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Reference: Bernard Béland and Denis Saucier, “Fire Damage to Aluminum Wired Receptacles,”Fire Technology, Vol. 22, No. 4, November, 1986, p. 341.

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Beland, B., Saucier, D. Fire damage to aluminum wired receptacles. Fire Technol 22, 341–345 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01038245

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