Spontaneous ignition of soils: a multi-step reaction scheme to simulate self-heating ignition of smouldering peat fires - Yuan H, Restuccia F, Rein G, Yuan H, Restuccia F, Rein G.

As organic porous soil, peat is prone to self-heating ignition, a type of spontaneous initiation of fire that can take place at ambient temperatures without an external source. Despite the urgency to tackle peat fires, the understanding of the self-heating...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news