- Author
- Becker, W. E., Jr. | Clayton, J. W., Jr. | Emmons, H. W. | Fristrom, R. M. | Glassman, I. | Graham, D. L. | McDonald, D. W. | Nadeau, H. G. | Lyons, J. W.
- Title
- Materials Bank Compendium of Fire Property Data.
- Coporate
- Mobay Chemical Co., Pittsburgh, PA Arizona Univ., Tuscon Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA Johns Hopkins Univ., Laurel, MD Princeton Univ., NJ Dow Chemical, Walnut Creek, CA Monsanto Co., St. Louis, MO Upjohn Co., North Haven, CT National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Report
- Compendium, February 1980, 167 p.
- Keywords
- cellular plastics | fire research | asbestos cement board | fire science | quality control
- Abstract
- During 1976, the Products Research Committee (PRC) made available to its Grantees a set of special reference materials of cellular plastics to serve as "bench marks" for comparison of research data. An arrangement was made with the Office of Standard Reference Materials of the National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D. C. to administrate the Materials Bank Program. These materials represented a broad variety of generic-type foam materials which were in the marketplace. They were selected from manufacturers who were willing to document their manufacture and quality control data as well as furnish upon request identical material. The materials in the bank included rigid and flexible foams formulated with and without fire retardants, possessing densities ranging from 2-20 pounds per cubic foot (32.0 - 320 Kg/m₃). Also included were low density polyurethane foams sprayed on asbestos cement board, various types of polystyrene and phenolic foam. The materials are supplied in two sizes, each having a different general material (GM) number and accompanied with a Special Reference Material Report. The purpose of this Compendium is to assemble and report all physical property data received through the PRC-supported work on material bank samples. This task was not easy since in many cases it was difficult to distinguish between truly physical property data and information which was characteristic of a material under a given set of conditions. Much of the assembled information is of the latter type but is considered sufficiently basic and useful to investigators in the field of fire research to be included. [NOTE: Fire Research on Cellular Plastics: The Final Report of the Products Research Committee. April 1980.] Data. February 1980. Products Research Committee.] [SEE ALSO R8001566 - FIRE RESEARCH ON CELLULAR PLASTICS: THE FINAL REPORT OF THE PRODUCTS RESEARCH COMMITTEE.]