- Author
- Fang, J. B. | Gross, D.
- Title
- Contribution of Interior Finish Matertials to Fire Growth in a Room.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- NBS SP 411
- Distribution
- AVAILABLE FROM Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20401-0003. Telephone: 202-512-1800. Website: http://www.gpo.gov
- Book or Conf
- National Bureau of Standards. Fire Safety Research. Proceedings of a Symposium. August 22, 1973, Gaithersburg, MD, 125-138 p., 1973
- Keywords
- buildings | flame spread | flames | interior finishes | heat release | room fires | smoke | upholstery
- Abstract
- Characteriazation of the fire environment from the burning of the combustible contents of wastebaskets, upholstered furniture and interior finish materials is important for devloping rational tests and establishing design criteria for reduction of fire hazard in buildings. Some experimental results on the burning characteristics of an upholstered chair, contents of waste receptacles and wood crib arrays in a well-ventilated room are presented. A procedure has been developed for evaluating the contribution to fire growth of wall and ceiling panels in a full-scale room corner with a standardized wood crib duplicating the conditions produced by an incidental fire. Results of full-scale and laboratory tests with selected interior finish materials on ease of ignition, surface flammability, flame penetration and smoke and heat generation measurements are presented and compared.