Fire Safe Materials Project at NIST.
Fire Safe Materials Project at NIST.
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Kashiwagi, T.; Butler, K. M.; Gilman, J. W.
NISTIR 6588; November 2000.
U.S./Japan Government Cooperative Program on Natural
Resources (UJNR). Fire Research and Safety. 15th Joint
Panel Meeting. Volume 1. Proceedings. March 1-7, 2000,
San Antonio, TX, Bryner, S. L., Editor(s), 71-79 pp,
2000.
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Keywords:
fire safety; fire research; gasification;
thermoplastics; flame retardants; additives; bubbles;
material properties
Abstract:
The results of two studies, which are parts of Fire Safe
Materials Project at the National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST), are presented. One of them is a
study of the effects on gasification rates of the
addition of silica particles to thermoplastics as flame
retardant additives; the other is the development of a
gasification model of thermoplastics including the
growth and transport of bubbles through the molten
polymer that forms on the heated surface.
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