- Author
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Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc.
- Title
- Fire Study of Rigid Cellular Plastic Materials for Insulated Wall and Roof/Ceiling Constructions: Non-Residential. Final Report.
- Coporate
- Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc., New York
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg,MD
- Report
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PRC-RP-75-1-28
October 1978
55 p.
- Keywords
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cellular plastics
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cellular materials
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walls
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roofs
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ceilings
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construction
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fire tests
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combustibility
- Abstract
- The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. (SPI) through its Cellular Plastics Division Combustibility Committee in 1965 proposed a multi-phase program which was designed to define the magnitude of the cellular plastics combustibility problem. It was recognized then that those cellular materials comprised essentially of polyurethane, polystyrene and polyisocyanurate foams could, under some circumstances, constitute a fire hazard. Definitive information and adequate test procedures to predict large scale combustibility performance were judged to be lacking because a number of fires involving these materials had been reported. Furthermore, with the use of cellular plastics increasing each year, the need to determine this vital information became evident.