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Scant field information and the difficulty of conducting long-term research experiments on the low-level heating of cellulosics until ignition occurs have led to the advancement of an incipient smoldering ignition predictive model.
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Schaffer, E.L. Smoldering initiation in cellulosics under prolonged low-level heating. Fire Technol 16, 22–28 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01857841
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