Flame-Spread Measurements by the Radiant Panel Flame-Spread Method.
Flame-Spread Measurements by the Radiant Panel
Flame-Spread Method.
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Gross, D.
Forest Products Journal, Vol. 10, No. 1, 33-36, January
1960.
Keywords:
flame spread; wood; fire retardants; radiant panel test
method; tunnel tests
Abstract:
The use of wood and wood-base materials as construction
and finish materials in almost every type of
construction and for all types of occupancies is well
known. Building and Code officials and others concerned
with the regulation of surface flammability of interior
finish materials have used wood as a measuring stick
and, in some instances, as a basis for distinguishing
certain limits of acceptability of surface spread of
flame. Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc., for example,
has been using select grade red oak flooring as an
arbitrary standard with a designation of 100 in its
25-foot tunnel test method for many years, and compares
a material according to its performance relative to that
of red oak.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899