ASTM F1913-98

Standard Specification for Vinyl Sheet Floor Covering Without Backing

SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers sheet floor covering having a vinyl wear layer without backing. Products also may contain a clear specialty performance top layer(s).
1.2 This type of floor covering is intended for use in commercial and light commercial buildings. General information and performance characteristics, which determine service-ability and recommended use, are included in this specification.
1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for information only.
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.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Aug-1998
• ICS: 97.150 - Floor coverings
• Technical Committee: F06 - Resilient Floor Coverings
• Drafting Committee: F06.80 - Specifications

Relations

• Replaced By: ASTM F1913-02 - Standard Specification for Vinyl Sheet Floor Covering Without Backing
• Effective Date: 10-Sep-2002

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: F 1913 – 98
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Reprinted from the Annual Book of ASTM Standards. Copyright ASTM
Standard Specification for
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Vinyl Sheet Floor Covering Without Backing
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 1913; 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 (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope ANS/ASQC Z1.4 Sampling Procedures and Tables for In-
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spection by Attributes
1.1 This specification covers sheet floor covering having a
vinyl wear layer without backing. Products also may contain a
3. Terminology
clear specialty performance top layer(s).
3.1 Definitions—Terms used in this specification are defined
1.2 This type of floor covering is intended for use in
in accordance with Terminology F 141.
commercial and light commercial buildings. General informa-
3.2 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
tion and performance characteristics, which determine service-
3.2.1 wear layer, n—the portion of a resilient floor covering
ability and recommended use, are included in this specification.
that contains the pattern effect.
1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
3.2.1.1 Discussion—The wear layer thickness and total
as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for
thickness of through pattern unbacked sheet vinyl flooring are
information only.
the same. A clear specialty performance top layer may be used
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the
to enhance specific properties and to protect the pattern effect
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
and shall be counted as part of the wear layer. The wear layer
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
does not include temporary finished or maintenance coatings.
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
4. Significance and Use
4.1 The information in this specification is for use by
2. Referenced Documents
specifiers as a reference when selecting unbacked resilient
2.1 ASTM Standards:
sheet vinyl flooring for areas within commercial and light
F 137 Test Method for Flexibility of Resilient Flooring
commercial buildings.
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Materials With Cylindrical Mandrel Apparatus
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F 141 Terminology Relating to Resilient Floor Coverings
5. Classification
F 386 Test Method for Thickness of Resilient Flooring
5.1 Sheet Vinyl floor covering shall conform to the follow-
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Materials Having Flat Surfaces
ing.
F 410 Test Method for Wear Layer Thickness of Resilient
5.1.1 The blinder content of the PVC-pattern portion of the
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Floor Coverings by Optical Measurement
wear layer (vinyl resins, plasticizers, and stabilizers) shall be a
F 925 Test Method for Resistance to Chemicals of Resilient
minimum of 50 %. A clear specialty performance layer(s) used
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Sheet Flooring
as the top layer is not described by binder limits.
F 1514 Test Method for Measuring Heat Stability of Resil-
PVC Binder Content
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ient Vinyl Flooring by Color Change
Minimum % PVC Wear Layer Description
F 1515 Test Method for Measuring Light Stability of Resil-
50 % The material shall be a vinyl compound consisting
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of a blended composition of pigments stabilized
ient Vinyl Flooring by Color Change
against heat and light deterioration. The design,
2.2 Federal Standard:
color and pattern extends throughout the thickness
FED-STD 501a (Notice 1) Federal Test Method Standard
of the wear layer.
for Floor Covering, Resilient, Nontextile, Sampling, and
5.1.1.1 All flooring may have a clear specialty performance
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Testing
top layer(s) with an average minimum total thickness of 0.0004
2.3 ANSI/ASQC Standard:
in. The specialty performance top layer(s) may consist of a
single layer or multiple layers, which do not delaminate under
normal use. Top layer(s) thinner than 0.0004 in. may be used
but cannot be counted as part of the clear specialty perfor-
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F-6 on
mance top layer.
Resilient Floor Coverings and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F06.80
on Specifications.
Current edition approved Aug. 10, 1998. Published January 1999.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 15.04.
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