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IGNITION OF DUST LAYERS ON HOT SURFACES

Bowes, P.C., Harris, M.D. and Townshend, S.E., 1959. IGNITION OF DUST LAYERS ON HOT SURFACES. Fire Research Notes 374


ABSTRACT

The minimum temperatures for ignition of beech sawdust layers on a hot surface have been determined for range of depths, densities, and particle sizes of the dust. The results have been correlated by a thermal ignition theory.



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