Organic thermal insulation such as cellular polystyrene insulation is mainly used in buildings. Organic thermal insulation is a highly flammable petrochemical material. Because of such characteristics, organic thermal insulation caused fire accident f...
Organic thermal insulation such as cellular polystyrene insulation is mainly used in buildings. Organic thermal insulation is a highly flammable petrochemical material. Because of such characteristics, organic thermal insulation caused fire accident for buildings. The inflammability of cellular polystyrene insulation specified by Korea standard KS M 3808:2011, "Cellular polystyrene(PS) insulation": combustion time ≤ 120 seconds, combustion length ≤ 60 ㎜ through Korea standard KS M ISO 9772:2013, "Cellular plastics - Determination of horizontal burning characteristics of small specimens subjected to a small flame". In this study, horizontal and vertical burning test (KS M ISO 9772 and UL 94 V, respectively) were analyzed about many cellular polystyrene insulations. As a results, horizontal burning test is very little differentiation the flame-retardant performance levels. However, vertical burning test is not like that. To better assess the level of the flame-retardant performance, the current standard needs to be improved.