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A Theoretical Examination of the Possibility of Spontaneous Combustion of Laundry in Tumble Dryers Part 2: The Role of Reactive Contaminants
- Source :
- Journal of Fire Sciences; September 2001, Vol. 19 Issue: 5 p335-339, 5p
- Publication Year :
- 2001
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Abstract
- Hot spot theory is applied to the contents of a laundry tumble dryer in order to predict how far above the dryer temperature an item previously rendered “hot” by reason of oil or solvent contamination would need to be in order to cause ignition of the dryer contents.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 07349041 and 15308049
- Volume :
- 19
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Fire Sciences
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs47772376
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1106/E7PY-PUDK-77HB-6UYA