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Author
Irvine, D. J. | McCluskey, J. A. | Robinson, I. M.
Title
Fire Hazards and Some Common Polymers. Review Paper.
Coporate
ICI Acrylics, Middlesbrough, UK
Journal
Polymer Degradation and Stability, Vol. 67, No. 3, 383-396, 2000
Keywords
polymers | fire hazards | fire safety | safety engineering | fire growth | escape means | equations | heat flux | ignition time | heat release rate | smoke
Identifiers
pattern of fire growth and evolution of fire hazards; escape criteria and the primary fire hazards; list of tenability criteria; various material parameters used to calculate the time to ignition, the rate of heat release, and the rates of smoke, CO and HCL evolution