- Author
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Lie, T. T.
- Title
- Feasibility of Determining the Equilibrium Moisture Condition in Fire Resistance Test Specimens by Measuring Their Electrical Resistance.
- Coporate
- National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
- Report
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Building Research Note No. 75,
March 1971,
12 p.
- Keywords
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fire resistance tests
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electrical resistance
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moisture
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concretes
- Abstract
- For fire resistance test specimens the moisture condition within the specimen, before testing, should be approximately the same as that of a similar construction in service. According to ASTM fire test specification E 119-69, such a condition is reached when the moisture content of the specimen becomes equal to that which would be established at equilibrium in an atmosphere of 50 to 75% relative humidity and 73 ± 5 deg F temperature.