Cone calorimeter evaluation of two flame retardant cotton fabrics

Fire and Materials

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 46-57

  White, Robert H ^a   Nam, Sunghyun ^b   Parikh, Dharnidhar V ^b  

^a FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

16 CFR 1633; cone calorimeter; diammonium phosphate; fire barrier; fire blocker; flame retardant; gray cotton fabric

Indexed keywords

16 CFR 1633; CONE CALORIMETER; DIAMMONIUM PHOSPHATES; DIMETHYLOLDIHYDROXYETHYLENEUREA; FLAMMABILITY PROPERTIES; IGNITION TIME; LESS FLAMMABLE; LOW COSTS; NEEDLE-PUNCHED NONWOVEN; RESEARCH CENTER; SMOKE PRODUCTION; TRACE AMOUNTS; UNTREATED CONTROL;

COTTON; COTTON FABRICS; EMULSIFICATION; HEAT FLUX; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; POLYPROPYLENES; THERMOPLASTICS; UREA;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

EID: 84872077939     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: 10991018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fam.2111     Document Type: Article

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