Burning and dripping behaviors of polymers under the UL94 vertical burning test conditions

Fire and Materials

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 203-215

  Wang, Yong ^a   Zhang, Feng ^a   Chen, Xilei ^a   Jin, Yang ^a   Zhang, Jun ^a  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Burning; Dripping; Mass loss rate; UL94; Upward flame spread

Indexed keywords

CONE CALORIMETER; DRIPPING TIME; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; LARGE SIZES; MAGNITUDE ORDER; MASS DATA; MASS LOSS RATE; POLYMER SPECIMENS; PURE POLYMERS; UPWARD FLAME SPREAD; VERTICAL BURNING TESTS;

DROPS; FLAMMABILITY;

POLYMERS;

EID: 77953155735     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: 10991018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fam.1021     Document Type: Article

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