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Author
Son, B. C.
Title
Fire Endurance Tests of Exterior Wall and Roof/Ceiling Constructions for Single Family House.
Coporate
National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
Sponsor
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC
Report
NBS 10 406
January 28, 1972
32 p.
Distribution
AVAILABLE FROM: National Archives, Civilian Records, Room 2800, 8601 Adelphia Road, College, Park, MD 20740-6001, Telephone: 301-713-7230
Contract
NBS-PROJECT-4213450
Keywords
house fires; housing; fire endurance; fire tests; walls; roofs; Operation Breakthrough; ceiling
Abstract
As a part of the evaluation of Operation BREAKTHROUGH housing system, standard ASTM E119-69 Fire Endurance Tests were performed at the National Bureau of Standard on a wall assembly for an exterior wall in a single family house detached (May 18, 1971) and on a roof/ceiling assembly (May 25, 1971), which were submitted.