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A comparison of the results of ten commercial carpets evaluated in the NBS Flooring Radiant Panel Test for spread of flame and in the ISO 5657 Ignit ability Test for ease of ignition indicated an inverse correlation between these two flammability properties.

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ISO 5657: Fire Tests-Reaction to Fire-Ignitability of Building Products (1986).

ASTM E 648-78, Critical Radiant Flux of Floor-Covering Systems Using a Radiant Heat Energy Source, ISO/DP 9239, Critical Radiant Flux of Textile Floor Coverings Using a Radiant Heat Energy Source.

Klingelhofer, H.G. Chemiefasern/Textilindustrie , 37/89, 210 (1987).

ASTM 662, Specific Optical Density of Smoke Generated by Solid Materials.

Benisek, L. J. Text. Institute, 65:102 (1974).

Benjamin, I.A. and C.H. Adams. Proposed Criteria for Use of the Critical Radiant Flux Test Method, NBS Internal Report 75-950.

Ensele, U. , W. Koch and H. Herlinger. Melliand Textilberichte, 3:200 (1984).

Kendall, M.G. Rank Correlation Methods, p. 38 (1962).

Fair and Realistic Flammability Tests for Carpets

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