Method for determining flame retardance of polymer compositions
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsKim Choate, Angela R. Neff, Paul Cletus Raymond III, Patrick A. Rodgers, Ronald James Wroczynski
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Abstract
A method for determining flame retardance of polymer compositions includes subjecting a plurality of specimens of a polymer composition to a flame test and performing a statistical analysis of the data obtained. The statistical analysis includes determining the probability of at least one possible outcome of the flame test. The probability of possible outcomes provides a measure of the flame retardance of the polymer composition. A preferred flame test is the UL-94 flame test.
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A method for determining flame retardance of polymer compositions, said method comprising:
- subjecting a plurality of specimens of a polymer composition to a flame test, wherein data is obtained from said flame test;
- and
- performing a statistical analysis of the data, said statistical analysis comprising using said data to determine a probability of at least one possible outcome of said flame test, wherein said probability of said at least one possible outcome provides a measure of the flame retardance of the polymer composition.
A system for determining flame retardance of a polymer composition, said system comprising:
- means for obtaining data resulting from subjecting a plurality of specimens of a polymer composition to a flame test;
- and
- means for performing statistical analysis of said data, said means for performing statistical analysis comprising means for using said data to determine a probability of at least one possible outcome of said flame test, wherein said probability of said at least one possible outcome provides a measure of the flame retardance of the polymer composition.
An article of manufacture comprising:
- at least one computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for causing a determination of flame retardance of polymer compositions, the computer readable program code means in said article of manufacture comprising:
- a first computer readable program code segment for causing a computer to obtain data resulting from subjecting a plurality of specimens of a polymer composition to a flame test;
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- a second computer readable program code segment for causing a computer to perform a statistical analysis of the data, said statistical analysis comprising using said data to determine a probability of at least one possible outcome of the flame test, wherein said probability of said at least one possible outcome provides a measure of the flame retardance of the polymer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.