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  1. Book Chapter

    FOUR FORESTS: Southern California’s Fire Rectangle (pp. 45-66)

    STEPHEN J. PYNE
    University of Arizona Press (2016)
    Topics: Forest fires, Fire behavior, Fire breaks, Wildland firefighting, Ignition, Arson, House fires, Ravines, Mountains
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  2. Book Chapter

    THE EMBERS WILL FIND A WAY (pp. 54-62)

    STEPHEN J. PYNE
    University of Arizona Press (2016)
    Topics: Fire behavior, Forest fires, Fire breaks, House fires, Ignition, Flames, Forest service, Forestry research
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  3. Book Chapter

    RHYMES WITH CHIRICAHUA (pp. 67-82)

    STEPHEN J. PYNE
    University of Arizona Press (2016)
    Topics: Forest fires, Fire ecology, Grassland fires, Wildland firefighting, Lightning, Paleoclimatology, Ignition, Climate change, Landscapes
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  4. Book Chapter

    Flash Point: THE IDEOLOGICAL BASES OF ANTI-IMMIGRATION POLITICS (pp. 82-116)

    PAUL M. SNIDERMAN, MICHAEL BANG PETERSEN, RUNE SLOTHUUS, RUNE STUBAGER
    Princeton University Press (2014)
    Topics: Authoritarianism, Political parties, Traditionalism, Economic value, Conservatism, Flash point, Communitarianism, Cultural values, Muslims
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    Book Chapter

    Energy on the Move (pp. 143-150)

    Andrew Morris
    Edition: 1
    UCL Press (2016)
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    Topics: Heat, Energy, Molecules, Glaciers, Tea, Heat transmission, Glacial melting, Combustion temperature, Water flow, Flames
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  6. Journal Article

    A Critical Assessment of Factors Affecting the Flammability of R-1234yf in a Frontal Collision

    Bryan Styles, Jeffrey Santrock, Curtis Vincent, Michael Leffert, Narasimha Putcha
    SAE International Journal of Transportation Safety, Vol. 2, No. 1 (April 2014), pp. 20-45
    Topics: Refrigerants, Ignition, Combustion temperature, Flammability, Surface temperature, Test vehicles, Water vapor, Engines
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  7. Journal Article

    How risk management can prevent future wildfire disasters in the wildland-urban interface

    David E. Calkin, Jack D. Cohen, Mark A. Finney, Matthew P. Thompson
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 111, No. 2 (January 14, 2014), pp. 746-751
    Topics: Fire damage, Forest fires, Ignition, Structural firefighting, House fires, Fire ecology, Fire suppression, Fire behavior
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  8. Book Chapter

    Reflections—Techniques, Potential, and Challenges of Cremations (pp. 235-239)

    Mark R. Schurr
    University of Arizona Press (2014)
    Topics: Cremation, Bones, Archaeology, Combustion temperature, DNA, Experimental replication
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  9. Journal Article

    Safer Science: Flammables: A Hot Safety Issue

    Ken Roy
    The Science Teacher, Vol. 81, No. 8, ANALYZING AND INTERPRETING DATA (November 2014), pp. 72-73
    Topics: Liquids, Steam baths, Solids, Vapors, Aerosols, Chemical hazards, Storage containers, Fumes, Ignition, Aluminum
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  10. Journal Article

    PRODUCTION OF FIRE-RETARDANT SOUND-ABSORBING PANELS FROM SAGO WASTE

    N Zainab, AR Khairul Aidil Azlin, S Nazlina, H Hasnain, S Norhaizat, JX Teng, V Lawai
    Journal of Tropical Forest Science, Vol. 25, No. 4 (October 2013), pp. 510-515
    Topics: Sago, Memory interference, Ignition, Sound transmission, Flames, Absorptivity, Tropical forests, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Processing waste
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  11. Journal Article

    EXPERIMENTAL SEDGE BEDDING FIRES AND THE TAPHONOMIC IMPLICATIONS FOR SIBUDU CAVE, KWAZULU-NATAL

    CHRISTINE SIEVERS
    The South African Archaeological Bulletin, Vol. 68, No. 198 (DECEMBER 2013), pp. 200-210
    Topics: Bedding, Sedges, Ashes, Fires, Surface temperature, Moisture content, Fire damage, Stems, Wind direction, Ignition
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  12. Journal Article

    'The Switch from Hell'

    Art Pine
    ASEE Prism, Vol. 24, No. 3 (NOVEMBER 2014), pp. 24-29
    Topics: Engineering ethics, Ignition, Engineering education, Civil engineering, Design engineering, Automobiles, Ethical instruction, Aerospace engineering, Cobalt, Automotive engineering
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  13. Journal Article

    Vehicle Hot Surface Ignition and Mitigation Measures of R-1234yf Refrigerant for MAC Systems

    Lothar Seybold, Bryan Styles, Ioannis Lazaridis, Hans-Joerg Kneusels
    SAE International Journal of Transportation Safety, Vol. 2, No. 2 (July 2014), pp. 219-239
    Topics: Ignition, Vehicles, Engines, Hot surfaces, Refrigerants, Ignition temperature, Nozzles, Surface temperature, Heat shielding
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  14. Journal Article

