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Front Matter i-viii
Performance of Metallic Foam as a Flame Arrester 6-6
Fire Risk in Dwellings in Multiple Occupation 7-7
A Laser Beam Fire Detection System 8-8
Flame Arresters for Pressure Relief 9-9
Fire-retardant Coatings for Mine Timber the Effect of Coating Thickness 10-10
Thermal Ignition in Two-component Systems Theoretical Model 11-11
The Behaviour of Automatic Fire Detection Systems 12-12
Thermal Explosion in the Sphere and the Hollow Spherical Shell Heated at the Inner Face 13-13
European Fire Alarm Manufactures Association Euralarm 14-15
Burning Velocities of Fluorocarbon-oxygen Mixtures 16-16
Urban Burns-full Scale Field Studies 17-19
Advance Report on Halon 2402 20-20
The Burning Velocity of Methane-air Flames Inhibited by Methyl Bromide 21-22
Investigation of Fire Extinguishing Agents for Supersonic Transport 23-23
Analysis of the Equations for Determination of the Normal Flame Velocity by the Constant-volume Bomb Method 24-24
The Effect of Reactant Consumption on Substantially Sub-critical Sub-heating 25-25
Project Flambeau-an Investigation of Mass Fire 1964-1967 26-34
A Continuing Systematic Program on Tables of Thermophysical Properties of Materials 35-35
Estimation of the Maximum Safe Gap for a Fuel by Various Methods 36-36
Firebrand Field Studies 37-37
Radiative Heat Transfer From a Turbulent Diffusion Buoyant Flame With Mixing Controlled Combustion 38-39
Thermal Degradation of Wood Components a Review of the Literature 40-40
Experimental and Theoretical Studies of the Dehydrochlorination of Pvc in Air and Nitrogen 41-41
A Preliminary Note on the Movement of Smoke in an Enclosed Shopping Mall 42-42
The Flow of Hot Gases Along an Enclosed Shopping Mall a Tentative Theory 43-43
Stratification and Mixing of Fluids of Different Densities 44-45
Theoretical Study of the Mechanical Effects of Water Jets Impinging on a Semi-infinite Elastic Solid 46-46
Origin and Properties of Fire Whirls 47-47
Exeter Chip Pan Safety Campaign Effect on Fire Frequency 48-48
United Kingdom Fire and Loss Statistics 1968 Ministry of Technology and Fire Offices Committee Joint Fire Research Organization 49-49
Gas Explosions in Dwellings 1969 Material Damage and Injuries 50-50
Preliminary Analysis of Fire Reports From Fire Brigades in the United Kingdom 1969 51-51
Fire Deaths in the Second Quarter of 1970 52-52
Large Fires During 1969 53-53
Reference Manual and Summary of Test Fire Fuel Moisture and Weather Observations Made by Canadian Forest Fire Researchers Between 1931 and 1961 54-56
Mathematical Modeling of Fire Defenses-part Ii 57-57
An Analysis of the Los Angeles Fire Department Operations During Watts 58-58
Camp Parks Mass Fires 59-59
Determining the Utility of a New Optical Test Procedure for Measuring Smoke From Various Wood Products 60-60
The Construction and Use of an Apparatus for Determining the Drainage Characteristics of High Expansion Foam 61-61
Foam-its Efficiency in Tank Fires 62-62
Smre Bibliography-safety in Mines Research Establishment England 10 Standard Fire-fighting Orders Introduction To the Fundamentals of Fire Behavior 63-67
Limiting Characteristics of Self-ignition in Methanol and Formaldehyde Mixtures 68-73
Conference Sponsored by Institute for Materials Research National Bureau of Standards Gaithersburg Maryland October 26-29 1970 the Mechanism of Pyrolysis Oxidation and Burning of Organic Materials 74-74
Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute November 5 and 6 1970 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta Georgia 75-76
Fire Control Notes Spring and Summer 1970 U S Forest Service 77-80
Tprc Data Series-plenum Publishing Corporation 81-103

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Fire research abstracts and reviews: Volume 12, 1970 (1970)

Chapter: Thermal Degradation of Wood Components a Review of the Literature

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Fire research abstracts and reviews: Volume 12, 1970 (1970)

Chapter: Thermal Degradation of Wood Components a Review of the Literature