- Author
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Miller, B.
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Martin, J. R.
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Meiser, C. H., Jr.
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Turner, R.
- Title
- Burning Rates of GIRCFF Fabrics Using the TRI Flammability Analyzer. Progress Report No. 3. Amendment No. 1. December 16, 1972-March 15, 1973.
- Coporate
- Textile Research Institute, Princeton, NJ
- Report
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Amendment No. 1; Progress Report No. 3
March 15, 1973
30 p.
- Contract
- 1-35964
- Keywords
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fabrics
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burning rate
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flammability
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autoignition
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moisture content
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flame retardants
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humidity
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cotton fabrics
- Identifiers
- autoignition of heterogeneous systems; multu-layer fabric systems
- Abstract
- Study of the autoignition of single component materials (Progress Reports 13, 14, and 15) has increased our understanding of the ignition phenomenon, justifying extension of this work to heterogeneous systems (Progess Report No. 16, August 21, 1972). To date, this has been limited to two-component systems where the second component may be another polymer or an additive such as a flame retardants. It has been shown that autoignition studies can elucidate the action of flame retardant additives, differentiating those which act upon the decomposition of the polymer (before ignition) from those which are active only after ignition has occurred (Progress Report No. 16). Several types of flame retardants have been investigated, and the data presented here extend the studies to include two commercial flame retardant systems.