- Author
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Bankston, C. P.
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Cassanova, R. A.
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Powell, E. A.
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Zinn, B. T.
- Title
- Review of Smoke Particulate Properties Data for Burning Natural and Synthetic Materials.
- Coporate
- Georgia Inst. of Tech., Atlanta
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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NBS GCR 78-147,
May 1978,
58 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- GRANT-G89003
- Keywords
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smoke
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combustion products
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weight loss
- Abstract
- This report comprises a catalogue of smoke particulate properties data which were taken in the Combustion Products Test Chamber at the Georgia Insitute of Technology through October 1, 1977. Results of smoke tests conducted under a variety of environmental conditions are presented for the following natural and synthetic materials: Douglas fir (wool), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), rigid and flexible polyurethane foams, and polypropylenes. Comparisons are provided which illustrate the effects of material variables, radiant heating rate (nonflaming), type of combustion (flaming vs. nonflaming), ventilation gas composition, and ventilation gas temperature upon smoke properties. The smoke particulate properties which have been tabulated are: fraction of sample weight loss which becomes particulate matter, particle mass median diameter and standard deviation, maximum optical densities at 633 nm and 458 nm, volume-surface mean particle diameter at maximum optical density, and plots of the cumulative particle mass-size distribution.