A thermal theory for estimating the flammability limits of a mixture

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 558-567

  Ma, Tingguang ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flammability limits; Flammable mixture; Le Chateliers rule; Thermal balance

Indexed keywords

MIXTURES; QUENCHING;

FLAMMABILITY LIMITS; FLAMMABLE MIXTURES; FUEL-OXYGEN; HAZARDS ANALYSIS; INCREASED FLEXIBILITY; LE CHATELIER RULE; SIMPLE++; THERMAL BALANCE; THERMAL THEORY;

FLAMMABILITY;

EID: 80053972021     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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