- Author
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Tolocka, M. P.
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Miller, J. H.
- Title
- Measurement of Soot Oxidation in Post Flame Gases.
- Coporate
- George Washington Univ., Washington, DC
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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NISTIR 5499
September 1994
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Book or Conf
- National Institute of Standards and Technology. Annual Conference on Fire Research: BOOK OF ABSTRACTS. October 17-20, 1994,
Gaithersburg, MD,
135-136 p.,
1994
- Keywords
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fire research
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soot
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oxidation
- Abstract
- In fires, the concentrations of soot and carbon monoxide are found to be strongly correlated and a significant fraction of the CO emitted from fires is believed to originate from soot particle oxidation. There have been a number of studies of particle oxidation within flames and in shock tubes, but little work on post-flame oxidation. We recently initiated a study of the transformation of post-flame smoke with an emphasis on the chemical transformation of surface-adsorbed polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons and the subsequent formation of gas phase molecular oxidation products.