Sub-micrometre coatings as an infrared mirror: A new route to flame retardancy

Fire and Materials

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 671-677

  Schartel, B ^a   Beck, U ^a   Bahr, H ^a   Hertwig, A ^a   Knoll, U ^a   Weise, M ^a  

^a BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

Author keywords

coating; fire protection; ignition; IR mirror; physical vapour deposition (PVD)

Indexed keywords

FIRE GROWTH; FLAME RETARDANCY; FLAME SPREAD; HEAT ABSORPTION; HEAT RELEASE RATE (HRR); LAYER STACKS; PHYSICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION; PROTECTION LAYERS; THREE-LAYER SYSTEMS; TIME TO IGNITION; YIELDING SURFACE;

COATINGS; FIRE HAZARDS; FIRE PROTECTION; IGNITION; POLYMERS; VAPORS;

MIRRORS;

EID: 84869140233     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: 10991018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fam.1122     Document Type: Article

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