- Author
- Emanuelsson, V. | Simonson, M. | Gevert, T.
- Title
- Effect of Accelerated Ageing of Building Wires.
- Coporate
- 1University College of Bor°as, Bor°as SE-501 90, Sweden SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden, P.O. Box 857, Bor°as SE-501 15, Sweden
- Journal
- Fire and Materials, Vol. 31, No. 5, 311-326, August/September 2007
- Keywords
- wires | electrical cables | polyvinyl chloride | cone calorimeters | ageing | fire behavior | plasticizers | insulation | bedding | specifications | experiments | heat release rate | fire tests | polyolefin | FT-IR | mass loss | cables
- Identifiers
- ageing procedure; non-halogenated polyolefin-based material, called Casico; pressure programs used when mixing cable parts; summary of the fire test results from new PVC and polyolefin cables and samples; cone calorimeter testing of plaques; investigation of PVC plasticizer; concentration of plasticizer for new and aged PVC cable material; mass loss of the two cables during ageing; change in fire behaviour at 35kW/m2 due to ageing