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i ZD HI-TEMP GCON FIAMMAULTTY, FLAME SPREAD, AMD SMOKE GEMtEAYtON DATA SttUtVMI Motorola Modtea wann Cofloy tat lltamn r DiwMir U# 1970 > it Cornett ft. X. WaU L ft. CUter M.M.O'Maro ft. I. Mayor C.V. Pwrfca ft* T. Mo fthony A. Dtto .-CSS a> V 39697 BFG08574 20389001 S. F. GOODRICH CHEMICAL COMPANY development center Bt-TEMP GEON FLAMMABILITY. FLAME SPREAD. _________ AND SMOKE GENERATION DATA V James Summers December II. 1970 Introduction HI-temp Geonliss bpen^hown to good material tn regards to flammability. fUoriCdpnrira, and amop ^iteration. Thu data u gtatnlly icatttn^o/iD,vddoui mporta/^ki purpose of this report Is to luounartit aiabriM mtlor this Results and Discussion Sattnl types of data are MilU^ILya Rl*tiap. Thepe are: 1. Pyrolyau 2. Omygee Index 3. Underwriters* Laboratory Fjjybutit on flame gtatmtloiC^d baTlIavttopmt generation la a NM Sa^Ainusilty Chamber. t oa pyrotysla ol chlonnetep'FVC in helium at _____ _ _ Htton products ware aboutm 10^6% carbon- eetf 9% volatile hydrocarbons, ft) The udforfUrtiydrocarbon about 251 bensene and 75% chloro andTOcMorohenxenes. ______ _ , PVC. when pyrotlsed under the same ^ndip^pd; produces 57% MCI, S% carbonaceous ash, and 3S% volatile hydrocarbons. 0) The volatile hydrocerbone ware 50% bensene. If the voUCtib materials ase considered fuels or smoke generating matanaIs. than chlorinated PVC is better than PVC. The.e date era Ulustratad in figure 1. The work on oxygen Index la that cf C V. Pur's. Tha procedure (ASTM D2363) was to Ignite the sample V- v seer* .Js, remove the flame and time the burn. The oxygen is adjusted nK . either e) 3 minute bum or b) $ cm. bum accepting whichever occurs first. These dets are luted in Table i. BFG08575 1 7 -a( Pm It 600C. Pvrolvili Product! of Chlorinated PVC and PVC ;% ( BFG08576 m m $&z Tabla 1. gyfsn ladsx of gavsral 810 Folrmarlc MatarUla 3 Matarial * Hi-tamp 88884 Gray 240 Extrusion Grada Cl PVC Hl-tamp 88885 Gray 2S0 Molding Grada Cl PVC HIHasp 3008 Tin 309 Molding Grada C1WC Goon 85821 Whlta 139 PVC Pcwdar Compound Gaoo 7082 Whlta 138 PVC Cubs Compound Abson 89129 Natural 822 Saif axtftnguisblng AES Oxygan Indax % Oxygan 81.4 82.8 56.9 SI.O 88.2 27.8 As is ass* in this tabla, tin HI-samp eenpoaads raquiiu rtcbar supply of oxygan to bum than do tbs PVC ooanouads. tbts Is also much gssatac thus tar sail axtlagulihlag ASS. % Sons otbar morit oa naypia lartat, by D*J| Bslt sad P. Mareuoei. was isportsd far this osllud Sian of shlartaaaad PVC.w Is tbsss tbia Alas, tbs oxygon 306960: BFG08577 Test* wtw 1U0 Mdi la tin Ittlnar tunnel at Underwriters' Laboratory. Thitc tasti were fallowed tof D. l ifllenlus and T. F. Dunnigsn. Tha standardised taat method is dtaertM in ASTM eS4- and Ut Publication 723-1960 IUTM E84-41). TtoO gee U aasantialty mathana with a flams tamparatura of 1230-1280*7. All air Is diffusion air, Materials are coshered to a Red Oak flooring Control. These data era listed in Table 3. TbU 3. Tunnel Test at Underwriters* Laboratory MMwlal lied Oak flooring HI-tamp SiaSS Tan 309 Molding Grade Cl PVC Hi-taap 88084 Gray 260 Extrusion Grade Cl PVC Gaoo 