Citation

Woolley WD, Raftery MM, Ames SA, Murrell JV. Fire Safety J. 1980; 2(1): 61-72.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1980, Elsevier Publishing)

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Abstract

Smoke densities and rates of smoke production have been measured when different wall lining materials (chipboard, fibre insulating board, hardboard, polystyrene, plasterboard, and glass reinforced polyester) were exposed to fire in a full-scale compartment.A wooden crib was used as the main fire load, of a size equivalent to burning the contents of a lightly furnished room, which produced a level of radiation intensity on the walls similar to that used with the National Bureau of Standards test.Implications of the smoke released by the different linings are discussed, with some reservations because only a single test was carried out with each wall lining, and because in tests of this kind fire development and smoke production relate to environmental conditions and to the exact nature of the material examined.