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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.