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Author
Gagnon, B. | Dembsey, N. A. | Keltner, N.
Title
Preliminary Results From New Methods for Evaluation of Fire Fighting Clothing.
Coporate
Rolf Jensen and Associates, Inc., Walnut Creek, CA Worcester Polytechnic Inst., MA Ktech Corp., Albuquerque, NM
Book or Conf
Fire and Materials 2001. 7th International Conference and Exhibition. Proceedings. Interscience Communications Limited. January 22-24, 2001, San Antonio, TX, 327-338 p., 2001
Keywords
protective clothing | fire fighters | evaluation | fire fighting | heat flux | burning time | test methods | sensors | thermal properties | clothing | skin burns (human)
Identifiers
Thermal Properties Test Fixture (TPTF); Radiant Protective Performance (RPP); heat flux versus burn time: measured data summary; dry material thermal property evaluation; dry ensemble thermal properties; time to second degree burn for macor skin simulant RPP tests (21 kW/m2 exposure); copper calorimeter versus macor skin simulant time