- Author
- Gross, D.
- Title
- R&D Standards Should Be Used for Regulatory Purposes.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Journal
- ASTM Standardization News, 7-8, February 1987
- Keywords
- standards | fire tests
- Abstract
- Arthur Grand has provided an opinion on a vital topic, "Should R&D Standards Be Used for Regulatory Purposes?" SN, September 1986, but there are some equally important aspects of this subject that were not mentioned, but are crucial to both building codes and to the ASTM standards-making procedures. The principal assumption made by Grand is that some, or many, fire tests are designed for or were developed for R&D purposes.