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FIRE: RAPID CHEMICL REACTION THAT GIVES OFF ENERGY AND PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION THAT ARE VERY DIFFERENT IN COMPOSITION FROM THE FUEL AND OXYGEN THAT COMBINED TO PRODUCE THEM (PG33)
SYSTEM OF MEASUREMENT IN THE UNITED STATES: ENGLISH OR CUSTOMARY SYSTEM (PG34)
SYSTEM FOR MOST OTHER NATIONS AND THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY: INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS OR SI AFTER THE FRENCH SYSTEME INTERNATIONAL (PG34)
BSE UNIT FOR LENGTH IN SI: METER (PG 34)
WEIGHT: MEASUREMENT OF THE GRAVITATIONAL ATTRACTION ON A SPECIFIC MASS (PG 34)
CUSTOMARY SYSTEM UNIT FOR WEIGHT: POUND OR lb (PG 34)
IN SI WEIGHT IS CONSIDERED TO BE A FORCE AND IS MEASURED IN...: NEWTONS (N) (PG 34)
ENERGY: THE CAPACITY TO PERFORM WORK (PG 34)
WORK OCCURS WHEN...: A FORCE IS APPLIED TO AN OBJECT OVER A DISTANCE (PG 34)
WORK IS...: THE TRANSFORMATION OF ENERGY FROM ONE FORM TO ANOTHER (PG 34)
THE SI UNIT FOR WORK: JOULE (J) (PG 34)
THE CUSTOMARY SYSTEM UNIT FOR WORK IS: FOOT-POUND (ft lb) (PG 34)
CHEMICAL: ENERGY RELEASED AS A RESULT OF A CHEMICAL REACTION SUCH AS COMBUSTION (PG 35)
MECHANICAL: ENERGY AND OBJECT IN MOTION POSSESSES SUCH AS A ROCK ROLLING DOWN A HILL (PG 35)
ELECTRICAL: ENERGY DEVELOPED WHEN ELECTRONS FLOW THROUGH A CONDUCTOR (PG 35)
HEAT: ENERGY TRANSFERRED FROM ONE BODY TO ANOTHER WHEN THE TEMPERATURES OF THE BODIES ARE DIFFERENT (PG 36)
LIGHT: VISIBLE RADIATION PRODUCED AT THE ATOMIC LEVEL SUCH AS A FLAME PRODUCED DURING THE COMBUSTION REACTION (PG 35)
NUCLEAR: ENERGY RELEASED WHEN ATOMS ARE SPLIT (FISSION) OR JOINED TOGETHER (FUSION); NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS GENERATE POWER AS A RESULT OF THE FISSION OF URANIUM-235 (PG 35)
KINETIC ENERGY: ENERGY POSSESED BY AN OBJECT THAT CAN BE RELEASED INT THE FUTURE (PG 35)
POWER: AMOUNT OF ENERGY DELIVERED OVER A GIVEN PERIOD OF TIME (PG 35)
UNIT OF POWER IN CUSTOMARY SYSTEM: HORSEPOWER (hp) (PG 35)
UNIT OF POWER IN SI: WATTS (W) (PG 35)
CALORIE: AMOUNT OF HEAT REQUIRED TO RAISE THE TEMPERATURE OF 1 GRAM OF WATER 1 DEGREE CELSIUS (PG 36)
BRITISH THERMAL UNIT: AMOUNT OF HEAT REQUIRED TO RAISE THE TEMPERATURE OF 1 POUND OF WATER 1 DEGREE FAHRENHEIT (PG 36)
MECHANICAL EQUIALENT OF HEAT: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CALORIE AND THE JOULE, WHERE 1 CALORIE EQUALS 4.187 JOULES AND A BTU EQUALS 1,055 JOULES
THE RATE AT WHICH HEAT IS TRANSFERRED IS RELATED TO...: THE DEPERATURE DIFFERENTIAL OF THE BODIES
IN SI, HEAT TRANSFER IS MEASURED IN...: KILOWATTS (kW) (PG 36)
IN THE CUSTOMARY SYSTEM, HEAT TRANSFER IS MEASURED IN...: BTU'S PER SECOND OR BTU/SEC (PG 36)
MECHANISMS OF HEAT TRANSFER: CONDUCTION, CONVECTION, RADIATION
RADIATION: TRANSMISSION OF ENERGY AS AN ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE
CONDUCTION: POINT-TO-POINT TRANSMISSION OF HEAT ENERGY (HEAT CANNOT BE CONDUCTED THOUGH A VACUUM BECAUSE THERE IS NO MEDIUM FOR POINT-TO-POINT CONTACT
HEAT TRANSFER EARLY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALL FIRES IS ALMOST ENTIRELY DUE TO...: CONDUCTION
CONVECTION: TRANSFER OF HEAT ENERGY BY THE MOVEMENT OF HEATED LIQUIDS OR GASES
