Lawson, J.
(1984),
Environmental Cycling of Cellulosic Thermal Insulation and Its Influence on Fire Performance., NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=100708
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Environmental Cycling of Cellulosic Thermal Insulation and Its Influence on Fire Performance.
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A study was conducted on climatological data for eleven cities located throughout the United States. Findings from this environmental study were used to develop conditioning cycles for a research project on the influence of environments on the fire performance of loose-fill cellulosic thermal insulation. Six cellulosic insulation materials containing 25 percent by weight of fire retardant chemical add-on of different compositions were specially manufactured for this study. These materials were tested to establish a baseline. After the materials were exposed to the various environmental cycles, they were tested for fire performance. Results from these tests show that environmental exposure can have a significant effect on the fire performance of cellulosic insulation materials and indicates that long term fire protection provided by fire retardant compounds may be limited.Citation
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climate, cellulose, environments, fire retardants, thermal insulation
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Created August 1, 1984, Updated February 19, 2017