- Author
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Janssens, M.
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Gomez, C.
- Title
- Thornston's Constant Revisited.
- Coporate
- Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX
- Book or Conf
- Fire and Materials 2009. 11th International Conference. Conference Papers. Proceedings. Organised by Interscience Communications Limited. January 26-28, 2009,
Interscience Communications Limited, London, England,
San Francisco, CA,
91-102 p.,
2009
- Keywords
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measurement uncertainities
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oxygen consumption
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calorimetry
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heat release rate
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fire tests
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solid fuels
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liquid fuels
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wood
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equations
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ASTM D 5865
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ASTM D 7309
- Identifiers
- Thornton's Rule; Huggett's data for solid fuels; effect of E on measurement uncertainty; E values tabulated by Babrauskas; E values tabulated byTewarson; carbon-hydrogen atoms in the structure; carbon-hydrogen-oxygen-nitrogen atoms in the structure; carbon-hydrogen-chlorine atoms in the structure; carbon-hydrogen-fluorine atoms in the structure; carbon-hydrogen-oxygen-silicone atoms in the structure; White's data for eight species of wood; calculated E values based on Dietenberger's equations; Oxygen Bomb Calorimeter; Microflow Combustion Calorimeter; use of ASTM D 5865 and ASTM D 7309 to measure E