MATTER: ANYTHING THAT OCCUPIES SPACE AND HAS MASS
AS THE PRESSURE ON THE SURFACE OF A SUBSTANCE DECREASES...: SO DOES THE TEMPERATURE AT WHICH IT BOILS
IF THE PRESSURE ON THE SURFACE OF A SUBSTANCE INCREASES...: SO WILL THE TEMPERATURE IT WILL BOIL
DENSITY: MEASURE OF HOW TIGHTLY THE MOLECULES OF A SOLID SUBSTANCE ARE PACKED TOGETHER
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: RATIO OF THE MASS OF A GIVEN VOLUME OF A LIQUID COMPARED WITH THE MASS OF AN EQUAL VOLUME OF WATER
VAPOR DENSITY: THE DENSITY OF A GAS VAPOR IN RELATION TO AIR
THE LAW OF CONSERVATION OF MASS-ENERGY: MASS AND ENERGY MAY BE CONVERTED FROM ONE TO ANOTHER, BUT THERE IS NEVER ANY NET LOSS OF TOTAL MASS-ENERGY
CHEMICAL CHANGES: SUBSTANCES ARE TRANSFORMED INTO NEW SUBSTANCES WITH DIFFERENT PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
OXIDATION: THE FORMATION OF A CHEMCIAL BOND BETWEEN OXYGEN AND ANOTHER ELEMENT
COMBUSTION: A SELF-SUSTAINING CHEMICAL REACTION YIELDING ENERGY OR PRODUCTS THAT CAUSE FURTHER REACTIOS OF THE SAME KIND
FIRE (AS IT RELATES TO OXIDATION): A RAPID, SELF SUSTAINING OXIDIZATION PROCESS ACCOMPANIED BY THE EVOLUTION OF HEAT AND LIGHT OF VARING INTENSITIES
EXOTHERMIC: REACTIONS THAT GIVE OFF HEAT
ENDOTHERMIC: REACTIONS THAT ABSORB ENERGY AS THEY OCCUR
FIRE TETRAHEDRON: OXYGEN
FUEL
HEAT
SELF-SUSTAINED CHEMICAL REACTION
OXIDIZING AGENTS: THOSE MATERIALS THAT HIELD OXYGEN OR OTHER OXIDIZING GASES DURING THE COURSE OF A CHEMICAL REACTION
COMMON OXIDIZERS: BROMATES
BROMINE
CHLORATES
CHLORINE
FLUORINE
IODINE
NITRATES
NITRIC ACID
NITRITES
PERCHLORATES
PERMAGANATES
PEROXIDES
COMBUSTION IS SUPPORTED AT OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS AS LOW AS...: 14%
OXYGEN ENRICHED: OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS ABOVE 21%
TYPE OF MATERIAL THAT WILL AUTO IGNITE IN OXYGEN ENRICHED ENVIORNMENTS: PETROLEUM-BASED
FUEL: THE MATERIAL OR SUBSTANCE BEING OXIDIZED OR BURNED IN THE COMBUSTION PROCESS
LOWEST % OF O2 THAT WILL SUPPORT COMBUSTION: 14%
TWO KEY FUEL RELATED FACTORS INVOLVED IN THE COMBUSTION PROCESS: THE PHYSICAL STAE OF FUEL AND ITS DISTRIBUTION
PYROLYSIS: CHEMICAL DECOMPOSITION OF A SUBSTANCE THROUGH THE ACTION OF HEAT
SURFACE TO MASS RATIO: SURFACE AREA OF THE FUEL IN PROPORTION TO THE MASS
VAPORIZATION: TRANSFORMATION OF A LIQUID TO ITS VAPOR OR GASEOUS STATE
FLAMMABLE (EXPLOSIVE) RANGE: RANGE OF CONCENTRATIONS OF THE FUEL VAPOR AND AIR
LOWER FLAMMABLE LIMIT: MINIMUM CONCENTRATION OF FUEL VAOR AND AIR THAT SUPPORTS COMBUSTION
CONCENTRATIONS THAT ARE BELOW THE LFL ARE...: TO LEAN
UPOER FLAMMABLE LIMIT: CONCENTRATION ABOVE WHICH COMBUSTION CANNOT TAKE PLACE
ACELYLENE (LFL/UFL): 2.5/100.0
CARBON MONOXIDE (LFL/UFL): 12.5/74.0
ETHYL ALCOHOL (LFL/UFL): 3.3/19.0
FUEL OIL NO 1 (LFL/UFL): 0.7/5.0
GASOLINE (LFL/UFL): 1.4/7.6
HYDROGEN: 4.0/75.0
METHANE (LFL/UFL): 5.0/15.0
PROPANE (LFL/UFL): 2.1/9.5
FUEL LOAD (FIRE LOAD): THE TOTAL AMOUNT (MASS) OF FUEL IN A COMPARTMENT OR SPECIFIC LOCATION MULTIPLIED BY THE HEAT OF COMBUSTION OF THE MATERIALS
CHEMICAL HEAT ENERGY: MOST COMMON SOURCE OF HEAT IN COMBUSTION REACTIONS

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