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Front Matter i-xv
Fundamental Problems of the Free Burning Fire 1-17
The Oxidation of Hydrocarbons Studies of Spontaneous Ignition i Ignition Limits in Small Vessels 18-19
Preventing Ignition of Dust Dispersions by Inerting 20-21
Machining Magnesium a Study of Ignition Factors 22-22
Ignition of Coat Dust Methane Air Mixtures by Hot Turbulent Gas Jets 23-24
Heat of Combustion of the Volatile Pyrolysis Products of Fire-retardant Treated Ponderosa Pine 25-25
Calorific Values of Partially Decomposed Wood Samples 26-26
Boundary Layers With Prescribed Heat Flux Application To Simultaneous Convection and Radiation 27-27
Mechanisms of Fire Spread Research 28-28
The Rate of Heat Release in Some Slow Burning Hydrogen-oxygen Flames 29-29
Hydrogen Bromide Promoted Oxidation in the Gas Phase 30-30
Reactions in Rich Hydrocarbon-oxygen Flames Ii Soot Formation in Acetylene Oxygen Flames at Low Pressure 31-32
A Comparison of the Influence of Heat Losses and Three-dimensional Effects on Flammability Limits 33-33
Mechanism of Combustion of Diethyl Ether Comparative Studies of Diethyl Ether Pentane and Acetaldehyde 34-35
Considerations on the Theoretical Existence of Fundamental Flammability Limits in Gaseous Mixtures 36-36
Large-scale Use of Inert Gas To Extinguish Building Fires 37-39
Extinguishment of Alkali Metal Fires 40-40
Exploratory Analysis of Fire Storms 41-43
Fire Storm Environmental Model 44-45
Radiative Transfer Effects in Natural Convection Above Fires Transparent Approximation Ambient Atmosphere Non Isothermal 46-46
A System for Local Assessment of the Conflagration Potential of Urban Areas 47-47
Fire Behavior Ignition To Flashover 48-48
High Pressure Sampling Conference 49-49
Preliminary Analysis of Fire Reports From Fire Brigades in the United Kingdom 1964 50-50
Preliminary Investigation of Fires Fought With 5 or More Jets 51-52
The Chronic Inhalation Toxicity of Chlorobromomethane 53-53
Moisture in Materials in Relation To Fire Tests Astm Special Technical Publication no 385 Moisture Equilibrium and Migration in Building Materials 54-56
Graphical Techniques for Engineering Computations 57-57
Fire Research 1964 Joint Fire Research Organigation Borcham Wood England 58-58
Directory of Forest Fire Research Projects Forest Fire Research Institute Canada 59-67
Proceedings of the First Second Symposia on Combustion 68-68
Manual of Firemanship a Survey of the Science of Firefighting Home Office London England 69-70
Heterogeneous Combustion Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics 1964 Edited 71-72
Titles of Reports of Interest in Fire Research 73-74
Foreword 75-75
Fire and Wind 76-83
Preventing Static-electricity Fires 84-84
Explosion and Fire Hazards Associated With the Use of Low-temperature Industrial Fluids 85-87
Oily Fibers May Increase Oxygen Tent Fire Hazard 88-93
Preliminary Computer Program for Estimating Primary Ignition Ranges for Nuclear Weapons 94-94
Some Research Pertaining To the Problem of Predicting the Burning Rate of Cellulosic Fuels 95-95
Progress in Heat Transfer Review of Current Literature 96-96
Binary Diffusion and Heat Transfer in Laminar Free Convection Boundary Layers on a Vertical Plate 97-97
Survey of the Equation of State and Transport Properties of Moist Gases 98-98
Diffusion From a Line Source in a Turbulent Boundary Layer Comparison of Theory and Experiment 99-99
Vapor-phase Diffusion Flames in the Combustion of Magnesium and Aluminum i Analytical Developments 100-101
Analysis of a Dilute Diffusion Flame Maintained by Heterogeneous Reaction 102-102
The Merging of Flames From Separate Fuel Beds 103-103
A Brief Review on the Combustion of Boron Hydrides 104-104
Flame Plasmas 105-106
Flame Processes Theoretical and Experimental 107-108
Radical Recombinations in Acetylene Air Flames 109-109
Radiative Transfer Effects in Natural Convection Above Fires Opaque Approximation 110-110
Danger of Explosions in Domectic Back Boilers 111-111
Use of Anti-freeze in Water Extinguishers 112-112
Value of a Timber Fuel Break the Wet Meadow Fire 113-113
Do Wire Fences Stop Ground Fires 114-114
Fighting Forest Fires With Air Tankers 115-116
Combustion Behavior of Small Particles 117-117
The Measurement of Particle Size of Fire-fighting Dry Chemicals 118-118
Comments on the Meteorology of Forest Fire Control and Forest Regeneration in Canada 119-119
Causes and Behavior of a Tornadic Fire-whirlwind 120-120
Research Leading To the Development of a Hydrogen-air Fire and Explosion Detection System for Aerospace Vehicles 121-121
