- Author
- Comeford, J. J. | Birky, M.
- Title
- Method for the Measurement of Smoke and HCl Evolution from Poly(Vinyl Chloride).
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Journal
- Fire Technology, Vol. 8, No. 2, 85-90, May 1972
- Keywords
- polyvinyl chloride | smoke | hydrochloric acid
- Abstract
- As poly(vinyl chloride) becomes more popular as a building material and electrical insulation, it becomes more important to life safety to determine its smoke and hydrogen chloride evolution characteristics during pyrolysis. The authors have devised a method of measuring the two simultaneously.