- Author
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Macione, D. P.
- Title
- Temperature Index Profile as a Measure of Flammability.
- Coporate
- Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center, Watertown, MA
- Book or Conf
- Naval Air Systems Command. Composites in Fire Workshop. Volume 2. April 2-4, 1985,
Monterey, CA,
13-13/24 p.,
1985
- Keywords
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flammability
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oxygen index
- Abstract
- Until the year 1966, most of the rapid, uncomplicated, methods of accessing the flammability behavior of polymeric materials employed a burner as the flame source and normal atmosphere as the sample environment. The development of the oxygen index technique and the advent of the temperature index concept added a new dimension to the study of fire resistance. Our investigation of the oxygen-temperature index relationship has shown that the temperature index profile provides a more reliable and complete indication of the flammability behavior of a variety of organic polymers and composites.