- Author
- Babrauskas, V.
- Title
- Cone Calorimeter: A New Tool for Fire Safety Engineering.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Journal
- ASTM Standardization News, Vol. 18, No. 1, 32-35, January 1990
- Keywords
- cone calorimeters | safety engineering | test methods | flammability | heat release rate | oxygen consumption | fire safety
- Abstract
- ASTM is in the final stages of balloting on a new flammability test methods--the cone calorimeter, more formally known as Standard Test Method for Heat and Visible Smoke Release Rates for Materials and Products Using an Oxygen Consumption Calorimeter. The method was developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and makes available in a single test apparatus the majority of measurements that are needed to do a bench-scale characterization of specimens for flammability.