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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Main Author: Maguire, John F. (author)
Other Authors: Woodcock, Leslie (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2022
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/18387
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:sapientia.ualg.pt:10400.1/18387