- Author
- Riccitiello, S. R. | Heising, K. W.
- Title
- Application of Space Program Fire-Retardant Technology to Housing.
- Coporate
- NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
- Sponsor
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC
- Report
- NASA TN D-7370; A-4874, August 1973, 16 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- housing | fire retardant materials | intumescent coating | aerospace industry | fire research | building materials | ignition testing | flammability tests | fire endurance tests | smoke production | toxic gases | scaling
- Identifiers
- heat contribution tests; toxic gas hazard; low density fire retardant foams; method of testing fire retardant materials; advanced aerospace fire retardant materials
- Abstract
- A review of the NASA fire research and developed fire retardant materials is presented. The report presents the NASA materials, their performance in a fire environment and areas where further evaluation is required. The review establishes where advancements in the state of the art have been achieved and points out reasons why these advancements can not be directly applied to the housing industry in the near future.