New NIST 'Standard Cigarette' Available for Fire-Resistance Testing

Thursday, September 30, 2010 - 08:56 in Mathematics & Economics

An unusual new industrial testing product from NIST -- a cigarette deliberately designed to burn stronger than others -- will be used by manufacturers of home furnishings to test the fire resistance of their products.

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