Ignitability analysis of siding materials using modified protocol for lift apparatus

Fire and Materials

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 115-121

  Dietenberger, Mark A ^a  

^a FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRE RESISTANCE; FLAMMABILITY; MATERIALS TESTING APPARATUS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; THERMAL DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS;

FIRE GROWTH MODELS; LATERAL IGNITION AND FLAME SPREAD TEST (LIFT); SIDING MATERIALS; SURFACE EMISSIVITY; SURFACE IGNITION TEMPERATURE;

FLAMMABILITY TESTING;

EID: 0030145591     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1018(199605)20:3<115::AID-FAM562>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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