- Author
- McCarter, R. J.
- Title
- Combustion Inhibition of Cellulose by Powders: Preliminary Data and Hypotheses.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Journal
- Fire and Materials, Vol. 5, No. 2, 66-72, June 1981
- Keywords
- combustion | powders | cellulose
- Identifiers
- inorganic powders
- Abstract
- Small-scale qualitative tests were used to screen 185 inorganic powders for flame and smolder inhibiting effects upon cellulose. Nearly half of the compounds inhibited smoldering.