- Author
- Shivadev, U. K. | Emmons, H. W.
- Title
- Thermal Degradation and Spontaneous Ignition of Paper Sheets in Air by Irradiation.
- Coporate
- California Univ., La Jolla Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA
- Journal
- Combustion and Flame, Vol. 22, 223-236, 1974
- Sponsor
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC
- Report
- Home Fire Proj. Tech. Rpt. 10,
- Contract
- GI-30957
- Keywords
- paper | thermal degradation | spontaneous ignition | irradiation | cellulosic materials | kinetics | heat transfer | mass transfer | ignition | high temperature | low temperature
- Abstract
- The temperature and surface-density histories of a radiantly heated thermally thin filter-paper sheet held freely in air were measured in order to study the dynamics of the ignition of paper.