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Calorimetry

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Heat release rate is the single most important variable in fire hazard assessment [1]. Various test methods for measuring the heat release rate of materials and products under different conditions have therefore been developed. This chapter is dedicated to these test methods. An apparatus used for measuring heat release rate is referred to as a calorimeter and the measurement of heat release rate is called calorimetry.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    For example, air at 20 °C, 1013 mbar and a relative humidity of 50 % contains 1.2 % of water vapor by volume.

  2. 2.

    The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is measured at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii. The average concentration measured in 2010 was 390 ppm. The concentration varies annually by about 3–9 ppm, but the annual average has steadily increased by about 74 ppm since 1958, when the measurements were first recorded.

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Janssens, M. (2016). Calorimetry. In: Hurley, M.J., et al. SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2565-0_27

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