Oxygen index: Correlations to other fire tests

Fire and Materials

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 159-167

  Weil, Edward D ^a   Patel, Navin G ^a   Said, M M ^a   Hirschler, Marcelo M ^b   Shakir, Saleem ^c  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Safety Engineering Laboratories Inc ^*  (United States)

^c Geon Vinyl Division—Technical Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; CALORIMETERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; FLAMMABILITY; IGNITION; OXYGEN; POLYMERS; QUALITY CONTROL;

BOTTOM IGNITION; CONE CALORIMETER; LIMITING OXYGEN INDEX (LOI) TEST; SINGLE BASE POLYMER SYSTEM; TOP IGNITION;

FLAME RESEARCH;

EID: 0026929305     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: 10991018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fam.810160402     Document Type: Article

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