Manuel Guzman

ISO 5660-1 Reaction-to-fire tests - Heat release, smoke production and mass loss rate. Part 1: Heat release rate (Cone calorimeter method) and smoke production rate (dynamic measurement).

Dangerous goods are items or substances that can imply a risk for health, safety, property, or the environment. Some items, which may not be harmful by itself, may become a risk when combined with other substances. Testing accordi…

A common fire cause during storage of porous organic materials is autoignition. The reason is self-heating, which is triggered by microbial activity, chemical oxidation or physical processes from moisture migration. The most comm…

A dust explosion may occur when an ignitable concentration of fine dust particles dispersed in air comes into contact with an ignition source, which can be a hot surface, static electricity, self-heating material or a naked flame.