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Comparison of Fire Behavior of Thermally Thin and Thick Latex Foam Under Bottom Ventilation

Version 1 : Received: 1 November 2018 / Approved: 2 November 2018 / Online: 2 November 2018 (10:29:14 CET)

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Yuan, Q.; Huang, D.; Hu, Y.; Shen, L.; Shi, L.; Zhang, M. Comparison of Fire Behaviors of Thermally Thin and Thick Rubber Latex Foam under Bottom Ventilation. Polymers 2019, 11, 88. Yuan, Q.; Huang, D.; Hu, Y.; Shen, L.; Shi, L.; Zhang, M. Comparison of Fire Behaviors of Thermally Thin and Thick Rubber Latex Foam under Bottom Ventilation. Polymers 2019, 11, 88.

Abstract

Fire behavior of natural rubber latex foam under different thickness conditions(d=1,2and 5cm)were explored though a little of experiments by using the self-built small scale experimental platform. It can be shown that the flame spread law of thermally thin and thermally thickness are different. Natural rubber latex foam with thickness of 2cm show higher fire risk, which value of flame spread rate, maximum flame height, maximum mass loss rate and maximum temperature is 0.00293m/s, 851.875mm, 1.83g/s, 948K,repectively.That may because the thickness of residue formed of thermally thick materials is larger than the thin one, obstructing the contact of the natural rubber latex foam with fresh air .In addition, a special phenomenon is noticed that during the second stage, the bottom unburned zone located in the four edges(thermally thin material) and middle player(thermally thick material).

Keywords

natural rubber latex foam; fire behavior; thermally thin materials; thermally thick materials

Subject

Chemistry and Materials Science, Polymers and Plastics

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