- Author
- Tewarson, A.
- Title
- Fire Properties of Materials for Model-Based Assessments for Hazards and Protection.
- Coporate
- Factory Mutual Research Corp., Norwood, MA
- Report
- Chapter 30; ACS Symposium Series 599,
- Book or Conf
- American Chemical Society. Fire and Polymers II: Materials and Tests for Hazard Prevention. National Meeting, 208th. ACS Symposium Series 599. August 21-26, 1994, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, Washington, DC, Nelson, G. L., Editors, 450-497 p., 1995
- Keywords
- fire retardants | flame retardants | hazard assessment | ignition | combustion | fire spread | flame extinguishment | heat release rate | flammability | cone calorimeters | heat flux | test methods | mass loss | corrosion
- Identifiers
- Critical Heat Flux (CHF); Thermal Response Parameter (TRP); surface reradiation loss; heats of gasification; Corrosion Index (CI); Flame Extinction Index; Fire Propagation Index (FPI); Ohio State University (OSU) Heat Release Apparatus, designed by the Ohio State University; Flammability Apparatus, designed by the Factory Mutual Research Corporation (FMRC); Cone Calorimeter, designed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology; Ignition Test Method; Combustion Test Method (non-flaming: pyrolysis/ smoldering and flaming); Fire Propagation Test Method; Flame Extinction Test Method