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Temperature is the dominating factor in determining the rate and extent of chemical reactions including breakdown of organic compounds and deteriorations of strength and stiffness of structural materials such as steel and concrete. Phase change phenomena including ignition as well as severe loss of strength of materials are often related to specific elevated temperature levels. Temperatures of fire gases are also of crucial importance as they initiate gas movements thereby spread of smoke and toxic fire gases. Fire temperatures vary typically over several hundred degrees. Therefore a number of thermal phenomena need special attention such as phase changes of materials and heat transfer by radiation when calculating temperature of fire-exposed materials.
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Wickström, U. (2016). Introduction. In: Temperature Calculation in Fire Safety Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30172-3_1
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