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Heat release and classification of fire retardant wood products
Author(s) -
östman Birgit A.L.,
Tsantaridis Lazarous D.
Publication year - 1995
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.810190603
Subject(s) - fire retardant , poison control , environmental science , forensic engineering , waste management , pulp and paper industry , engineering , composite material , materials science , environmental health , medicine
A comparison is presented of cone calorimeter heat release data between fire retardant treated and untreated wood products. The test results show significant differences between these two groups. The parameters included in the comparison are time to ignition, rate of heat release (peak and average values) and total heat release. The wood‐based products were also tested in different small‐scale national standard fire tests and in the full‐scale room fire test. Fire retardant wood products achieve an improved classification both in present national systems and in possible new systems based on the cone calorimeter and the room fire test.