- Author
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Ryan, J. V.
- Title
- Flammable Fabrics Program 1971. Interim 1971.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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NBS TN 749,
December 1971,
92 p.
- Distribution
- Available from Government Printing Office Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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blankets
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childrens sleepwear
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flammability
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mattresses
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research
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sampling
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standards
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upholstered furniture
- Abstract
- This Annual Report to the Congress, req uired by the Flammable Fabrics Act, covers calendar year 1971. Specific flammability standards outputs were standards for children's sleepwear in sizes 0 through 6x, a proposed standard for mattresses, and a finding of possible need for amendment of the children's sleepwear standard to add sampling plans for the periodic te sting by manufacturers of subject garments and materials. Research included studies, in-house and under contract, on subjects such as the contribution of floor covering systems to fire spread along building corridors and the parameters related to the burning of cotton/polyester blends and of multilayer fabrics. Studies of the feasibility of reducing flammability included the effects of treatments on combustion products and the effects of heavy metal ions on flammability. Test development, in addition to that basic to the standards developments already mentioned, included work on a blanket test, an upholstered furniture test, and on a general apparel test. A series of formal training sessions was initiated to supplement the continuing informal traning, presentations, etc. Extensive cooperation was carried out with HEW, the public, industry, and voluntary standards groups.