Data for Fire Hazard Assessment of Selected Non-halogenated and Halogenated Fire Retardants: Report of Test FR 3983

Download or read book Data for Fire Hazard Assessment of Selected Non-halogenated and Halogenated Fire Retardants: Report of Test FR 3983 written by Vytenis Babrauskas and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five plastic materials, with and without fire retardants, were studied to compare the fire hazards of non-halogenated fire retardant additives with halogenated flame retardants. The plastic materials were identified by the sponsors as unsaturated polyesters, thermoplastic high density, low density and cross-linked low density polyethylenes, polypropylene, flexible and rigid poly(vinyl chlorides), and cross-linked and thermoplastic ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers. The non-halogenated fire retardants tested were aluminum hydroxide (Al(OH)3), also known as alumina trihydrate (ATH), sodium aluminocarbonate, and magnesium hydroxide. The plastics were studied using the Cone Calorimeter and the cup furnace smoke toxicity method (high density polyethylene only).