Combustion, flames, and explosions of gases /

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Author / Creator:Lewis, Bernard, 1899-1993
Edition:3rd ed.
Imprint:Orlando : Academic Press, 1987.
Description:xxiv, 739 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/806919
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Other authors / contributors:Von Elbe, Guenther, 1903-1988
ISBN:0124467512 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographies and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • Chemistry and Kinetics of the Reactions between Gaseous Fuel and Oxidants
  • Theoretical Foundations
  • The Reaction between Hydrogen and Oxygen
  • The Reaction between Carbon Monoxide and Oxygen
  • The Reaction between Hydrocarbons and Oxygen
  • Flame Propagation
  • Combustion Waves in Laminar Flow
  • Combustion Waves in Turbulent Flow
  • Air Entrainment and Burning of Jets and Fuel Gases
  • Detonation Waves in Gases
  • Emission Spectra, Ionization, and Electric Field Effects in Flames
  • Methods of Flame Photography and Pressure Recording
  • State of the Burned Gas Temperature, Pressure, and Volume of the Burned Gas
  • Temperature and Radiation of the Burned Gas
  • Technical Combustion Processes Industrial Heating
  • Internal Combustion Engines
  • Appendixes
  • Data for Thermochemical Calculations
  • Reaction Rate Coefficients
  • Limits of Flammability
  • Flame Temperatures