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Controlling mine fires with high-expansion foam

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5388447
Report summarizes results of tests conducted since 1958 at Experimental Coal Mine of the practicability of the foam-plug technique for controlling coalmine fires under American mining conditions. It suggests procedures for applying the methods to fire control in mines.
Research Organization:
Bureau of Mines, Washington, D.C. (USA)
OSTI ID:
5388447
Report Number(s):
BM-RI-5632
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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