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This chapter outlines the main chemical and physical characteristics of fire behavior of solid timber such as generation of smoke and toxic products at smoldering and flame burning and selection of timber for safety application based on these characteristics.
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Aseeva, R., Serkov, B., Sivenkov, A. (2014). Generation of Smoke and Toxic Products at Fire of Timber. In: Fire Behavior and Fire Protection in Timber Buildings. Springer Series in Wood Science. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7460-5_7
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