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Nylons: A Review of the Literature on Products of Combustion and Toxicity.

February 1, 1986
Author(s)
E Braun, B C. Levin
The literature on polyamides was reviewed to determine the nature and extent of information available on these materials which are commonly used in consumer and industrial applications. This review was limited to aliphatic polyamides normally called nylon

Advanced Versions of Heat Pumps With Zeotropic Refrigerant Mixtures

January 1, 1986
Author(s)
R Radermacher
Two heat pump cycles operating with halogenated hydrocarbon mixtures are considered. Each Coefficient of Performance (COP) increases up to 50% under extreme temperature lifts when reciprocating compressors are employed. This is due to a reduction of the

Experimental Fires in Multiroom/Corridor Enclosures.

January 1, 1986
Author(s)
G Heskestad, J Hill
A series of 60 fire tests have been conducted in an enclosure consisting of a corridor and three attached rooms, one of which served as a burn room. The purpose was to establish validation data for theoretical fire models of multi-room fire situations with

Smoke Control at Veterans Administration Hospitals.

January 1, 1986
Author(s)
J H. Klote
The Veterans Administration (VA) has sponsored a project at the Center for Fire Research of the National Bureau of Standards to study smoke control in VA hospitals and evaluate design system approaches and methods of acceptance testing. This report

Fire Behavior of Upholstered Furniture (NBS Monograph 173)

November 1, 1985
Author(s)
Vyto Babrauskas, John F. Krasny
A systematic review is made of engineering data on the major aspects of upholstered furniture flammability: cigarette ignition, small open flame ignition, radiant ignition, transition from smoldering to flaming, flame spread rates, and heat release and

Summaries of Center for Fire Research Grants and In-House Programs, 1985.

November 1, 1985
Author(s)
S M. Cherry
This report was prepared for distribution at the First International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, October 7-11, 1985. It contains extended abstracts of grants for fire research sponsored by the Center for Fire Research, National Bureau of Standards
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