Smoldering Characteristics of Cotton Upholstery Fabrics1

1 March 1981

journal article
research article
Published by SAGE Publications in Textile Research Journal

Vol. 51 (3) , 196-202
https://doi.org/10.1177/004051758105100313

Abstract

One of the most important parameters in the development of mechanism or model for smoldering is the propagation velocity of the smoldering wave front. This paper describes a method and apparatus for measuring the tendency of cotton-containing upholstery fabrics to smolder in terms of smolder wave-front velocity. Variables affecting this rate are identified and their degree of influence determined.

Keywords

COTTON UPHOLSTERY
SMOLDERING CHARACTERISTICS
UPHOLSTERY FABRICS1
SMOLDER WAVE
WAVE FRONT
COTTON CONTAINING

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Smouldering combustion in dusts and fibrous materials
Combustion and Flame, 1957