@article{ref1,
title="Correlation Between the Thermogravimetric Analysis and Some Other Flammability Tests on Covers of Rubber Conveyor Belts",
journal="Journal of fire sciences",
year="1990",
author="Nakagawa, Yoshihide and Komai, T",
volume="8",
number="6",
pages="455-476",
abstract="Thermogravimetric and differential thermal analyses were conducted on each cover sample of nine different &quot;flame-resistant&quot; and one &quot;non-flame resistant&quot; rubber conveyor belts both in the airflow and in nitrogen gas flow. The TG-DTA curves on each sample were measured under the thermal range from room temperature to around 700-degrees-C. The minimum temperatures at which the rapid weight loss of each sample in the airflow, i.e., a sign of combustion, began to appear were determined through comparison of the TG-DTA data in the airflow with those in nitrogen gas flow. These temperature data obtained from a micro-scale flammability evaluation method, i.e., the thermogravimetric method, were compared with the results from some other small-scale flammability tests; i.e., the oxygen index, hot plate ignition and drum friction tests. As a result, it was found that even the data from such a micro-scale flammability test were somewhat consistent with the critical oxygen index of cover rubber of belting and with some &quot;ignition temperature&quot; in the hot plate ignition test.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0734-9041",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}