Experiments for thermal conductivity [W/(m K)] were conducted using a heat flow meter on unconditioned and dried samples at 15 °C and either 45 °C or 65 °C.

Initial-mass-normalized mass loss rate [1/s] was measured in the simultaneous thermal analyzer experiments at three heating rates: 3 K/min, 10 K/min, and 30 K/min and mass loss rate [g/s] in the cone calorimeter at three heat fluxes: 25 kW/m², 50 kW/m², and 75 kW/m².

Cone Calorimeter Test Notes:
This material shrivels and melts under thermal exposure. Near the end of each cone calorimeter test the opposing corners of the foil pan would lift upwards causing the foil pan to partially fold along the diagonal. Since this behavior generally occurred so near the end of the tests, no preventative sample preparation was used. However, additional replicates using some form of restraints (i.e. tie wires) may be necessary to supplement this data set. Representative test pictures are available at the link above to Download raw data.

Experiments for heat release per unit area [kW/m²] were conducted on samples conditioned at 20°C and 50% relative humidity using a cone calorimeter at three different heat fluxes: 25 kW/m², 50 kW/m², and 75 kW/m².

This material shrivels and melts under thermal exposure which reduces the exposed surface area during cone calorimeter tests. Prior to ignition, shrivelling of the sample caused contact with the spark ignitor, creating spikes in the mass time history data and likely affecting time to ignition.

Carbon monoxide yield was measured during cone calorimeter experiments conducted at heat fluxes of 25 kW/m², 50 kW/m², and 75 kW/m².

Experiments for specific heat release rate [W/g], were conducted using a micro-scale combustion calorimeter at a heating rate of 30 K/min.

Soot yield [g/g] was calculated from smoke obscuration data collected in cone calorimeter experiments conducted at heat fluxes of 25 kW/m², 50 kW/m², and 75 kW/m².

Effective heat of combustion [MJ/kg] is calculated from data collected in both micro-scale combustion calorimeter experiments and cone calorimeter experiments.

Melting temperature [T_melt] and the enthalpy of melting [kJ/kg] were derived quantities computed from data collected in simultaneous thermal analyzer experiments.

Band averaged emissivity was calculated from reflectance measurements conducted with an integrating sphere and Fourier transform infrared spectrometer.