Flexible polyurethane foams: Flammability

Journal of Fire Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 343-367

  Lefebvre, Jérôme ^a   Le Bras, Michel ^a   Bastin, Benoît ^b   Paleja, Rakesh ^b   Delobel, René ^c  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b Shell Research and Technology Centre   (Belgium)

^c CREPIM Centre de Recherche et d'Etude sur les Procedes d'Ignifugation des Materiaux   (France)

Author keywords

British standard; Cone calorimeter; Fire retardant additives; Flexible polyurethane foam; Melamine; Phosphate chlorine containing

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETRY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FILLERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; FLAMMABILITY; HALOGENATION; MELAMINE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLYURETHANES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL; CUSHIONING MATERIAL; FLEXIBLE POLYURETHANE FOAMS; FOAM DENSITY;

FLEXIBLE FOAMED PLASTICS;

EID: 0141451966     PISSN: 07349041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734904103035369     Document Type: Article

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