Fire Record of Cities 1964 Reported by Municipal Authorities 122-122
A List of Cities and Towns in Texas With Fire Protection and Fire Record Data State Board of Insurance of Texas 123-123
Impact of New Materials and Construction Systems on Fire Test Technology 124-124
The Ranking of Some Industries in Great Britain in Accordance With Their Relative Fire Hazard 125-126
The Relative Fire Hazard of Different Industries 127-128
Building Boards and Fire 129-129
Foam Generator for Aircraft Fire Control 130-130
Fire and Fire Losses Classified 1964 National Fire Protection Association 131-133
Fire Hazards in Buildings Affected by a Leakage of Domestic Fuel Oil 134-136
Fire Test Methods for Paints 137-137
The Problem of Increasing the Stability of Foams Used in Dust Suppression in Coal Mines 138-138
Corridor Wall Linings Effect on Fire Performance 139-139
The Rate of Temperature Rise in a Compartment Fire 140-140
Fireproofing From the Dead Sea Time Magazine 141-141
Estimating Crown Fuel Weights of Red Pine and Jack Pine 142-142
Theory of Nucleate Pool Boiling 143-143
The Surface Geometry of a Closed Conifer Forest in Relation To Losses of Intercepted Snow 144-144
Proceedings Third Annual Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference Florida State University 145-148
Chemistry in Premixed Flames 149-149
Flame Structure 150-151
Technical Meeting of the Committee on Fire Research Pyrolysis and Cellulose Chemistry 152-152
Office of Civil Defense Fire Research Contractors Meeting 153-154
Current Papers in Physics Institution of Electrical Engineers England 155-155
Foreword 156-156
Molecular Transport Properties for Flame Studies 157-185
Observations of a Fire-generated Vortex 186-190
Ignition-ablation Responses of Cellulosic Materials To High Radiant Heat Loads 191-192
Transient Thermal Response of Enclosures the Integrated Thermal Time Constant 193-193
One-dimensional Numerical Analysis of the Transient Response of Thermal Protection Systems 194-194
Soot Production by Diffusion Flames Part 2 Effect of Various Diluents on the Smoke Point of Laminar Ethylene Diffusion Flames 195-196
The Counter-flow Diffusion Flame in the Forward Scagnation Region of a Porous Cylinder 197-197
Kinetics of Laminar Premixed Methane Oxygen Nitrogen Flames 198-198
Influence of Additives on the Velocity of Laminar Flames 199-199
Flame Research at Ijmuiden 15 Years Past and Prospects 200-200
Carbon in Flames 201-201
Measurement of the Velocity of Turbulent Flame Propagation by the Inverse Cone Method 202-202
Some Observation on the Combustion of N2h4 Droplets 203-203
Flame-retardant Cellulose a New Method of Evaluation 204-204
Mass Fire Characteristics in Large-scale Tests 205-206
Note on the Lateral Displacement of Solid Particles and Gas in Shear Turbulent Flow 207-208
Burning Characteristics of Pulverized Coal 209-209
A Plume Rise Model Compared With Observations on the Rise of Hot Plumes in the Atmosphere 210-211
On the Equation of Atmospheric Diffusion 212-212
The Buoyant Motion Within a Hot Gas Plume in a Horizontal Wind 213-214
An Analysis of the British Columbia Fire Danger Tables for the 1961 Fire Season 215-215
Forest-fire Danger as Related To Airmass in the Ouachita Mountains 216-218
On Cellular Convection and Heat Transfer 219-219
Lightning Damage To Forest Trees in Montana 220-220
Wildland Fire Control With Limited Suppression Forces 221-221
Airborne Infrared Mapping of Forest Fires 222-222
New Radiofrequency Mass Spectrometer Having High Duty Cycle 223-223
Applications of Differential Thermal Analysis and Dynamic Thermogravimetric Analysis in Textile Research 224-224
The Observation of Reed Fires With Weather Radar 225-225
Suspended Translucent Ceilings Effect on Operation of Automatic Sprinklers 226-226
Flame Contact Studies 227-227
Supplemental Analysis Civil Defense Rescue 228-228
Specification of Materials for the Retardation of Evaporation of Water the Spreading of Hexadecanol Monolayers 229-229
Gasdynamics of Combustion 230-230
70th Annual Meeting of the National Fire Protection Association Chicago Illinois May 16-20 1966 231-232

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Fire research abstracts and reviews: Volume 8, No. 1, 1966 (1966)

Chapter: 70th Annual Meeting of the National Fire Protection Association Chicago Illinois May 16-20 1966

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Fire research abstracts and reviews: Volume 8, No. 1, 1966 (1966)

Chapter: 70th Annual Meeting of the National Fire Protection Association Chicago Illinois May 16-20 1966