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The process of air or gases being drawn into a fire, plume, or jet? |
Air entrainment |
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The smallest unit of an element that can take part in a chemical reaction? |
Atom |
Nuclear |
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The lowest temperature at which a combustible material ignites in air without a spark or flame? |
Auto-ignition temperature |
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A relatively thin layer of flowing hot gases that develops under a horizontal surface as a result of plume impingement and the flowing gas being forced to move horizontally? |
Ceiling Jet |
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A chemical process of oxidation that occurs at a rate fast enough to produce heat and usually light in the form of either a glow or flames? |
Combustion |
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Combinations of elements |
Compounds |
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Flame spread that is occurring in the same direction as the gas flow from the fire, or in the wind direction? |
Concurrent |
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Heat transfer to another body or within a body by direct contact? |
Conduction |
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Heat transfer by circulation within a medium such as a gas or a liquid? |
Convection |
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Flame spread that is counter to or opposed to the gas flow from the fire? |
Counter flow |
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A flame in which the fuel and air mix or diffuse together at the region of combustion |
Diffusion Flame |
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A reaction or process that absorbs or uses energy? |
Endothermic reaction |
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A property of matter manifested as an ability to perform work, either by moving an object against a force or by transferring heat? |
Energy’s |
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What is A reaction or process that releases energy in the form of heat? |
Exothermic reaction |
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A rapid oxidation process; an exothermic chemical reaction resulting in the evolution of light and heat in varying intensities. |
Fire |
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The detailed study of how chemistry, fire science and the engineering disciplines of fluid mechanics and heat transfer interact to influence fire behavior? |
Fire dynamics |
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What is the lowest temperature at which a volatile combustible substance continues to burn in air after its vapors have been ignited? |
Flash point |
Heating is continued after the flash point has been reached |
