- Author
- denBraven, K.
- Title
- Radiative Ignition of Some Typical Floor Covering Materials. Final Report.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- NBSIR 75-967, December 1975, 20 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- carpets | floor coverings | ignition | ignition time | pilot ignition
- Abstract
- The ignition time for some typical floor coverings was measured at varying incident radiant flux levels. A large radiant panel was used as a heat source, with a non-impinging pilot flame 1.0 cm above the sample as an ignition source. Each material was subjected to flux levels varying from 0.5 - 2.4 W/cm(2). Samples were 5 cm square, mounted horizontally below the radiant panel. A critical flux level, below which ignition did not occur, was determined for each material. No correlation was observed between the ignition time of flooring samples and the time to flashover in full-scale corridor experiments in which the same flooring materials were used.