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Author
Lee, T. G.
Title
Technique for Study of Flame Quenching Properties of Salts.
Coporate
National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
Sponsor
Department of the Navy, Washington, DC
Report
NBS 5790
February 14, 1958
12 p.
Distribution
AVAILABLE FROM: National Archives, Civilian Records, Room 2800, 8601 Adelphia Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001, Telephone: 301-713-7230
Keywords
salts; steels; flame extinguishment
Abstract
A 100 mesh stainless steel screen coated with a thin (3 to 5 microns) deposit of crystalline salt, was held horizontally inside a long 48 mm ID pyrex tube to intercept the propagating flame front of a heptane-air mixture. Under certain conditions this interaction resulted in quenching of the flame by the screen.