- Author
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Damant, G. H.
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McCormack, J. A.
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Claire, B.
- Title
- Tests of Smoldering Ignition of Chairs and Reduced-Scale Mock-Ups by Various Cigarettes. Volume 7. Technical Study Group Cigarette Safety Act of 1984.
- Coporate
- Bureau of Home Furnishings, North Highlands, CA
Technical Study Group Cigarette Safety Act of 1984
- Report
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Volume 7
October 1987
79 p.
- Keywords
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cigarettes
- Identifiers
- consumer products
- Abstract
- In accordance with the provisions of the Cigarette Safety Act of 1984, the State of California, Bureau of Home Furnishings conducted a study to determine the level of correlation between cigarette smoldering tests on finished articles of upholstered furniture and on small scale mock-ups constructed from the fabrics and substrates in the furniture. A total of 100 upholstered chairs, randomly sampled from the California retail market, were tested to the State of California's cigarette ignition resistance standard. Technical Bulletin Number 116, 496 cigarette tests were performed at various locations on the chairs, including 287 flat seat locations, 66 seat/back crevices and 66 seat/arm crevices. Tests resulting in obvious ignitions were noted and extinguished. Up to four cigarette tests were performed at any one type of chair location.