Sources of variability in fire test data: A case study on poly(aryl ether ether ketone) (PEEK)

Combustion and Flame

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1720-1731

  Oztekin, Ezgi S ^a   Crowley, Sean B ^b   Lyon, Richard E ^b   Stoliarov, Stanislav I ^c   Patel, Parina ^d   Hull, T Richard ^d  

^a Technology and Management International LLC TAMI   (United States)

^b WILLIAM J HUGHES TECHNICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cone calorimetry; Fire safe polymers; Ignition; Poly(aryl ether ether ketone) (PEEK); Thermal decomposition; Variability

Indexed keywords

BENCH-SCALE TEST; CONE CALORIMETRY; FIRE PERFORMANCE; FIRE TESTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; IGNITION TIME; MODEL PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; POLY(ARYL ETHER ETHER KETONE); PYROLYSIS MODELING; SOURCES OF VARIABILITY; SURFACE BUBBLES; THERMAL DECOMPOSITIONS; VARIABILITY; WET AND DRY;

CALORIMETRY; IGNITION; MODELS; PYROLYSIS;

FLAMMABILITY TESTING;

POLYETHERETHERKETONE;

ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMBUSTION; FIRE; FOLLOW UP; MICROSCALE COMBUSTION CALORIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84857359121     PISSN: 00102180     EISSN: 15562921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2011.11.009     Document Type: Article

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