- Author
- Hull, T. R. | Lebek, K. | Pezzani, M. | Messa, S.
- Title
- Comparison of Toxic Product Yields of Burning Cables in Bench and Large-Scale Experiments.
- Coporate
- Bolton Univ., UK L.S. Fire Laboratories, Via Garibaldi 28/A, 22070 Montano Lucino (Como), Italy
- Journal
- Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 43, No. 2, 140-150, February 2008
- Keywords
- cables | toxic products | experiments | FT-IR | toxicity | copolymers | carbon monoxide | carbon dioxide | polyolefins | classifications | LC-50 | mass loss | heat of combustion | equations | hydrogen chloride | smoke yield
- Identifiers
- ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer; steady state tube furnace (SSTF) method; ISO classification of fire stages, based on ISO 19706; furnace conditions corresponding to characteristic stages of burning behaviour used in IEC 60695-7-50; cable identification and description; mass loss of compound for each cable for the two scales of test; effective heat of combustion for NYM cable as a function of equivalence ratio