- Author
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Einhorn, I. N.
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Birky, M. M.
- Title
- Effects of Fire Retardants on the Nature of Smoke.
- Coporate
- Utah Univ., Salt Lake City
National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Sponsor
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC
- Report
-
Lecture 9,
- Contract
- NSF-GRANT-GI-33650
- Book or Conf
- University of Utah. Flammability of Materials. Polymer Conference Series. July 8-12, 1974,
Salt Lake City, UT,
1-155 p.,
1974
- Keywords
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flammability
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smoke
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fire retardants
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flammability
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flame retardants
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halogens
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plastics
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test methods
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thermal degradation
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optical density
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combustion products
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toxicology
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smoke measurement
- Abstract
- The increased utilization of polymeric materials during the past two decades in major diversified market areas include cellular plastics, reinforced composites, synthetic coatings, elastomers, and synthetic fibers and textiles. An increasing public awareness concerning injury and losses due to fire, has required raw material suppliers, plastic manufacturers, and fabricators to impart a higher degree of fire retardancy to their products than was previously necessary. Three general pathways are available to the plastics industry to meet the present and future demands for improved flammability characteristics of polymeric materials.