- Author
- Kashiwagi, T.
- Title
- Experimental Observation of Radiative Ignition Mechanisms.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Journal
- Combustion and Flame, Vol. 34, 231-244, 1979
- Report
- CIB W14/80/21 (USA); WSS/CI 78-28, 1979, 30 p.
- Book or Conf
- Combustion Institute/Western States Section. Spring Meeting, 1978. In-Situ Combustion Technology, Ignition and General Combustion Topics. April 17-18, 1978, Boulder, CO, 1979
- Keywords
- pilot ignition | polymethyl methacrylate | lasers
- Identifiers
- PMMA
- Abstract
- Radiative ignition experiments were conducted of PMMA and red oak using a CO2 laser with incident flux up to about 20 W/cm(2) under auto-ignition and piloted ignition in air. The laser irradiates vertically perpendicular to the horizontal sample surface.