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Combustion of fog consisting of a hydrogen–air mixture, water vapor, and ultrafine particles of water is studied experimentally. Inflammable fog was generated by sudden expansion of a system “hydrogenair + water vapor”. It is shown that partial condensation of vapor with the formation of microdroplets constricts the flammability limits. Key words: flammability limits, heterogeneous mixtures, rarefaction wave, IR diagnostics.
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Medvedev, S.P., Gel'fand, B.E., Polenov, A.N. et al. Flammability Limits for Hydrogen–Air Mixtures in the Presence of Ultrafine Droplets of Water (Fog). Combustion, Explosion, and Shock Waves 38, 381–386 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016277028276
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