Effect of insulation melting and dripping on opposed flame spread over laboratory simulated electrical wires - Kobayashi Y, Konno Y, Huang X, Nakaya S, Tsue M, Hashimoto N, Fujita O, Fernandez-Pello C.

In electrical wires with insulations that burn and melt, the dripping of molten insulation can change the wire fire behavior, ignite nearby objects, and enhance the fire spread. Dripping is a result of gravity and depends on the insulation type of the wire...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news