Short Communication: Comparison of the Propensity of Cigarettes to Ignite Upholstered Furniture Fabrics and Cotton Ducks (500-Fabric Study)-a Second Opinion

摘要

In the paper entitled 'Comparison of the Propensity of Cigarettes to ignite Upholstered Furniture Fabrics and Cotton Ducks (500-Fabric Study)' (Fire mater. 21, 123-141(1997)) Marcelo M. Hirschler addresses the validity of a test Method, proposed by NIST, for smoldering cigarette ignition propensity of upholstery fabrics. The thrust of the study Is to establish similarities 'between the ignition propensity of cigarettes assessed by (1) a set of 500-upholstery fabrics (chosen at random among typical upholstery fabrics) and (2) a test method proposed by NIST (NIST 851) and based on "cotton duck" fabrics'.