- Author
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Beyler, C. L.
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Fay, T.
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Gratkowski, M.
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Campbell, B.
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Hartman, J. R.
- Title
- Ignition Studies of Cerium Nitrate Treated Towels.
- Coporate
- Hughes Associates, Inc., Baltimore, MD
United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
- Journal
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Fire and Materials,
Vol. 30,
No. 3,
223-240,
May/June 2006
- Keywords
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nitrate
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cotton fabrics
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ignition
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self-heating
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oxidizers
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smoldering
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pilot ignition
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equations
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nitric aid
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experiments
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temperature
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tests
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cone calorimeters
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heat flux
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burning rates
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scenarios
- Identifiers
- hot object ignition; ignitability of cotton towel material saturated with an oxidizer solution of 0.5N cerium nitrate in 2N nitric acid; experimentally determined critical temperatures for treated towels; self-heating parameters for a variety of materials; radiative smoldering ignition tests; smoldering ignition times for cerium nitrate treated towels; flaming ignition/burning rate testing; four different ignition scenarios of cerium nitrate soaked towels