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This work was supported by funding from the Passport Foundation (Veena Singla).

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  1. Fire Science & Technology, Inc., 9000 - 300th Place SE, Issaquah, WA, 98027, USA

    Vytenis Babrauskas

  2. Green Science Policy Institute, P.O. Box 5455, Berkeley, CA, 94705, USA

    Veena Singla & Donald Lucas

  3. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, MS 70-0108B, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA

    Donald Lucas

  4. University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA

    David Rich

  5. Reax Engineering, Inc., 1921 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA, 94704, USA

    David Rich

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Babrauskas, V., Singla, V., Lucas, D. et al. Questions About the Conclusions in Blais and Carpenter 2013. Fire Technol 51, 213–217 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10694-014-0394-5

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