Large-scale generation and characterisation of fire effluents

Fire Toxicity

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 461-514

  Blomqvist, P ^a   Simonson mcnamee, M ^a  

^a SP TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fire effluents; Large scale fire tests; Smoke characterisation; Toxic fire gases.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856674759     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9781845698072     Document Type: Chapter

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