Flame - Retardant Polymeric Materials: Volume 3

by S M Atlas, Eli M. Pearce, Menachem Lewin, et al.

Flammability has been recognized as an increasingly important social and scientific problem. Fire statistics in the United States (Report on the National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control, "America Burning," 1973) emphasized the vast devastation to life and property-12,000 lives lost annually due to fire and these deaths are usually caused by inhaling smoke or toxic gases; 300,000 fire injuries; 11. 4 billion dollars in fire cost of which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1475701144
• ISBN13: 9781475701142
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.3" x 11.7"