Preliminary report on fire protection research program. Fire retardant coatings tests (December 7, 1977--January 31, 1978)
A previous exposure fire test at Sandia confirmed that the Regulatory Guide 1.75 separation guidelines and IEEE-383 fire retardancy standards for safety cables are not sufficient, in themselves, to protect against such fires. Thus additional measures are required to protect essential safety systems against the effects of fires. One of these additional resources may be fire-retardant coatings on cabling. The report describes both a small scale and full scale testing program which was undertaken to assess the adequacy of such coatings. The preliminary results showed that all coatings offer some measure of additional protection; however, there is a wide range in relative effectiveness of the different coatings.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia Labs., Albuquerque, N.Mex. (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- EY-76-C-04-0789
- OSTI ID:
- 7277471
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-78-0518
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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