Intrinsic flame resistance of polyurethane flexible foams: Unexpectedly low flammability without any flame retardant

Intrinsic flame resistance of polyurethane flexible foams: Unexpectedly low flammability without any flame retardant

Summary Virgin polyurethane flexible foams are widely assumed to be highly flammable materials. The flammability of three model polyurethane flexible foams suggests that this may not be universally true. Two of them show unexpectedly low flammability in the limiting oxygen index test and pass flamma...

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Veröffentlicht in:Fire and materials 2018-06, Vol.42 (4), p.394-402
Hauptverfasser: Höhne, Carl‐Christoph, Hanich, Ronny, Kroke, Edwin
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
cone calorimetry
Extinguishing
FAR 25.853
Fire resistance
flame retardant free
Flame retardants
Flammability
Flammable materials
FMVSS 302
Foams
High resistance
LOI
Plastic foam
Polyurethane
polyurethane flexible foam
Polyurethane foam
TGA
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Zusammenfassung:Summary Virgin polyurethane flexible foams are widely assumed to be highly flammable materials. The flammability of three model polyurethane flexible foams suggests that this may not be universally true. Two of them show unexpectedly low flammability in the limiting oxygen index test and pass flammability tests such as FMVSS 302 and FAR 25.853. Cone calorimetric measurements at 25 kW/m2 and 50 kW/m2 furthermore show a high resistance against ignition and demonstrate the self‐extinguishing properties of these two virgin, flame‐retardant‐free, polyurethane flexible foams.
ISSN:0308-0501
1099-1018
DOI:10.1002/fam.2504