Laboratory tests for flammability using enhanced oxygen

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 203-217

  Wu, Peter K ^a   Bill, Robert G ^a  

^a FM GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Enhanced oxygen; Fire spread; Flammability; Parallel panel test; Small scale testing

Indexed keywords

FIRES; IGNITION; OXYGEN; POLYMERS;

PARALLEL PANEL TEST;

FLAMMABILITY;

EID: 0037382426     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-7112(02)00083-8     Document Type: Article

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