- Author
- Babrauskas, V.
- Title
- Charring Rate of Wood As a Tool for Fire Investigations.
- Coporate
- Fire Science and Technology Inc., Issaquah, WA
- Journal
- Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 40, No. 6, 528-554, September 2005
- Keywords
- wood | fire investigations | charring | char patterns | room fires | fire endurance | flashover | floors | arson | test methods | accelerants | heat flux | softwood
- Identifiers
- ignitable liquids; incendiary fires; average charring rates (mm/min) obtained in White's tests for softwoods; average heat fluxes for the first 60 min of exposure in several test furnaces; tests on floors and panels; charring rates in furnace tests run at a constant temperature of 920-1070 °C