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PD ISO/TS 5660-3:2012

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Reaction-to-fire tests. Heat release, smoke production and mass loss rate Guidance on measurement
Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

30-06-2013

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Capability and limitations of the cone calorimeter
4 Calibration of the cone calorimeter
5 Test specimen preparation and presentation
6 Selection of heat flux
7 Ignition protocols
8 Guidance on the testing of non-standard products
9 Composites and layered products
10 Liquids
11 The theory of oxygen consumption calorimetry
12 Start and end of test
13 Recommendations for presentation of data
Annex A (informative) - Predictive methods from
        ISO 5660-1 data
Annex B (informative) - Effect of additives and fillers
Annex C (informative) - Measurements at low levels
        of heat release
Bibliography

Observes the measurement limitations and applications of the cone calorimeter data as currently used for building products, and recommends ways in which some of these may be overcome for other types of products for other application areas.

Committee
FSH/21/-/5
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
56
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current

Standards Relationship
ISO/TS 5660-3:2012 Identical

ISO 5660-1:2015 Reaction-to-fire tests Heat release, smoke production and mass loss rate Part 1: Heat release rate (cone calorimeter method) and smoke production rate (dynamic measurement)
ISO/TR 9122-1:1989 Toxicity testing of fire effluents Part 1: General
ISO 9705:1993 Fire tests Full-scale room test for surface products
ISO 5660-2:2002 Reaction-to-fire tests Heat release, smoke production and mass loss rate Part 2: Smoke production rate (dynamic measurement)
NFPA 264A : 1994 STANDARD METHOD OF TEST FOR HEAT RELEASE RATES FOR UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE COMPONENTS OR COMPOSITES AND MATTRESSES USING AN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION CALOMETER
ISO/TS 14934-1:2002 Fire tests Calibration and use of radiometers and heat flux meters Part 1: General principles
ISO 13943:2017 Fire safety — Vocabulary
ISO 29473:2010 Fire tests — Uncertainty of measurements in fire tests
ISO/TR 3814:1989 Tests for measuring "reaction-to-fire" of building materials — Their development and application
ISO 17554:2014 Reaction to fire tests Mass loss measurement
ISO 5660-4:2008 Reaction-to-fire tests Heat release, smoke production and mass loss rate Part 4: Measurement of heat release for determination of low levels of combustibility
ASTM E 1474 : 2014 : REDLINE Standard Test Method for Determining the Heat Release Rate of Upholstered Furniture and Mattress Components or Composites Using a Bench Scale Oxygen Consumption Calorimeter
ISO/TS 14934-4:2007 Fire tests Calibration of heat flux meters Part 4: Guidance on the use of heat flux meters in fire tests
ISO 554:1976 Standard atmospheres for conditioning and/or testing — Specifications
ISO/TR 14697:1997 Fire tests — Guidance on the choice of substrates for building products
ISO 13927:2015 Plastics — Simple heat release test using a conical radiant heater and a thermopile detector
IEC 60332-3-10:2000+AMD1:2008 CSV Tests on electric and optical fibre cables under fire conditions - Part 3-10: Test for vertical flame spread of vertically-mounted bunched wires or cables - Apparatus
ISO 11907-4:1998 Plastics — Smoke generation — Determination of the corrosivity of fire effluents — Part 4: Dynamic decomposition method using a conical radiant heater
ASTM E 1354 : 2017 : REDLINE Standard Test Method for Heat and Visible Smoke Release Rates for Materials and Products Using an Oxygen Consumption Calorimeter

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