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METHODS FOR ASSESSING SPONTANEOUS HEATING AND IGNITION HAZARDS II. THE HEATING OF OILED FIBRE IN A MODIFICATION OF THE MACKEY TESTER

Bowes, P.C., 1953. METHODS FOR ASSESSING SPONTANEOUS HEATING AND IGNITION HAZARDS II. THE HEATING OF OILED FIBRE IN A MODIFICATION OF THE MACKEY TESTER. Fire Research Notes 53


ABSTRACT

It has been shown that there is an optimum rate of air supply for the spontaneous heating of a specimen of oiled fibre through which air is passed at a controlled rate. The tests were carried out in a modification of the Mackey Tester designed far the purpose.



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