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Author
Audouin, L. | Torero, J. L. | Mangs, O. | Rigollet, L.
Title
Example of the Use of Standard Flammability Criteria for Performance Analysis of Materials: Polycarbonate and PMMA.
Coporate
Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire/DPAM, Saint Paul lez Durance, France Edinburgh Univ., Scotland Brandskyddslaget, Stockholm, Sweden
Book or Conf
Fire Safety Science. Proceedings. Eighth (8th) International Symposium. International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS). September 18-23, 2005, Intl. Assoc. for Fire Safety Science, Boston, MA, Beijing, China, Gottuk, D. T.; Lattimer, B. Y., Editors, 493-504 p., 2005
Keywords
fire research | fire safety | fire science | flame spread | polycarbonates | polymethyl methacrylate | flammability | ignition | fire models | lateral ignition | ignition testing | flame spread tests | equations | oxygen consumption | ASTM E 1321 | ASTM E 1354 | test methods | Lexan® | heat release rate | pilot ignition | fire tests
Identifiers
material flammability; physical observation and detailed analysis in the interpretation of test data; lateral ignition and flame spread test (ASTME- 1321); oxygen consumption calorimeter (ASTM-E-1354); energy release rate; fire properties for Lexan obtained using the methodology; ignition temperatures and thermal heating properties for Lexan and other materials; fire properties for Lexan estimated for the medium-scale tests