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Application of oxygen‐consumption calorimetry to non‐combustibility testing
Author(s) -
Ahonen Antti,
Weckman Henry,
YliPenttilä Martti
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.810090306
Subject(s) - combustibility , calorimetry , oxygen , consumption (sociology) , environmental science , chemistry , combustion , materials science , thermodynamics , organic chemistry , physics , social science , sociology
The feasibility of oxygen‐consumption calorimetry to testing of non‐combustibility of building materials is studied. The reasons for the ambiguities of the traditional test method are qualitatively discussed. The construction of the gas collecting system added to the conventional test apparatus is described and the necessary formulae for calculating the oxygen consumption and the simultaneously measured conventional test variables are compared. The results clearly suggest that oxygen‐consumption calorimetry is a consistent and powerful method for determining the non‐combustibility of building materials.