- Author
- O'Neill, T. J. | Punderson, J.
- Title
- Toxicity Tests and Fire Safety.
- Coporate
- E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Co., Inc., Wilmington, DE
- Book or Conf
- QMC Industrial Research Ltd. and Fire Research Station. Smoke and Toxic Gases From Burning Plastics. January 6-7, 1982., London, England, 12/1-12/3 p., 1982
- Keywords
- insulation | tests | flammability | combustibility | safety | spacecraft | wires | polytetrafluoroethylene | toxicity | Apollo spacecraft
- Identifiers
- materials flammability
- Abstract
- Fire safety of fluoropolymer resins, and in particular polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), is discussed. PTFE has been selected as the wire insulation in the Apollo spacecraft's manned capsule.