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NIST Pubs

Gas-Phase Mechanisms of Fire Retardants

Author(s)
Gregory T. Linteris
Fire retardants are added to polymers to increase their ignition time and reduce their heat release rates when burning. They are often described as acting...

A Critical Evaluation of Interlaboratory Data on Total, Elemental, and Isotopic Carbon in the Carbonaceous Particle Reference Material, NIST SRM 1649a

Author(s)
Lloyd A. Currie, Bruce A. Benner Jr, H A. Cachier, R Cary, J C. Chow, David L. Urban, T. I. Eglinton, O Gustafsson, P C. Hartmann, J I. Hedges, J D. Kessler, T Kirchstetter, D Klinedinst, George A. Klouda, J V. Marolf, C A. Masiello, T Novakov, A. Pearson, K M. Prentice, H Puxbaum, J G. Quinn, C. M. Reddy, H Schmid, J F. Slater, Stephen A. Wise, J Watson
A primary purpose of this report is to provide documentation for the new isotopic and chemical particulate carbon data for certified, reference and information...

Initial Model for Fires in the World Trade Center Towers (NISTIR 6879)

Author(s)
Ronald G. Rehm, William M. Pitts, Howard R. Baum, D D. Evans, Kuldeep R. Prasad, Kevin B. McGrattan, Glenn P. Forney
Based on preliminary assumptions and analysis, mathematical models have been used to estimate the behavior of the fires in the twin towers of the World Trade...

Initial Model for Fires in the World Trade Center Towers (NISTIR 6879)

Author(s)
Ronald G. Rehm, William M. Pitts, Howard R. Baum, D D. Evans, Kuldeep R. Prasad, Kevin B. McGrattan, Glenn P. Forney
Based on preliminary assumptions and analysis, mathematical models have been used to estimate the behavior of the fires in the twin towers of the World Trade...

Initial Model for Fires in the World Trade Center Towers

Author(s)
Ronald G. Rehm, William M. Pitts, D D. Evans, Kuldeep R. Prasad, Kevin B. McGrattan, Glenn P. Forney
Mathematical models have been used to provide an initial estimate the behavior of the fires in the twin towers of the World Trade Center (WTC) on September 11...
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