSTYRENE (XPS); FLAME SPREAD; PLATEAU; SCALE EFFECTS;

MELTING; POLYSTYRENES; PYROLYSIS; THERMAL INSULATION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

FLAME RESEARCH;

POLYSTYRENE;

ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMBUSTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOAM; HEAT TRANSFER; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INSULATION; LABORATORY METHOD; MELTING; PLATEAU; POLYMER; PYROLYSIS; RADIATION BUDGET; THERMAL CONVECTION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; FIRE; HEAT TRANSFER; PYROLYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

FIRES; HOT TEMPERATURE; POLYSTYRENES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE;

ANHUI; CHINA; HEFEI; LHASA; XIZANG;

EID: 79953783585     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.01.101     Document Type: Article

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