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A small-scale laboratory fire test has been developed to replace costly and air-polluting large-scale field fire tests that are used to evaluate reliability of fire fighting foam formulations.
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Chiesa, P.J., Alger, R.S. Severe laboratory fire test for fire fighting foams. Fire Technol 16, 12–21 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01857840
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