- Author
- Babrauskas, V. | Harris, R. H., Jr. | Gann, R. G. | Levin, B. C. | Lee, B. T. | Peacock, R. D. | Paabo, M. | Twilley, W. | Yoklavich, M. F. | Clark, H. M.
- Title
- Comparative Fire Hazards of Fire-Retardant Treated and Non-Retarded Products.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Book or Conf
- Society of Plastics Engineers and Fire Retardant Chemicals Association. Dynamics of Current Developments in Fire Safety of Polymers--New Products--Compounding--Research Test Developments--Hazard Assessment. Joint Meeting. March 20-23, 1988, Fire Retardant Chemical Assoc., Lancaster, PA, Grenelefe, FL, 169-172 p., 1988
- Keywords
- flame retardants | plastics | fire hazards | fire tests
- Abstract
- Fire retardants are most frequently added to plastics in order to reduce their burning rate. Historically, this has meant increasing a material's resistance to a variety of Bunsen burner type exposures. These simple, visual tests have resulted in the modification of many of the most obviously flammable materials, and an accordant increase in fire safety.