- Author
- Babrauskas, V.
- Title
- New Test Methods for Assessing Smoke, Toxic Products, Corrosive Products, and Heat Release in Fires.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Book or Conf
- Plastics and Rubber Institute AND British Plastics Federation. Flame Retardants 1990. International Conference, 4th. January 17-18, 1990, Elsevier Applied Science, New York, London, England, 20-33 p., 1990
- Keywords
- flame retardants | smoke | toxic products | heat release | test methods | large scale fire tests | oxygen consumption
- Identifiers
- bench scale methods; room fire tests; corrosive products
- Abstract
- The existing inventory of various national tests for determining properties is gradually being supplanted by a new generation of test methods. These methods, unlike the earlier empirically designed ones, have been based on theoretically sound principles. The data from these new test methods are not arbitrary, but are suitable for quantitative fire engineering, and specifically as needed input data to fire models. Several such new methods are discussed in the areas of smoke, toxic products, corrosive products, and heat release.