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Flame and Explosion of Gases and Vapours

Explosions, Detonations, Flammability and Ignition

Part 1: Selected Analytical Studies on Explosions, Detonations, Flammability Limits, and Ignition of Gases, and on Heterogeneous Burning. By Prof. S. S. Penner. Part 2: Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Flammability, Ignitibility and Explosion Prevention. By B. P. Mullins. (AGARDograph No. 31.) Pp. xi + 287. (London and New York: Pergamon Press, 1959. Published for and on behalf of Advisory Group for Aeronautical Research and Development, North Atlantic Treaty Organization.) 70s. net.

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COWARD, H. Flame and Explosion of Gases and Vapours. Nature 186, 666–667 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/186666b0

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