Corrosion of Metals Exposed to Combustion Products Generated during Shipboard Fires.
Abstract
A study was conducted to assess the post-fire corrosion hazard of the materials used in power and communications cables aboard ships to a number of metals used in shipboard structures and systems. Small metal specimens were exposed to the combustion products generated in full scale cable fire tests conducted at the U. S. Coast Guard Fire and Safety Test Detachment facility in Mobile, Alabama. Metal coupons were installed in the fire test compartment aboard an instrumented ship for three tests. In the first tests (W-11), the fuel or source material was a mixture of two proposed new cables, MIL-C-24640 and MIL-C-24643. The other two tests involved a currently used cable, MIL-C-915E, Amendment 2. In the first of the MIL-C-915E tests (W-13), the cables failed to ignite and the metal specimens were exposed to the combustion products of smoldering or nonflaming combustion.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1986
- Accession Number
- ADA184990
Entities
People
- B. T. Zinn
- E. A. Powell
Organizations
- Georgia Tech