Assessment of fire performance of typical furniture foams with and without fire retardants using a cone calorimeter

Cellular Polymers

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 73-94

  Chow, W K ^a   Han, S S ^a   Zeng, W R ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

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EID: 77954568108     PISSN: 02624893     EISSN: 14782421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026248931002900201     Document Type: Article

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