- Author
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Ryan, J. V.
- Title
- Some Experience Gained from the Use of Humidity Sensing Elements to Indicate the Drying of Fire Test Specimens.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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NBS 6116
August 12, 1958
6 p.
- Distribution
- AVAILABLE FROM: National Archives, Civilian Records, Room 2800, 8601 Adelphia Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001, Telephone: 301-713-7230
- Keywords
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fire tests; fire endurance
- Abstract
- The presence of water in materials exposed to fire is known to affect their fire endurance performance. Because of this, use has been made of humidity sensing elements as an aid in determining when test specimens have approached moisture equilibrium with the ambient.