Atlas / Nomex · concurrent flow
BASS-II test F1
Nomex® (DuPont™) natural (Nomex III), concurrent flow, microgravity (ISS, Microgravity Science Glovebox). Principal investigator: Ferkul. Listed date 2014-02-19
Ignited briefly, no sustained flame
Conditions and sample
- Oxygen
- 20.6 % by volumeRecorded for this testTaken from NASA's 'Calibrated initial O2 vol%' column.
- Airflow as recorded
- 9.5Recorded for this test
- Starting airflow
- 9.5 cm/sDerived by MicroFire AtlasFirst value of the 'Air display' column (air velocity transducer, cm/s). Later 'pot' values are fan potentiometer settings, not velocities, and are not converted.
- Pressure
- Not statedNot stated in the source
- Thickness
- Not statedNot stated in the source
- Width
- Not statedNot stated in the source
- Exposed length
- Not statedNot stated in the source
- Outcome code
- Ignited briefly, no sustained flameDerived by MicroFire AtlasCoded by MicroFire Atlas from the verbatim observations column.
What the crew and ground team wrote
“Ignited briefly but did not spread at all and extinguished while the igniter was still on”
Gas readings before and after the burn
| Initial | Final | |
|---|---|---|
| O₂, vol % | 20.6 | 20.6 |
| CO₂, vol % | 0.46 | 0.45 |
| CO, ppm | 0 | 2 |
Readings of the glovebox work volume, from NASA's table columns. They describe the enclosure, not the flame.