Thermal induced pyrolysis and the following flaming ignition of solid combustible play
crucial roles in determining the occurrence of fire and the subsequent flame spread. This …

This new edition of a bestseller incorporates recent developments and advances in
thermoplastics with regard to materials development, processing, properties, and …

Over the past years, pyrolysis models have moved from thermal models to comprehensive
models with great flexibility including multi-step decomposition reactions. However, the …

Endothermically decomposing mineral fillers, such as aluminium or magnesium hydroxide,
magnesium carbonate, or mixed magnesium/calcium carbonates and hydroxides, such as …

This chapter will describe how heating of a solid fuel leads to flaming ignition. The
discussion will be centred on flaming ignition of solid fuels but will not address smouldering …

Most of unwanted fires are fuelled by polymeric materials, ranging from natural polymers
found in wood, cotton or wool, to synthetic polymers (“plastics”) derived from crude oil …

A quantitative understanding of the processes that take place in the condensed phase of a
burning material is critical for prediction of ignition and growth of fires. In the current study, a …

A new experiment has been designed within the framework of a standard cone calorimeter
to enable inert atmosphere, radiation-driven gasification of coupon-sized solid samples …

Engineered wood products (EWPs) are a group of materials having a very similar chemical
composition but having different and non-uniform thermo-physical properties throughout …

Quantitative understanding of the processes that take place inside a burning material is
critical for the prediction of ignition and growth of fires. To improve this understanding and …