- Author
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Yuill, C. H.
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Bartosic, A. J.
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Castino, G. T.
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Eickner, H. W.
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Gaskill, J. R.
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Pearce, N. S.
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Robertson, A. F.
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Zabawsky, Z.
- Title
- Control of Smoke in Building Fires--A State-of-the-Art Review.
- Journal
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Materials Research and Standards,
Vol. 11,
No. 4,
16-24,
1971
- Keywords
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buildings
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building codes
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construction
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construction materials
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fire suppression
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fire losses
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fire protection
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fire safety
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fire tests
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smoke
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smoke abatement
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smoking
- Abstract
- ASTM Committee E-5 on Fire Tests of Materials and Construction has been increasingly concerned with the life hazard of smoke and noxious gases generated during fires in buildings. A task group within Subcommittee IV on Fire Tests of Acoustical and Similar Finishes has reviewed the situation with respect to smoke and has found that the exact nature of the hazard has not been well defined. As a result, efforts to control the use of materials alleged to produce objectionable amounts of smoke when exposed to fire situations lack a desirable degree of uniformity. The nature of smoke, its development in building fires, efforts toward control through regulation and building design, existing and proposed test methods for smoke measurement, and test criteria are discussed in this paper.