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Measurement of smoke in fires—a review. I —characteristics of smoke
Author(s) -
Maries K.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
fire and materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.482
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-1018
pISSN - 0308-0501
DOI - 10.1002/fam.810020103
Subject(s) - smoke , principal (computer security) , environmental science , forensic engineering , engineering , computer science , waste management , computer security
The Complexity of the behavior of smoke at fires can lead to great difficulties in obtaining measurements from instruments which are both reliable and correlatable with human observations. The first article in this two‐part review considers the principal characteristics of smoke, the factors which influence its behaviour at fires, the basic theory of light transmission through smoke, and the behaviour of the eye in smoky conditions. This information will be used in the second article to assess the performance and limitations of various types of smoke measuring instruments.