- Author
- Marzetta, L. A.
- Title
- Engineering and Construction Manual for an Instrument to Make Burn Hazard Measurements in Consumer Products.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Sponsor
- Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC
- Report
- NBS TN 816, February 1974, 48 p.
- Distribution
- Available from Government Printing Office Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- manuals | combustion | consumer products | contact temperature | thermesthesiometer | thermometry
- Abstract
- Surface temperature measurement alone is insufficient to estasblish the hazard of human contact with a hot or cold object. A metal surface is more likely to cause thermal injury than a plastic surface at the same temperature. An instrument equipped with a measuring probe has been developed for indicating the tissue temperature that would be experienced if human contact were made with the hot surface in question. The correct value of interface contact temperature can be read for a selected contact time without knowing the composition or temperature of the heated material under test. A detailed set of instructions and drawings for assisting in the construction of the device is included in the manual. Several test procedures are described for use in checking the performance of the measuring probe and instrument.