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On the possibility of a thermal explosion initiated by a heterogeneous reaction between H2 and O2 (comments on the paper “initiation of chain and thermal explosions by the reactor surface. criterion for the participation of branching chains in a thermal explosion” by E. N. Aleksandrov, N. M. Kuznetsov, and S. N. Kozlov)

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  1. Institute of Structural Macrokinetics and Material Science Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, 142432, Russia

    V. V. Azatyan & N. M. Rubtsov

  2. Institute of Thermophysics of Extreme States, Joint Institute of High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 125412, Russia

    D. I. Baklanov & I. M. Naboko

  3. Federal State Enterprise, Institute for Fire Protection, Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation, Moscow, 143903, Russia

    I. A. Bolod’yan & Yu. N. Shebeko

  4. Baranov Central Institute of Aviation Motors, Moscow, 111116, Russia

    G. K. Vedeshkin

  5. Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, 142432, Russia

    A. N. Ivanova

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Translated from Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 44, No. 6, pp. 130–134, November–December, 2008.

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Azatyan, V.V., Baklanov, D.I., Bolod’yan, I.A. et al. On the possibility of a thermal explosion initiated by a heterogeneous reaction between H2 and O2 (comments on the paper “initiation of chain and thermal explosions by the reactor surface. criterion for the participation of branching chains in a thermal explosion” by E. N. Aleksandrov, N. M. Kuznetsov, and S. N. Kozlov). Combust Explos Shock Waves 44, 732–736 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10573-008-0110-1

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