Principles of Fire Protection Chemistry and Physics |
Contents
Time Units | 5 |
Atoms | 11 |
Chemical Bonds and Valence | 17 |
Problems | 23 |
Physical and Chemical Change | 25 |
Chemical Change | 32 |
Energetics of Chemical Change | 39 |
References | 45 |
Information About Specific Hazardous Gases | 105 |
FlameSpread Rates Over Liquid Surfaces | 118 |
Cellulosic and Other Natural Materials | 135 |
Metals | 153 |
Toxicity of Fire Products | 167 |
Problems | 180 |
Problems | 193 |
Computer Modeling of Fire | 195 |
Basic Elements of Fluid Behavior | 51 |
Problems | 59 |
Problems | 67 |
References | 75 |
Problems | 82 |
Flammability Limits and Propagation Rates of Premixed Flames | 90 |
Fire Classes | 231 |
Exothermic Materials | 247 |
Glossary | 261 |
Answers to Problems | 275 |
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