- Author
- Mickelson, R. W.
- Title
- New Test for Evaluating the Smoking Behavior of Materials. July 1, 1972-June 30, 1974.
- Coporate
- Wayne State Univ., Detroit, MI
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Keywords
- smoking | test methods | smoke chamber test | smoke | heat flux | smoke generation | rohm and haas xp2 smoke density test
- Identifiers
- Rohm; Haas XP-2 chamber
- Abstract
- Two methods are generally used for measuring the smoking characteristics of materials: the Rohm and Haas XP-2 chamber and the National Bureau of Standards smoke chamber. Christian has pointed out that neither of these methods provides meaningful information that can be correlated to the smoke evolved in an actual fire. This is not surprising since neither of these methods tests the reaction of a material over the entire range of heat fluxes that might be generated in a fire. Support is requested to expand an investigation on how the smoke generated during the burning of polymers, particularly fire-retarded polymers, is affected when these materials are exposed to different heat fluxes. The duration of the program is two years beginning July 1, 1972, and has a total budget of $73,900. A breakdown of this budget is provided at the end of this proposal.