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Front Matter i-xviii
Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 1-17
Fireliter-review of 1974 Fire Related Journal Literature 18-98
Fire Technology Education in Sweden 99-108
Probe Measurements in Laminar Combustion Systems 109-144
Variations in Hydrocarbon Gas Concentration During Supertanker Cleaning Operations 145-145
Experimental Appraisal of an American Sprinkler System for the Protection of Goods in High Racked Storages 146-146
Minimizing Serious Fires and Explosions in the Distilling Process 147-147
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Anti-mist Fuel Additives in the Prevention of Vapor Phase Fire and Explosions 148-148
Design Approach To Fire Safety in Buildings 149-149
Flame Deflectors 150-150
Interruption of Explosions by Flame Arresters First Report on the Quenching Ability of Sintered Metals 151-151
Uses and Evaluation of Non-flammable Elastomeric Materials 152-152
Electrostatic Hazards in Tank Filling Operations 153-153
Vulnerability Assessment of Jp-4 and Jp-8 Under Vertical Gunfire Impact Conditions 154-154
Calculating the Admission of Nitrogen To Prevent Explosions When Underground Fires Are Being Sealed Off 155-155
Bibliography on Aircraft Fire Hazards and Safety 156-156
Some Observations on Building Corridor Fires 157-157
High Voltage Equipment for Use in Flammable Atmospheres Safety in Mines Research Establishment 158-158
Fail-safe Earth Fault Detection Device for Battery Supplies 159-159
Evaluation of the Nuclear Fire Threat To Urban Areas 160-160
The Use of Water Cooling for Protection Against Thermal Radiation From a Nuclear Weapon Detonation 161-161
The Influence of Flow Parameters on Minimum Ignition Energy and Quenching Distance 162-162
Effective Heating of Fuel Ahead of Spreading Fire 163-163
Examination of the Conditions for the Self-ignition of Wood Part Ii Critical Conditions and Anisotropy Effect for the Self-ignition of Wood Spheres Compared With Computer Simulation 164-164
An Evaluation of the Relative Fire Hazards of Jet a and Jet B for Commercial Flight 165-165
Criteria of Incipient Combustion in Coal Mines 166-166
Initiation of Weak Coal-dust Explosions in Long Galleries and the Importance of the Time Dependence of the Explosion Pressure 167-167
Thermal Degradation and Spontaneous Ignition of Paper Sheets in Air by Irradiation 168-168
Fire Detection the State of the Art 169-169
The Infrared Radiance and the Optical Detection of Fires and Explosions 170-170
Response Characteristics of Smoke Detectors in the Early Stage of Fire 171-171
Fire Spread Over Paper 172-172
Effective Heating of Fuel Ahead of a Spreading Fire 173-173
Effects of Radiation and Convection on Gas Velocity and Temperature Profiles of Flames Spreading Over Paper 174-174
A Study of Flame Spread Over a Porous Material Under External Radiation Fluxes 175-175
Upward Turbulent Fire Spread and Burning of Fuel Surface 176-176
Fire Spread Over Liquid Fuels Liquid Phase Parameters 177-177
The Destruction of High Expansion Fire-fighting Foam by the Components of Fuel Pyrolysis and Combustion Iii Tests of Full Scale Foam Generators Equipped With Scrubbers 178-178
Flame Structure Studies of Cf3br Inhibited Methane Flames Ii Kinetics and Mechanisms 179-179
Firefighting Effectiveness of Aqueous-film-forming Foam ( Afff ) Agents 180-180
Interruption of Explosions by Flame Arresters First Report on the Quenching Ability of Sintered Metals 181-181
Mechanism of the Inhibition of Combustion of Hydrocarbon Air Mixtures by Finely Dispersed Particles 182-182
A Summary of Experimental Data on the Maximum Experimental Safe Gap 183-183
Theory of Suppression of Explosions by Narrow Gaps 184-184
The Mechanism of Flame Inhibition by Sodium Salts 185-185
Mine Explosion Suppression Method and Apparatus 186-186
Smoke Generation From Building Materials 187-187
Further Studies of the Fire Resistance of Reinforced Concrete Columns 188-188
A Laboratory Fire Test for Foam Liquids 189-189
How Fourteen Coating Systems Affected Smoke Yield From Douglas Fire Plywood 190-190
The Role of Buoyancy Direction and Radiation in Turbulent Diffusion Flames on Surfaces 191-191
Fire Resistance of Solid-core Wood Flush Doors 192-192
Contribution of Interior Finish Materials To Fire Growth in a Room 193-193
Critical Conditions of Self-ignition of a Poly-dispersed Gas Suspension of Solid-fuel Particles 194-194
Characterization of the Mode of Combustion and Smoke Evolution of Organic Materials in Fires Part Ii Analysis of the Change in Particle Size of Polystyrene Smoke Particles Due To Secondary Oxidation 195-195
Commensurability Problems in Fire Endurance Testing 196-196
Gas Velocity and Temperature Profiles of a Diffusion Flame Stabilized in the Stream Over Liquid Fuel 197-197
Effects of Radiation and Convection on Gas Velocity and Temperature Profiles of Flames Spreading Over Paper 198-198
Predictions of Laminar Flame Speeds in Boron-oxygen-nitrogen Dust Clouds 199-199
Fire Endurance of Concrete-protected Steel Columns 200-200
Aerospace Vehicle Hazard Protection Test Program Detectors Materials Fuel Vulnerability 201-201
Studies on the Structure of a Spray Combustion Flame 202-202
Production of Chemi-ions and Formation of Ch and Ch2 Radicals in Methane-oxygen and Ethylene-oxygen Flames 203-203
No2 Emissions From Fluidized Bed Coal Combustors 204-204
An Evaluation of Flame Spread Test Methods for Floor Covering Materials 205-205
Some Aspects of Fire Behavior in Tunnels 206-206
