Testing of mattress composites in the cone calorimeter

Fire and Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-22

  Fritz, Thomas W ^a   Hunsberger, Peter L ^a  

^a Armstrong World Industries Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETERS; FLAME RESEARCH; FLAMMABILITY TESTING;

CONE CALORIMETERS; MATTRESS COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0030686653     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1018(199701)21:1<17::AID-FAM590>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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