- Author
- Beyler, C. L. | Fay, T. | Gratkowski, M. | Campbell, B. | Hartman, J. R.
- Title
- Ignition Studies of Cerium Nitrate Treated Towels.
- Coporate
- Hughes Associates, Inc., Baltimore, MD United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
- Journal
- Fire and Materials, Vol. 30, No. 3, 223-240, May/June 2006
- Keywords
- nitrate | cotton fabrics | ignition | self-heating | oxidizers | smoldering | pilot ignition | equations | nitric aid | experiments | temperature | tests | cone calorimeters | heat flux | burning rates | 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