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Re: Oil Type Residue
Posted by:
dcarpenter (IP Logged)
Date: June 21, 2007 08:27AM
Just to be clear, the oily residue from polyurethane foam is not the result of burning of the material. You tend to see it when it is exposured to a relatively hot environment where flaming combustion is suppressed due to a signficant reduction in the oxygen concentration.
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