Combustion of Mattresses Exposed to Flaming Ignition Sources. Part 2. Bench-Scale Tests and Recommended Standard Test. Final Report.
Combustion of Mattresses Exposed to Flaming Ignition
Sources. Part 2. Bench-Scale Tests and Recommended
Standard Test. Final Report.
(4222 K)
Babrauskas, V.
NBSIR 80-2186; 82 p. February 1981.
Sponsor:
Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC
Available from:
National Technical Information Service
Order number: PB81-181919
Keywords:
bedding; compartment fires; health care facilities; heat
release rate; hospitals; mattresses; prisons; smoke
production
Abstract:
Ten mattress types were subjected to full-scale fire
tests in the earlier part of this project. Burning
behavior was determined and hazard was assessed by
classifying into performance groups. In the present
study bench-scale test procedures were examined for
suitability for classifying mattress combustion behavior
when exposed to flaming ignition sources. Several tests
were examined, and a test protocol was developed based
on two procedures enable the performance classification,
as established by full-scale tests, to be reproduced by
convenient laboratory tests. Details are given for
conducting the required tests and illustrative
performance of some two dozen samples is recorded.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899