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PREFACE

The previous edition of Chapter 14, "Combustion," was prepared in 1964. The Technical Data Committee decided that material containing accurate heats of combustion for pure hydrocarbons and associated compounds should be included, together with improved methods for estimating heats of combustion of petroleum fractions, refinery gases, and liquid fuels that would also be applicable to synthetic fuels. Methods for estimating coal heats of combustion were also desirable.

Work on this revised chapter was carried out in 1981 and 1982. Evaluations are documented in detail in Documentation Report 14-83, available from University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Miriam Maslanik and John Lobo, Research Assistants in Chemical Engineering, carried out the work under the direction of Drs. T. E. Daubert and R. P. Danner. Dr. C. C. Williams III, Shell Oil Company, was the chapter coordinator for the committee.