ASTM E2632/E2632M-13e1
(Test Method)Standard Test Method for Evaluating the Under-Deck Fire Test Response of Deck Materials
Standard Test Method for Evaluating the Under-Deck Fire Test Response of Deck Materials
SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
5.1 This test method addresses the suitability of deck materials by assessing their response to fire hazards associated with sources of flame located beneath the deck material.
SCOPE
1.1 This standard prescribes a method to assess the fire-test response characteristics of deck materials when used as the walking surface of a deck. The prescribed fire exposure is intended, under test conditions, to determine the heat release rate and the thermal decomposition modes of decking materials when exposed to a burner flame simulating combustibles burning beneath a deck.2
1.2 The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound units are to be regarded separately as standard. The values stated in each system are not necessarily exact equivalents; therefore, each system shall be used independently of the other. Combining values from the two systems has the potential to result in non-conformance with the standard.
1.3 This standard is used to measure and describe the response of deck materials to heat and flame under controlled conditions, but does not by itself incorporate all factors required for fire hazard or fire risk assessment of the deck materials under actual fire 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 Fire testing is inherently hazardous. Adequate safeguards for personnel and property shall be employed in conducting these tests.
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Designation: E2632/E2632M − 13 An American National Standard
Standard Test Method for
Evaluating the Under-Deck Fire Test Response of Deck
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Materials
ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationE2632/E2632M;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyear
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.
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ε NOTE—The units statement and captions for figures were updated editorially in February 2013.
1. Scope mendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical
Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
1.1 This standard prescribes a method to assess the fire-test
response characteristics of deck materials when used as the
2. Referenced Documents
walking surface of a deck. The prescribed fire exposure is
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
intended, under test conditions, to determine the heat release
rateandthethermaldecompositionmodesofdeckingmaterials D2898 Practice for Accelerated Weathering of Fire-
Retardant-Treated Wood for Fire Testing
when exposed to a burner flame simulating combustibles
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burning beneath a deck. E176 Terminology of Fire Standards
E2067 Practice for Full-Scale Oxygen Consumption Calo-
1.2 The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound units
rimetry Fire Tests
are to be regarded separately as standard. The values stated in
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2.2 ISO Standards:
each system are not necessarily exact equivalents; therefore,
ISO 13943 Fire Safety – Vocabulary
each system shall be used independently of the other. Combin-
ing values from the two systems has the potential to result in
3. Terminology
non-conformance with the standard.
3.1 Definitions—For definitions of terms used in this test
1.3 This standard is used to measure and describe the
method, refer to Terminology E176 or ISO 13943. When
response of deck materials to heat and flame under controlled
discrepancies exist, the definition in Terminology E176 shall
conditions, but does not by itself incorporate all factors
prevail.
required for fire hazard or fire risk assessment of the deck
materials under actual fire conditions.
3.2 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
3.2.1 deck surface area, n—the test specimen area defined
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the
by the overall specimen length and width after assembly.
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
4. Summary of Test Method
priate safety, health, and environmental practices and deter-
mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
4.1 The test method described here measures the heat
1.5 Fire testing is inherently hazardous. Adequate safe-
release rate of deck materials subjected to a flame source
guards for personnel and property shall be employed in
located beneath a test specimen.
conducting these tests.
4.2 The test method employs a diffusion flame based fire
1.6 This international standard was developed in accor-
source from a nominal 305 mm [12 in.] square burner located
dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-
underneath the test specimen.
ization established in the Decision on Principles for the
4.3 An80kWfireexposureshallbeappliedtotheunderside
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recom-
of the test specimen for a period of 3 min after which the
burner is extinguished.
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This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E05 on Fire
Standards and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E05.14 on External Fire
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Exposures. For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
Current edition approved Feb. 1, 2013. Published February 2013. DOI: 10.1520/ contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
E2632_E2632M-13E01. Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
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Appendix X1 provides commentary on the background of this test method as the ASTM website.
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well as its potential use for evaluation of coatings and surface treatments of deck Available from International Organization for Standardization (ISO), 1, ch. de
products. la Voie-Creuse, CP 56, CH-1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland, http://www.iso.org.
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4.4 Fire test response characteristics monitored and re- in test material weight is less than or equal to 0.1 % in a 24-h
corded shall include heat release of the test specimen utilizing period. For those materials whose fire test response is poten-
oxygen depletion methodologies as described in Practice tially affec
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