The effect of variation in polymer properties on the rate of burning

Fire and Materials

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 257-271

  Stoliarov, Stanislav I ^a   Safronava, Natallia ^a   Lyon, Richard E ^b  

^a SRA International Inc   (United States)

^b WILLIAM J HUGHES TECHNICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Material flammability; Polymer pyrolysis; Pyrolysis model; Sensitivity analysis; ThermaKin

Indexed keywords

ARRHENIUS; BURNING RATE; CHAR YIELD; DECOMPOSITION REACTION; MASS LOSS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMER PROPERTIES; POLYMER PYROLYSIS; PREEXPONENTIAL FACTOR; PYROLYSIS MODEL; RADIATIVE HEAT; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMERS; PYROLYSIS; REACTION RATES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 70450207979     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: 10991018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fam.1003     Document Type: Article

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