Alternative sandwich-panel decorative films were investigated as replace ments for the polyvinyl fluoride currently used in aircraft interiors. Candidate films were studied for flammability, smoke emission, selected toxic gas emis sion, flame spread, and suitability as a printing surface for the decorative acrylic ink system. Several of the candidate films tested were flame-modified polyvinyl fluoride, polyvinylidene fluoride, polyimide, polyamide, polysulfone, polyphenyl- sulfone, polyethersulfone, polybenzimidazole, polycarbonate, polyparabanic acid, polyphosphazene, polyetheretherketone, and polyester.
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