- Author
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Krasny, J. F.
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Huang, D.
- Title
- Small Flame Ignitability and Flammability Behavior of Upholstered Furniture Materials.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
Shanghai Fire Research Inst., Peoples Republic of China
- Report
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NBSIR 88-3771,
June 1988,
24 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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upholstered furniture
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cone calorimeters
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heat release rate
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ignition
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mattresses
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radiant ignition
- Abstract
- Identical upholstered furniture fabric and padding specimens were exposed to four increasingly severe small flaming ignition sources and to a radiant source. The small ignition sources were partly patterned after the Bunsen burner tests of BS 5852 Part 2. For the radiant source, the Cone Calorimeter was used, and specimens were exposed to irradiances of 10 and 15 kW/m(2). A wide range of ignition properties was found, depending on both the cover fabric and padding. The relationship between Cone Calorimeter and small scale ignition tests was generally as follows: Specimens, which, when exposed in the Cone Calorimeter at l5 kW/m(2) irradiance, reached a heat release rate of 50 kW/m(2) in less than 60 seconds generally were ignited by the two smaller sources used.