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Author
Damant, G. H.
Title
Developing an Open-Flame Ignition Standard for Residential Mattresses.
Coporate
Inter-City Testing and Consulting, CA Airport, NJ Galaxy Scientific Corp., Egg Harbor Township, NJ
Book or Conf
Flame Retardants 2002. (Flame Retardants '02). 10th Conference Proceedings. British Plastics Federation and Interscience Communications in collaboration with the Association of Plastics Manufacturers, European Flame Retardant Association and the Fire Retardant Chemicals Association. February 5-6, 2002, Interscience Communications Ltd., London, England, London, England, 171-182 p., 2002
Keywords
flame retardants | mattresses | ignition | flammability | beds (furniture) | fire statistics | hazard analysis
Identifiers
U.S. fires: mattressed and bedding; U.S. mattress and bedding fires: by ignition source; U.S. fire deaths: mattresses and bedding 1980-1996; bedding fires: ignition source percentage; how do open-flame ignited bedding fires occur?; NIST mattress flammability research; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) activities; bed size; bench-scale testing; California