Estimates of the Effect of Flame Size on Radiation From Fires 207-207
The Tranas Fire Tests Field Studies of Heat Radiation From Fires in a Timber Structure 208-210
Characterization of Factors in Estimating Fire Hazard by Furnace Test Based on Patterns in the Modeling of Fire for the Classification of Organic Interior Building Materials Part 1 Checks on the Factors in Estimating Fire Hazard of Several Organic Building Materials 211-211
The Effect of Crib Porosity in Recent Cib Experiments 212-212
The Smoke Emission Properties of Materials Used in Mines 213-213
The Destruction of High Expansion Fire-fighting Foam by the Components of Fuel Pyrolysis and Combustion Iii Tests of Full Scale Foam Generators Equipped With Scrubbers 214-214
The Kinetics of Formation of Chloride Ions in Atmospheric-pressure Flames by Hc1+e-c1+h 215-215
Gas Explosions in Buildings Part iii a Rapid Multichannel Automatic Chromatographic Gas Analysis System 216-217
The Behavior of Nitrogen Species in Fuel Rich Hydrocarbon Flames 218-218
Nitrogen Oxide Formation in Flames the Roles of No2 and Fuel Nitrogen 219-219
Emission of Small Quantities of Gas and Odours in the Spontaneous Combustion of Coal 220-220
The Pyrolysis Products and Thermal Characteristics of Cottonwood and Its Components 221-221
Gas Explosions in Buildings Part V Strain Measurements on the Gas Explosions Chamber 222-222
Rate Constant of the Elementary Reaction of Carbon Monoxide With Hydroxyl Radical 223-223
Measuring Methods for Determining Droplet Size 224-224
Polymer Surface Reflectance Absorptance Characteristics 225-225
Visibility Through Fire Smoke 226-226
Gross Vortex Activities in a Simple Simulated Urban Fire 227-227
Nonluminous Radiation From Hydrocarbon-air Diffusion Flames 228-228
A Physical Description of Coal Mine Explosions 229-229
Toxicologic Aspects of Flammability and Combustion of Polymeric Materials 230-230
A Comparison Between Potential Hazard Reduction From Fabric Flammability Standards Ignition Source Improvement and Public Education 231-231
The Role of Soot in Transport of Hydrogen Chloride From Fires 232-232
Compf a Program for Calculation Post Flashover Fire Temperatures 233-233
Fire in Wildland Management Predicting Changes in Chaparral Flammability 234-234
Fire Incidents Involving Sleepwear Worn by Children Ages 6-12 235-235
Study on the Fire Spread Formula for Forest Fires 236-236
Characterization of Factors in Estimating Fire Hazard by Furnace Test Based on Patterns in the Modelling of Fire for the Classification of Organic Interior Building Materials Part Ii Checks on Factors Concerning the Surface Flame Spread Rate and Smoke Evolution of Organic Building Materials by Small Inclined Type Test Furnace 237-237
Fire Build Up in Reduced Size Enclosures 238-238
A Mobile Field Laboratory for Fires of Opportunity 239-239
An Apparatus Developed To Measure Rate of Heat Release From Building Materials 240-240
Advances in High Speed Photography 241-241
The Response of a Hot-wire Anemometer in Flows of Gas Mixtures 242-242
Gas Explosions in Buildings Part i Experimental Explosion Chamber 243-244
The Effect of Structural Characteristics on Dwelling Fire Statistics 245-246
Directory of Fire Research in the United States 1971-1973 7th 247-247
Fire Problems Program Annual Summary Report 1 July 1973-30 June 1974 Applied Physics Laboratory the Johns Hopkins University Silver Spring Maryland 248-251
Collected Summaries of Fire Research Notes 1973 252-252
Consequences of Lng Spills on Land Battelle Columbus Laboratories 253-253
Fire Protection Abroad Ussr Respiration Training of Firemen 254-256
Bibliography on Aircraft Fire Hazards and Safety 257-257
The Home Fire Project Semi Annual Progress Reports June 1974 and December 1974 Harvard University Cambridge Ma and Factory Mutual Research Corporation Norwood Ma 258-260
Fire Fighting Hydraulics 261-261
Heat Transfer in Fires Thermophysics Social Aspects Economic Impact 262-262
Heat Transfer in Flames 263-264
Problems in Combustion and Extinguishment Collection of Articles 265-265
Flammability News Bulletin 266-266
Symposium on Flammability and Burning Characteristics of Materials and Fuels Central and Western States Sections the Combustion Institute April 21-22 1975 San Antonio Texas Meeting Chairman 267-269
Symposium on Physiological and Toxicological Aspects of Combustion Products Committee on Fire Research National Research Council National Academy of Sciences and the Flammability Research Center University of Utah Salt Lake City Utah March 18-20 1974 270-272
Symposium on Products of Combustion of Plastics Building Materials March 25-26 1973 Research and Development Center Armstrong Cork Company Lancaster Pennsylvania 273-273
Second Seminar and Workshop in the Teaching of Fire Sciences April 27-28 1974 Northern Virginia Community College Annandale Virginia 274-274
National Science Foundation Research Applied To National Needs Conference on Fire Research May 28-29 1974 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta Georgia 275-277
Symposium on Fire Safety Research National Bureau of Standards Gaithersburg Maryland August 22 1973 278-288

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Fire research abstracts and reviews: Volume 16, 1974 (1974)

Chapter: Response Characteristics of Smoke Detectors in the Early Stage of Fire

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Fire research abstracts and reviews: Volume 16, 1974 (1974)

Chapter: Response Characteristics of Smoke Detectors in the Early Stage of Fire