Construction & Building Trades - Methods & Materials, Fire Science Technology

Handbook of Building Materials for Fire Protection

Name: Handbook of Building Materials for Fire Protection
Author: Charles Harper
ISBN: 9780071388917

by Charles Harper

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Overview

If you are manufacturing, processing, shipping, or storing materials, you need this indispensable resource for minimizing fire hazards -- McGraw Hill's Handbook of Building Materials for Fire Protection. The first book entirely devoted to the coverage of building materials behavior during a fire, the Handbook covers hundreds of commercially available materials, including plastics, metals, and wood products used in building, and chemicals used in chemical processes -- the very materials that allow fire to begin and propagate. Whether you're an architect, a designer, a building or safety inspector, an engineer, a supervisor, or a manager, Handbook of Building Materials for Fire Protection delivers all the information and guidelines you need to make, use, ship, or store materials that provide maximum fire safety for your buildings.

About the Author, Charles Harper

Charles Harper, Editor-in-Chief, was formerly Manager of Materials Engineering and Technologies for Westinghouse Electric Corporation, and is now President of Technology Seminars, an organization devoted to presenting educational seminars to industry on important modern materials technology areas. Mr. Harper is also a series editor for the McGraw-Hill materials science and engineering titles. He is a chemical engineering graduate of The Johns Hopkins University, where he also served as adjunct professor.