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Author
Fang, J. B.
Title
Study of Fire Development in a Room. Summary Data Report No. 2.
Coporate
National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
Sponsor
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC Army Natick Labs. MA
Report
NBS 10 475, August 31, 1971, 20 p.
Distribution
AVAILABLE FROM: National Archives, Civilian Records, Room 2800, 8601 Adelphia Road, College, Park, MD 20740-6001, Telephone: 301-713-7230
Contract
NBS-PROJECT-4219403
Keywords
room fires; buildings; combustible materials
Abstract
The potential fire risk or damage to contents or structures in buildings depends upon the intensity and duration of the exposing fire, the environmental temperature and the physical and thermal properties of the exposed combustible material and its distance from the fire.