- Author
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Rose, A.
- Title
- Comparison of Flame-Spread Ratings by Radiant Panel, Tunnel Furnace, and Pittsburgh Corning Apparatus.
- Coporate
- National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
- Report
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Fire Study No. 22; NRC 10788
June 1969
27 p.
- Keywords
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flame spread rate
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radiant panel test methods
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tunnel furnaces
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ignition time
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coatings
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floor coverings
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plastics
- Abstract
- The standard North American flame spread tests of building materials are those set forth in ASTM Methods E 84, the standard tunnel test; E 162, the radiant panel test; and E 286, the 8-foot tunnel test. These tests require expensive and complex equipment and techniques of calibration, and through the years efforts have been made to devise simple, inexpensive equipment that would give results comparable to those obtained with the three major methods.