Ignition of combustion modified polyurethane foam

Journal of ASTM International

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Putzeys, Olivier M ^a   Fernandez Pello, A Carlos ^a   Urban, David L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Combustion modified; Fire; Fire retarded; Ignition; Oxygen enriched; Polyurethane foam; Smoldering; Spacecraft; Transition to flaming

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; FLAME RETARDANTS; FLAMMABILITY; HEAT FLUX; IGNITION; POLYURETHANES; SPACECRAFT;

COMBUSTION MODIFIED; FIRE RETARDED; OXYGEN ENRICHED; POLYURETHANE FOAMS; SMOLDERING; TRANSITION TO FLAMING;

FOAMS;

EID: 33746895508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1546962X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/JAI13558     Document Type: Article

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