Thermoplastic lining materials, due its light weight, low cost, easy manufacturing, waterproof, are widely used in all types of buildings to cover floors, walls and ceilings. When subject to fire, thermoplastic materials would release lots of toxic smoke, provide routes to adjacent zones through surface flame spread or melt flow flame spread, increase fire area, intensify and accelerate enclosure fire growth.
Previous research was focused on 'thermoset' materials, which do not show m...