- Author
- Babrauskas, V.
- Title
- Modern Test Methods for Flammability.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- NISTIR 4326, June 1990, 24 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Book or Conf
- Business Communications Co., Inc. (BCC). Recent Advances in Flame Retardancy of Polymeric Materials--Materials, Applications, Industry Developments, Markets. Special Conference. May 15-17, 1990, Stamford, CT, 1-20 p., 1990
- Keywords
- flame retardants | flammability | test methods | room fires | oxygen consumption | heat release | ignition | flame spread | smoke | toxic products
- Identifiers
- corrosive products
- Abstract
- During the last decade, significant improvements have become available in flammability testing. Rationally-based new methods, derived from fundamental engineering principles are replacing the previously used empirical tests. The major emphasis in this development work has been to provide a basic set of bench-scale methods which can be used to predict full-scale product performance. Reference methods for conducting full-scale tests will continue to be needed to handle products or situations where the bench-scale methods are not applicable. The bulk of the testing needs, however, can now be fulfilled by use of bench-scale tests which are not only simple to run, but are known to accurately predict the full-scale performance.