Wildfire Knowledge Graph · Heat Transfer
Working definition
Thermal decomposition of a material into gases, vapours, char and other products before or during combustion.
In plain language
Thermal decomposition of a material into gases, vapours, char and other products before or during combustion.
Why it matters
Pyrolysis is useful because it separates one specific part of wildfire behaviour, exposure, operations or evidence from nearby concepts that can otherwise be mixed together.