Pilot-Scale Burns (IMAGE)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Pilot-Scale Burns

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Pilot-scale burns of 100 kg piles of Chamise indicating that piles treated with viscoelastic fire retardant fluids weathered extensively and exposed to the environment burn slower than untreated piles. The images were taken 1 min after ignition. 

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Image courtesy of Jesse D. Acosta.

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