Name of equipment:

MCC – Microscale Combustion Calorimeter

Use:

Measures multiple fire properties of micro laboratory scale samples. Enables measurement of:

        – Specific Heat Release Rate (W/g)

– Heat of combustion (J/g)

– Ignition temperature (K)

Model, type, country of origin:

 MCC-2, Govmark, UK

Technical characte-ristics:

 The equipment is consisting of a specimen chamber, mixing section and combustor. Sample chamber is capable of holding and heating of small (0,5-10 mg) specimen in continuous flow of purge gas. Pyrolyzer operating temperature range of min. 25 to 1000°C. Detection sensitivity limit of min. 5mW

Repeatability of : ± 2 %  (5 mg sample).
Year of origin:  2010.                  

Figure:

Method of
work:

 Measuring principle of pyrolysis combustion flow calorimetery (PCFC). Parameters measured with MCC are:

– Heat release capacity (HRC),

– Heat release rate (HRR),

– Temperature of peak heat release rate (TPHRR ),

– Total heat release (THR)

– Char yield.

Department,
room, location:

 Department for Textile Chemistry and Ecology,

Textile Research Laboratory,

Savska cesta 16/9
Addition note:

ASTM D 7309 Test Method for Determining Flammability Characteristics of Plastics and Other Solid Materials Using Microscale Combustion Calorimetry