- Author
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Grand, A. F.
- Title
- Report on a Study to Utilize the ICAL Apparatus for the Determination of the Effectiveness of Fire Resistant Durable Agents.
- Coporate
- Omega Point Laboratories, Elmendorf, TX
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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NIST GCR 99-774; OPL Project Number 15933-103926,
May 1999,
59 p.
- Contract
- NIST-GRANT-60NANB8D0091
- Keywords
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calorimeters
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fire extinguishing agents
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fire suppression
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fire tests
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flame retardants
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heat flux
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water
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wood
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siding
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housing
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wildland fires
- Identifiers
- Intermediate Scale Heat Release Calorimeter 9ICAL)
- Abstract
- A test protocol based on the Intermediate Scale Heat Release Calorimeter (ICAL) was developed to evaluate the potential fire retardant effects of water-based durable agents applied to wood siding. The protocol includes exposure of one meter square specimens of wood siding to one or more constant heat fluxes consistent with those from wildland fires. Specimens both untreated and treated with a fire-retarding gel were evaluated. Time delay to ignition of the treated specimen was the primary measured property, while mass changes prior to and during the fire exposure also were recorded.