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Fire behaviour of upholstered furniture—an experimental study
Author(s) -
Andersson B.,
Magnusson S. E.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
fire and materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.482
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-1018
pISSN - 0308-0501
DOI - 10.1002/fam.810090107
Subject(s) - flammability , smoke , poison control , environmental science , forensic engineering , materials science , engineering , waste management , composite material , medicine , medical emergency
A series of experiments for studies of flammability characteristics of upholstered furniture is presented. The series comprises 53 experiments on a reduced scale and 11 full‐scale experiments in an extensively instrumented room. Results are presented from measurements of rate of heat release and smoke production. The experiments indicate that ignitability can be considerably decreased by careful choice of the upholstery materials.