85821 White Powder Compound Gaoo 85838 White Abeon 89291 White 3eif extinguishing AM Abeon 99U9 Gray 234 Saif extinguishing AB8 Thickness Mila 20 28 43 54 80 120 Roma Spread Classification 100 5 Smoke Raunc 100 45 1 Fuel dc. . Retina 100 0 0 25 0 20 215 0 31 407 2 72 575 -- 100 668 " Aa is aaaa In Tabia 3* Hi' tttua than flama spread rating, a lower aaoka PVC oompouada also hava a low However. PVC baa a higher smoke has about the same flama spread Again Hi 'temp looks very good In this S0069G0Z Development Center on the HBS top C. V. Pucka. Tha data u In this taat Dm Da whera Da sample} (optical path length) Urea of anpoaad I l* 1 Transmittance Tha data era susnaartaad in Tibia 4 39697 BFG08578 Swoke nw*<- of BIG Compounds in an NBS Smote# Penalty Chamber Comoound Hl-temp Grey (. Oil Inchea) Hl-temp 89984 White Extrusion Grade C1PVC Hl-temp 99985 Grey Molding Grade Cl FYC Hl-temp 89918 Natural Goon 7002 White PVC Cable Compound fisea Natural MOO 89129 | Seif extinguishing ASS Dm 25 80 109 234 443 M 4S7 Smoldering Ttam Time to Dm to Ds - 16 minutes minutes 5 .25 15.3 2.5 13 1.4 13 2.35 1? 1*9 1$ 1.15 20 1.9$ Iteming Time Time to Dm loDs 3 16 Dm minutes minutes 29 4 .25 246 8.8 .65 269 4 .5 471 4 700 5 .55 .99 232 .9 . 709 2 .25 .55 Than U much tcattar la tin dan of Table 4. Generally. though. HI-temp looks hotter than PUC aad ASS compounds. OoaaU Discussion la tha sevecel 1 has generally looked good in flamambility and that makes Hi-temp look good la unknown at la nssdad to Uko tell advantage ol those to ha oonsldorort ate: that HI ability; what i of tta low volatilo bydrooarbon oontont ? If thia la nt In the CIPVC have on flammability and f Tha dan of Table 2 does not show a clear cut tiond. it is ap atiaed with other flammable polymers reduces the fiamm- i U do to smoko generation? 2. la Hi-nmp good because of its high amount of oarbonaoaoua ash which may act as a cruet to cut affair tom the burning material? If so. what offset does molecular weight and chlorine content hove on formation of the crust ? How does tha sample thickness efteot tha crust formatioat 20939006 BFG08579 I at and rubber tddlttfM (ma oa fliaMbllity and 4* It tt-mfeo OflOd because dm tamattoo of net displaces oacygen frot tte MWl Tilt tppttrt not to it true la FVC because high loadings of net WmWii do not affect dm flammabtlity. W 5. Do tit few taatha of percent of chloroform tad oaibofttetrachlorldc in Hi-Ott tom photgant la a Hama? A smalt amount of photgana, if present* may tot ba any moso tomie than dm HCt or carbon monoxide. Homvtr, wa should ba aware if it to present. I. What affect float HCt boat oa pastdastad concrete and stool beams in dm boat of a ftia and latar long Wffi affeots? la dm am few moadm wa witt ba atttafedaa at aasamr tomt of thaaa questions at dm Cantor. Wa wUtba looldat at dm mofeoutor parameters, additivaa nod bleeds. BFG08580 20989007 -7 TMhalMl Report, June It, 1M*. m Product* Ttom Tobr m MUmIu, D. L., T. P. Dunniean, **7--1 **at at Undagwrttara* tetobar 12, 1270. O) O'Maia, U.U.. __________________________ lMta m I, P.D... D.ILHall, t, 1972a li Aaport, Marco 19, 3V :V' ;' 8 1 )0 6 8 6 0 2 { BFG08581 i