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  2. Slow fire - Wikipedia

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    A slow fire is a term used in library and information science to describe paper embrittlement resulting from acid decay. The term is taken from the title of Terry Sanders 's 1987 film Slow Fires: On the preservation of the human record.

  3. Fireproof banknote - Wikipedia

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    The fire lit in this scenario is categorized as a class B fire (fire from flammable liquids), while the fire from burning paper (banknote) is categorized as class A. [1] The alcohol-water mixture flame can be hard to detect, so sodium chloride can be added to give the flames an orange-yellow color.

  4. Smouldering - Wikipedia

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    Smouldering combustion in glowing embers of barbecue coal briquettes. Smouldering (British English) or smoldering (American English; see spelling differences) is the slow, flameless form of combustion, sustained by the heat evolved when oxygen directly attacks the surface of a condensed-phase fuel. [1]

  5. Tally stick - Wikipedia

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    The resulting fire set the chimney ablaze and then spread until most of the building was destroyed. [9] This event was described by Charles Dickens in an 1855 article on administrative reform. [16] Tally sticks feature in the design of the entrance gates to The National Archives at Kew.

  6. Shulba Sutras - Wikipedia

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    Archaeological evidence of the altar constructions described in the Shulba Sutras is sparse. A large falcon-shaped fire altar (śyenaciti), dating to the second century BCE, was found in the, 1957-59, excavations by G. R. Sharma at Kausambi, [9] but this altar does not conform to the dimensions prescribed by the Shulba Sutras. [3] [10]

  7. Burning Index - Wikipedia

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    Burning Index (BI) is a number used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to describe the potential amount of effort needed to contain a single fire in a particular fuel type within a rating area.

  8. Burn rate (chemistry) - Wikipedia

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    Burn rate (typically expressed in mm/s or in/s) is the sample length over time at a given pressure and temperature. For solid fuel propellant, the most common method of measuring burn rate is the Crawford Type Strand Burning Rate Bomb System [3] (also known as the Crawford Burner or Strand Burner), as described in MIL-STD-286C. [4]

  9. Fire ecology - Wikipedia

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    The Old Fire burning in the San Bernardino Mountains (image taken from the International Space Station). Fire ecology is a scientific discipline concerned with the effects of fire on natural ecosystems. [1]