- Author
- Babushok, V. I. | Tsang, W. | Linteris, G. T. | Reinelt, D.
- Title
- Chemical Limits to Flame Inhibition.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Book or Conf
- Chemical and Physical Processes in Combustion. Fall Technical Meeting, 1996. Combustion Institute/Eastern States Section. December 9-11, 1996, Hilton Head, SC, 265-368 p., 1996
- Keywords
- flame extinguishment | combustion | kinetics | burning velocity
- Abstract
- The action of chemical inhibitors on combustion has been a subject of continuing interest not only from a practical point of view but also in terms of understanding the fundamental chemical and physical processes that are of importance. Research in this area has received a major impetus from the need to seek replacements for currently used fire inhibitors. decreases in flame velocities in the presence of inhibitors are generally considered a measure of the effectiveness of a flame retardant. It has been know for some time and confirmed recently that iron carbonyl in the hundreds of ppm levels, has the same effect as conventional retardants in the percent level. At the levels of concern, the effectiveness of Fe(CO)5 can only arise from chemical effects.