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Type: Journal Article
Author(s): W. C. Gardiner
Publication Date: 1982

'...With the aid of modern laboratory techniques it is possible to detect not only the end products of combustion proccsses but also many substances that appear transiently in the course of burning. As a result fire has come to be understood chemically as an intricate network of molecular events. The practical objective of this work remains what it was for prehistoric man: to learn how to burn the cheapest available fuels as efficiently, intensely and cleanly as possible.'

Citation: Gardiner, W. C., Jr. 1982. The chemistry of flames. Scientific American, p. 110-124.

Cataloging Information

Topics:
Emissions and Smoke    Fire Behavior    Fuels    Models
Regions:
Alaska    California    Eastern    Great Basin    Hawaii    Northern Rockies    Northwest    Rocky Mountain    Southern    Southwest    National
Keywords:
  • aerosols
  • carbon dioxide
  • chemistry
  • combustion
  • fuel management
  • fuel types
  • gases
  • heat
  • hydrocarbons
  • laboratory fires
  • pollution
  • soot
  • temperature
Tall Timbers Record Number: 9290 • Location Status: In-file • Call Number: Fire File DDW • Abstract Status: Okay, Fair use, Reproduced by permission
Record Last Modified:
Record Maintained By: FRAMES Staff (https://www.frames.gov/contact)
FRAMES Record Number: 35000

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