Influence of decreased sample size on cone calorimeter results

Fire and Materials

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-73

  Lindholm, Johan ^a   Brink, Anders ^a   Hupa, Mikko ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

cone calorimeter; fire testing; heat release rate; polypropylene; polyurethane; sample size; wood

Indexed keywords

CONE CALORIMETER; DOWN-SCALING; EFFECTIVE HEAT OF COMBUSTION; EXTERNAL HEAT FLUX; HEAT RELEASE RATES; POLYPROPYLENE WAX; POLYURETHANE ADHESIVES; SAMPLE HOLDERS; SAMPLE SIZES; STANDARD PROCEDURES; STANDARD SIZE; TWO-COMPONENT;

CALORIMETERS; CALORIMETRY; EXPERIMENTS; FLAMMABILITY TESTING; HEAT FLUX; MATERIALS TESTING; PLYWOOD; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYURETHANES; STANDARDS; THERMOCHEMISTRY; THERMOPLASTICS; WOOD; WOOD PRODUCTS;

SCREENING;

EID: 84856390872     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: 10991018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fam.1087     Document Type: Article

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