- Author
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Hshieh, F. Y.
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Williams, J. H.
- Title
- Pneumatic Impact Ignition of Selected Polymers in High-Pressure Oxygen Environments.
- Coporate
- NASA Johnson Space Center White Sands Test Facility, Las Cruces, NM
- Journal
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Fire and Materials,
Vol. 31,
No. 1,
1-11,
January/February 2007
- Keywords
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polymers
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plastics
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impact ignition
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high pressure
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oxygen environments
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test methods
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heating
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ignition
- Identifiers
- Teflon (polytetrafluoroethylene); Neoflon (polychlorotrifluoroethylene); PEEK (polyetheretherketone); Zytel 42 (Nylon 6/6); Buna N (nitrile rubber); Viton A (copolymer of vinylidene fluoride and hexafluoropropylene); pneumatic-impact tests were conducted according to NASA-STD-6001 Test 14; ignition probability of polymers at different pneumatic-impact pressures; autoignition temperature (AIT) and activation energy of the ignition of polymers