ASTM E535-12

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An American National Standard
Designation:E535–09 Designation: E535 – 12
Standard Practice for
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Preparation of Fire-Test-Response Standards
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E535; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
INTRODUCTION
This standard has been developed to assist ASTM Committees in the writing of fire-test-response
standards that comply with the ASTM policy on fire standards (see Annex A1).
The policy on fire standards describes the types ofASTM fire standards and their required caveats.
Committee E05 has the responsibility of helping other committees developing fire standards by
providing the information and assistance required by all committees for writing standards which
contain testing procedures for the response of materials, products, or assemblies to fire.
Fire-test-response standards are standards for, or based on, one or more fire-test-response
characteristics. A fire-test-response characteristic provides a means of measuring the response of
materials, products, or assemblies to a prescribed source of heat alone or to one of heat and flame
under controlled test conditions.
1. Scope
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1.1 This practice is a supplement to Form and Style for ASTM Standards , which shall be consulted in writing all ASTM
standards.
1.2 This practice contains, directly or by reference, all of the information required to comply with the policy on fire standards
and the additional guidelines recommended by Committee E05.
1.3 This practice, intended to assist ASTM Committees, establishes guidelines and criteria for the preparation of fire-test-
response standards (that is, standards for response to heat or flame under prescribed conditions).
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility
of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory
limitations prior to use.
1.5 This fire standard cannot be used to provide quantitative measures.
2. Referenced Documents
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
E176 Terminology of Fire Standards
E456 Terminology Relating to Quality and Statistics
E691 Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Study to Determine the Precision of a Test Method Practice for Conducting
an Interlaboratory Study to Determine the Precision of a Test Method
E2536 Guide for Assessment of Measurement Uncertainty in Fire Tests
E2655 Guide for Reporting Uncertainty of Test Results and Use of the Term Measurement Uncertainty inASTM Test Methods
3. Terminology
3.1 Definitions:
3.1.1 Definitions—For definitions of terms used in this practice, refer to Terminology E176.
3.1.2 fire-test-response characteristic, n—a response characteristic of a material, product, or assembly, to a prescribed source
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This practice is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee E05 on Fire Standards and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E05.31 onTerminology and Editorial.
Current edition approved Sept. 1, 2009. Published October 2009. Originally approved in 1975. Last previous edition approved in 2005 as E535 – 05a. DOI:
10.1520/E0535-09.on Terminology and Services / Functions .
Current edition approved March 1, 2012. Published April 2012. Originally approved in 1975. Last previous edition approved in 2009 as E535 – 09. DOI:
10.1520/E0535-12.
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of heat or flame, under controlled fire conditions; such response characteristics may include but are not limited to ease of ignition,
flame spread, mass loss, smoke generation, fire resistance, and toxic potency of smoke.
3.1.2.1 Discussion—Afire-test-response characteristic can be influenced by variable characteristics of the heat source, such as
its intensity, or of the burning environment, such as ventilation, geometry of item o
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