On the thermodynamics of aluminum cladding oxidation: water as the catalyst for spontaneous combustion
A recent article (Casey et al. in J Failure Anal Prev 22:1252–1259, 2022) finds a thermodynamic explanation for the catastrophic effect of water as an extinguisher in aluminum-clad tower block fires (Entropy 22: 14, 2020) to be ‘‘unsubstantiated hypotheses’’ and ‘‘suppositions unsupported by data’’....
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| Format: | article |
| Language: | eng |
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2022
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/18387 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:sapientia.ualg.pt:10400.1/18387 |