Use of Calorimetry for Fire Materials Research.
Use of Calorimetry for Fire Materials Research.
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Kashiwagi, T.
DOT/FAA/CT-95/46; AAR-423;
National Institute of Standards and Technology. Fire
Calorimetry. Proceedings. July 27-28, 1995,
Gaithersburg, MD, Hirschler, M. M.; Lyon, R. E.,
Editor(s)(s), 48-49 pp, 1995.
Keywords:
calorimetry; flammability; heat release rate;
calorimeters; heat of combustion
Abstract:
Research to improve the fire performance of materials
requires tools to measure the flammability properties
and validated fire growth models to predict fire
behavior of the materials in specific fire scenarios
using the measured properties as inputs to the models.
One of the key flammability properties is heat release
rate during free-burning or radiatively-assisted
burning. Since the available amount of a new
experimental material is generally quite limited, a
small scale calorimeter, using a small amount of a
sample, is used in fire research. The current
available, small scale calorimeters such as the Cone
Calorimeter are capable of measuring not only
time-dependent heat release rate but also many other
flammability properties. Using such a device, this
presentation will describe unique trends of heat release
rate, specific heat of combustion, and others
flammability properties of polymeric materials as they
vary with the nature of the materials.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899