Pilot-Scale Burns (IMAGE)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Pilot-Scale Burns

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Pilot-scale burns of 100 square-foot plots of standing grass indicating that plots treated with viscoelastic fire retardant fluids weathered extensively and exposed to the environment do not burn, while untreated plots burn within 1 min. The images were taken 1 min after ignition.�

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Image courtesy of Jesse D. Acosta.

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