IN the course of a study of the propagation of flame in mixtures of hydrogen with air and with oxygen, a comparison has been made between the limits of inflammability of deuterium and of hydrogen at ...

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ONE of the major defects of most textile fabrics is their inflammability, and as early as 1638 attention was directed to the use of clay and plaster-of-Paris to reduce the fire risk of canvas used in ...