- Author
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Harkleroad, M. F.
- Title
- Fire Properties Database for Textile Wall Coverings.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Sponsor
- American Textile Manufacturers Institute, Inc., Washington, DC
- Report
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NISTIR 89-4065,
April 1989,
53 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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wall coverings
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textiles
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ignition
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flame spread
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heat release rate
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material properties
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thermoplastics
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char formation
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lateral ignition
- Identifiers
- LIFT (Lateral Ignition and Flame Spread Test)
- Abstract
- A technical basis for linking small scale fire property test data to realistic performance has been initiated by the establishment of a small scale fire property database for some textile wall covering materials. The properties are obtained from experimental small-scale tests of materials in a vertical orientation. They include ignition and flame spread properties based on measurements from the Lateral Ignition and Flame Spread Test (LIFT) apparatus and energy release rate measurements from the Cone Calorimeter. The database includes fire properties for woven, knit and needle punched polyesters, woven cotton/rayon and wool/nylon blends, nylon and polypropylene wall covering materials.