- Author
- Hshieh, F. Y. | 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
- Fire and Materials, Vol. 31, No. 1, 1-11, January/February 2007
- Keywords
- polymers | plastics | impact ignition | high pressure | oxygen environments | test methods | heating | 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