Acknowledgement
This work has been developed using resources from the Material Library of Cladding Materials (Grant No. 2018001361) funded by the Queensland Government - Department of Housing and Public Works. Support from the Queensland Building & Construction Commission and Queensland Fire & Emergency Services as part of the Safer Buildings Taskforce is also gratefully acknowledged. All those who worked on the project as well as other members of UQ Fire are thanked. Dr Tuula Hakkarainen (VTT, Finland) is thanked for helping source literature.
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