- Author
- Parker, W. J.
- Title
- Determination of the Kinetic Parameters and the Heat of Combustion of the Volatiles for Wood.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- NBSIR 88-3753,
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Book or Conf
- U.S./Japan Government Cooperative Program on Natural Resources (UJNR). Fire Research and Safety. 9th Joint Panel Meeting of the UJNR Panel. May 4-8, 1987., Norwood, MA, 1-10 p., 1987
- Keywords
- wood | kinetics | heat of combustion | cellulose | flame spread | fire growth | room fires
- Identifiers
- instrumentation; mass loss rate; various chemical components
- Abstract
- An apparatus for measuring the heat of combustion of the volatiles and the kinetic parameters for the mass loss rate of the various chemical components of wood as a function of their degree of char is described. The results of some of the measurements on cellulose made with this apparatus are presented.