%0 Journal Article
%T Low-temperature oxidation characteristics of pipeline wax
%J Journal of fire sciences
%D 1999
%A Jones, J. C.
%A Cook, B.
%V 17
%N 6
%P 477-482
%X Four samples of pipeline wax from a North Sea crude oil pipeline have been examined in a microcalorimeter across a range of temperatures. The samples, which weighed a little under a gram, gave heat-release rates up to about 20 mu W, and the initial temperature history is such that there is a small amount of melting which is manifest as a negative microcalorimeter signal. Estimated activation energies for the oxidation are of the expected order of magnitude, though a little low.  Keywords: Pipeline transportation<p />
%G en
%I SAGE Publishing
%@ 0734-9041
%U http://dx.doi.org/