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As part of an effort to develop objective smoke detector selection criteria, smoldering smoke and flammable liquid fire tests were performed on photoelectric, multicriteria (ion/heat/photo), and laser-photoelectric smoke detectors. Results showed that, when evaluated at similar sensitivities, the laser-photoelectric and multicriteria detectors had response times close to those of the photoelectric detector.
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Qualey, J.R. Fire Test Comparisons of Smoke Detector Response Times. Fire Technology 36, 89–108 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015498224060
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