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Main Title Scientific protocols for fire investigation /
Author Lentini, John J.
Publisher CRC Press,
Year Published 2013
OCLC Number 778273306
ISBN 9781439875988; 1439875987
Subjects Fire investigation
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ELBM  TH9180.L46 2013 AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 12/09/2019
Edition 2nd ed.
Collation xxi, 624 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Notes
"Providing the critical information necessary to conduct an effective fire investigation, this new edition of a best-selling text includes four new cases and new and expanded discussion of power strips and surge suppressors, space heater fires, source identification, and changes in NFP A 921. Integrating historical, theoretical, and practical aspects in a scientific context, specifically chemistry, physics, and fluid dynamics, it explains the latest lab techniques, ethics codes, mathematical prediction, and forensic reports as well as new graphics showing predicted versus measured phenomena"-- 1. Fire and science -- 2. The chemistry and physics of combustion -- 3. Fire dynamics and fire pattern development -- 4. Fire investigation procedures -- 5. Analysis of ignitable liquid residues -- 6. Evaluation of ignition sources -- 7. Thirty fire scene scenarios -- 8. The mythology of arson investigation -- 9. Sources of error in fire investigation -- 10. The professional practice of fire investigation.