- Author
-
Holve, D. J.
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Sawyer, R. F.
- Title
- Polymer Flame Retardant Mechanisms.
- Coporate
- California Univ., Berkeley
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
-
NBS GCR 75-40; ME-75-2,
February 1975,
34 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- GRANT-USDC-59003
- Keywords
-
flame retardants
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oxygen index
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oxygen concentration
- Abstract
- An opposed flow diffusion flame technique (Holve and Sawyer, 1974) was used to measure steady state burning rates and extinction velocities for several polymers (with and without added flame retardants) at varying oxygen concentrations in the oxidizing stream.