- Author
- Babrauskas, V.
- Title
- Fires Due to Electric Arcing: Can 'Cause' Beads Be Distinguished From 'Victim' Beads by Physical or Chemical Testing?
- Coporate
- Fire Science and Technology Inc., Issaquah, WA
- Distribution
- FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Interscience Communications Limited, West Yard House, Guildford Grove, Greenwich London, SE10 8JT, England. Telephone: +44 (0)20 8692 5050, Fax: +44 (0)20 8692 5155, Email: intercomm@dial.pipex.com, Website: http://www.intercomm.dial.pipex.com
- Book or Conf
- Fire and Materials 2003. 8th International Conference. Conference Papers. Proceedings. Organised by Interscience Communications Limited. January 27-28, 2003, San Francisco, CA, 189-201 p., 2003
- Keywords
- electric arcing | spectroscopy | fire investigations | microscopy | temperature | oxygen concentration
- Identifiers
- proposed methods of distinguishing 'cause' from 'victim' beads; dendritic crystal structure observed by Seki et al in test arc beads; Raman spectroscopy and x-ray microanalysis methods; Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES); Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS); Electron Spectroscopy for chemical Analysis (ESCA)