- Author
- Sumathipala, K. | Carpenter, D. W. | Monette, R. C. | Seguin, Y. P. | Lougheed, G. D.
- Title
- Small-Scale and Full-Scale Fire Tests of Four Construction Materials.
- Coporate
- National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
- Report
- Internal Report 824; IRC-IR-824, April 2001, 82 p.
- Distribution
- For more information contact: National Research Council of Canada, Institute for Research in Construction, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0R6, Telephone (613) 993-2607, Fax: (613) 952-7673, Email: Irc.Client-Services@nrc.ca, Website: http://www.nrc.ca/irc/ircpubs
- Keywords
- construction materials | small scale fire tests | large scale fire tests | polystyrene | plywood | hardboard | coatings | fire retardant treatments | cone calorimeters | corner tests | room burns | test methods | combustibility
- Identifiers
- Lateral Ignition and Flame Spread Test (LIFT)
- Abstract
- This report summarizes the results from bench-scale and full-scale fire tests of 4 construction materials. The tests were conducted as part of a joint research project between Forintek Canada Corporation and the National Research Council of Canada. The 4 materials evaluated were extruded polystyrene, oak-veneered plywood, hardboard with imitation stucco coating and fire-retardant-treated plywood. The small-scale fire tests were conducted using a cone calorimeter and the LIFT test procedure. In addition, a series of full-scale room/corner tests were conducted.