- Author
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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
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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.