NBSIR 85-3226 Fire Characteristics of Composite Materials - A Review of the Literature James E. Brown Joseph J. Loftus Richard A. Dipert U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Bureau of Standards National Engineering Laboratory Center for Fire Research Gaithersburg, MD 20899 Issued August 1986 Supported in part by: U.S. Department of the Navy aval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA 05R25) ashington, DC GC 100 .1156 NO. 85-3226 1086