A review of fire blocking technologies for soft furnishings

Fire Science Reviews

Table 1 Examples of commercially available barrier materials for soft furnishings

	Structure	Constituent fibers	Thickness, mm	Area density, g/m²	Application
Non-woven	Thermally bonded highloft	FR rayon/polyester	10–15	150–250	Residential mattresses
	Thermally bonded highloft	Basalt-based fiber/FR treated cotton/polyester	10–15	150–250
	Needlepunched stratified	Inherent FR fibers	-	-
	Needlepunched	FR Rayon/Polyester low melt synthetic fiber	-	225–245
	Needlepunched	Boric acid treated cotton	-
	Needlepunched stratified	Boric acid treated cotton/polyester fiber + FR rayon/polyester	-
	Needlepunched	FR rayon/polyester	2–8	140–240
	Stitchbond	FR rayon/polyester	0.9	180
	Needlepunched	FR rayon	-	-
	Non-woven	Glass fiber	10–11	230–260	Non-residential mattress
Woven	Woven	Glass fiber	5–6	100–130	Upholstered furniture
Woven	Woven	Core spun yarn with glass fiber core and FR modacrylic sheath	-	169.5
Knitted	Knitted	Core spun yarn with glass fiber core and FR modacrylic sheath	-	186.45
	Knitted		-	237.3
	Double face knit		-	237.3