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Author
Federal Fire Council
Title
Committee on Research and Technology: A Collection of Ten Papers on the Problems of Fire Risks in Oxygen-Enriched Environments. Research Report Digest No. 1.
Coporate
Federal Fire Council, Washington, DC
Report
Research Report Digest No. 1, February 9, 1968, 9 p.
Distribution
Available from National Technical Information Service
Keywords
oxygen enriched atmospheres | fire risk | explosions | flammability | burning rate | hydrocarbons | hyperbaric chambers
Identifiers
flight vehicle; special atmospheres
Abstract
In view of the recent "Apollo" catastrophe it would be particularly apropos for members of the fire protection profession to be well informed concerning the general effects of combustion under high oxygen conditions. The papers and reports in this collection are not meant to be a complete literature review of the subject but will give the reader some insight as to how the problem has been attacked from many points of view concerning oxygen diluting gases, high and low pressures, types of combustibles, methods of test and some effects on man or animals.