    Merging white dwarfs and thermonuclear supernovae

    M. H. van Kerkwijk
    Philosophical Transactions: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Vol. 371, No. 1992, New windows on transients across the Universe (13 June 2013), pp. 1-7
    Topics: Supernovae, White dwarfs, Stellar progenitors, Detonation, Ignition, Cooling, Deflagration, Electron capture, Helium, Temperature scales
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  15. Journal Article

    GNITION FAILED: How America's latest attempt at fusion power fizzled

    Andrew Grant
    Science News, Vol. 183, No. 8 (APRIL 20, 2013), pp. 26-29
    Topics: Ignition, Capsules, Hydrogen, Energy, Helium, Hohlraums, Laser power, Laser beams
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  16. Journal Article

    Initiation and propagation of combustion waves with competitive reactions and water evaporation

    K. J. Hughes, J. Brindley, A. C. McIntosh
    Proceedings: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Vol. 469, No. 2160 (8 December 2013), pp. 1-18
    Topics: Evaporation, Water temperature, Pressure, Water pressure, Thermal decomposition, Flame propagation, Moisture content, Emulsions, Heat, Ignition
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  17. Journal Article

    Crash Test with a Hot Operating Engine and R-1234yf MAC System

    Mathias Poklitar, Lothar Seybold
    SAE International Journal of Transportation Safety, Vol. 2, No. 2 (July 2014), pp. 207-218
    Topics: Engines, Ignition, Vehicles, Automobiles, Refrigerants, Surface temperature, Automobile accidents, Superchargers, Speed
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  18. Journal Article

    The National Ignition Facility: the path to a carbon-free energy future

    Christopher J. Stolz
    Philosophical Transactions: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Vol. 370, No. 1973, Ultra-percision engineering: from physics to manufacturing (28 August 2012), pp. 4115-4129
    Topics: Optics, Laser damage, Ignition, Laser beams, Polishing, Optical materials, Fluence, Laser power, Glass
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  19. Book Chapter

    Safety: The Hindenburg Syndrome, or “Don’t Paint Your Dirigible with Rocket Fuel” (pp. 279-290)

    Peter Hoffmann
    MIT Press (2012)
    Topics: Liquid hydrogen, Hydrogen fuels, Flames, Automobiles, Airships, Gasoline, Garages, Disasters, Ignition
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  20. Journal Article

    Atmospheric and Fuel Moisture Characteristics Associated with Lightning-Attributed Fires

    Andrew J. Dowdy, Graham A. Mills
    Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, Vol. 51, No. 11 (November 2012), pp. 2025-2037
    Topics: Lightning, Fire weather, Ignition, Forest fires, Lightning injuries, Rain, Atmospheric moisture, Fire behavior
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  21. Journal Article

    Carbon Sequestration in the New Jersey Pine Barrens Under Different Scenarios of Fire Management

    Robert M. Scheller, Steve Van Tuyl, Kenneth L. Clark, John Hom, Inga La Puma
    Ecosystems, Vol. 14, No. 6 (September 2011), pp. 987-1004
    Topics: Forest fires, Coniferous forests, Pine barrens, Carbon sequestration, Net ecosystem exchange, Fire management, Forest soils, Forest management, Ignition, Fire ecology
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  22. Journal Article

    Combustion waves in hydraulically resisted systems

    I. Brailovsky, L. Kagan, G. Sivashinsky
    Philosophical Transactions: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Vol. 370, No. 1960, The Physics, chemistry and dynamics of explosions (13 February 2012), pp. 625-646
    Topics: Detonation, Flames, Deflagration, Velocity, Ignition, Hydraulic resistance, Explosives, Spontaneous combustion, Momentum
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  23. Book Chapter

    Delayed Ignition (pp. 145-154)

    MICHAEL KARPIN
    University of Nebraska Press, Potomac Books (2013)
    Topics: Jewish Americans, Peacetime, Conservatism, Muslims, Liberalism, Political extremism, Ignition, Jewish nationalism, Terrorism
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  24. Book Chapter

    Cognition and Reading in Don Quixote (pp. 197-226)

    Barbara Simerka
    Purdue University Press (2013)
    Topics: Cognition, Novels, Protagonists, Ignition, Narrators, Reading, Paradoxes, Emotion, Spotlights
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  25. Journal Article

    Quantification of OH and HO 2 radicals during the low-temperature oxidation of hydrocarbons by Fluorescence Assay by Gas Expansion technique

    Marion Blocquet, Coralie Schoemaecker, Damien Amedro, Olivier Herbinet, Frédérique Battin-Leclerc, Christa Fittschen
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 110, No. 50 (December 10, 2013), pp. 20014-20017
    Topics: Free radicals, Oxidation, Fluorescence, Hydrocarbons, Calibration, Ignition, Quantification, Reactivity, Low temperature
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