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Burgess-Wheeler law: a standalone construct

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Fire safety engineering

rule that for paraffin hydrocarbons the product of the lower flammability limit and the heat of combustion is roughly constant.

In fire safety engineering, Burgess-Wheeler law refers to rule that for paraffin hydrocarbons the product of the lower flammability limit and the heat of combustion is roughly constant. This meaning comes from Burgess (1911) in J. Chem. Soc., Trans..[1]

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References

Burgess, M. J., & Wheeler, R. V. (1911). CCXXVIII.: The lower limit of inflammation of mixtures of the paraffin hydrocarbons with air. J. Chem. Soc., Trans., 99(0), 2013-2030. https://doi.org/10.1039/ct9119902013

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