- Author
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Babrauskas, V.
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Wetterlund, I.
- Title
- Fire Testing of Furniture in the Cone Calorimeter: The CBUF Test Protocol.
- Coporate
- Swedish National Testing Institute, Boras, Sweden
- Report
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SP REPORT 1994:32
1994
21 p.
- Keywords
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cone calorimeters
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furniture
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fire tests
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small scale fire tests
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heat release
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upholstered furniture
- Identifiers
- Combustion Behavior of Upholstered Furniture (CBUF)
- Abstract
- A new method has been developed for testing upholstered furniture specimens according to ISO 5660 or ASTM E 1354 (Cone Calorimeter) standards. This method provides supplementary instructions for specimen preparation and other aspects of testing upholstered furniture composites which are not covered under the basic ISO 5660/ASTM E 1354 procedures. The new method provides for a significant improvement over the procedures described in the first edition of ASTM E 1471. Provisions are included for testing composites which include protective interliners and those which use loose-filling materials. The method also includes the testing of mattress composited.