- Author
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Carey, N.
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Daeid, N. N.
- Title
- Metallic Damage to Electrical Conductors at Fire Scenes.
- Coporate
- London Fire Dept., England
Strathclyde Univ., UK
- Report
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Volume 2,
- Book or Conf
- Interflam 2007. (Interflam '07). International Interflam Conference, 11th Proceedings. Volume 2. September 3-5, 2007,
London, England,
1151-1162 p.,
2007
- Keywords
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fire investigations
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electrical conductors
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damage
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fire investigators
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pattern recognition
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arcing
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copper
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metals
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structures
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electric wire
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compartments
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char
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circuit protection
- Identifiers
- fire pattern analysis; electrical wiring into fully furnished compartments that were burnt for fire investigation training; arc mapping; arcing phenomena; copper metal and its structure; effects of arcing damage to the copper metal; how arcing can assist the fire scene investigator; scene examination method; research in the UK - installing electrical wiring into fire compartments; compartment configurations detailing the number of repeated fires; circuit design for the compartments; circuit protection and data collection; post fire analysis; variations within each category; visible differences of short circuit and 'arcing through char'; Electron Probe Micro Analyzer (EPMA); Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)