- Author
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Babrauskas, V.
- Title
- Wall Insulation Products: Full-Scale Tests Versus Evaluation From Bench-Scale Toxic Potency Data.
- Coporate
- Fire Science and Technology Inc., Kelso, WA
- Book or Conf
- Interscience Communications Ltd.; National Institute of Standards and Technology; Building Research Establishment; and Society of Fire Protection Engineers; Swedish National Testing and Research Institute. Interflam '96. International Interflam Conference, 7th Proceedings. March 26-28, 1996,
Interscience Communications Ltd., London, England,
Cambridge, England,
Franks, C. A.; Grayson, S., Editors,
257-274 p.,
1996
- Keywords
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fire safety
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tests
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insulation
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walls
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large scale fire tests
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evaluation
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toxicity
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test methods
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cone calorimeters
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gas analysis
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heat release
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fire hazard
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hazard analysis
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burning rate
- Identifiers
- DIN 53436 tube furnace; wall/ceiling insulation products; bench-scale test method; mass loss calculations; heat release and smoke production results; peak concentrations and peak production rates for full-scale tests; values of species production and yields for full-scale tests; main results from cone calorimeter tests; cone calorimeter gas analysis results; results of DIN tube furnace tests; performance ranking based on full-scale test results; relative toxicity, expressed as FED, from various tests; Fractional Effective Dose (FED); comparison of CO yields for the different tests; ratio of FED to several measures of burning rate in the full-scale tests; comparison of toxicity in full-scale and in bench-scale tests