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Author
Gross, D. | Lee, T. G. | Loftus, J. J.
Title
Smoke Produced by Burning Aircraft Finish Materials.
Coporate
National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
Sponsor
Federal Aviation Agency, Washington, DC
Report
NBS 9067, March 16, 1966, 28 p.
Distribution
AVAILABLE FROM: National Archives, Civilian Records, Room 2800, 8601 Adelphia Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001, Telephone: 301-713-7230
Contract
NBS-PROJECT-421.01-11-4212427 NBS-PROJECT-421.02-11-4215627
Keywords
finishes (fabrics); aircraft fires
Abstract
Smoke measurements and an indication of the concentrations of some toxic decomposition products resulting from open flaming and smouldering combustion of 15 aircraft finish materials are reported. Charts and tables are included to facilitate estimating approximate smoke and gas concentrations which might exist in aircraft during an assumed fire exposure.