- Author
- Breden, L. H.
- Title
- Full-Scale Corridor Fire Experiment Using A Glass Fiber Carpet. Final Report.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- NBSIR 75-782, December 1975, 32 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- carpets | corridor tests | fire tests | flammability | glass fibers | weight loss
- Abstract
- A corridor fire experiment was carried out using a glass fiber carpet. It was observed that with a fuel loading of 2.7 pounds per square foot of wood in an adjacent fire room, no propagation of the fire occurred down the corridor. The glass fiber carpet in the burn-room became discolored and there was a significant weight loss of the carpet directly in contact with the fire. The carpet did not produce significant levels of smoke and did not spread the fire into the corridor.