ASTM E176-04
(Terminology)Standard Terminology of Fire Standards
Standard Terminology of Fire Standards
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1.1 This terminology covers terms, related definitions, and descriptions of terms used or likely to be used in fire-test-response standards, fire-hazard-assessment standards, and fire-risk-assessment standards. Definitions of terms are special-purpose definitions that are consistent with the standard definitions but are written to ensure that a specific fire-test-response standard, fire-hazard-assessment standard, or fire-risk-assessment standard is properly understood and precisely interpreted.
Note 1—For additional information, refer to ASTM Policy on Fire Standards.
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An American National Standard
Designation: E 176 – 04
Standard Terminology of
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Fire Standards
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E 176; 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 E 970 Test Method for Critical Radiant Flux of Exposed
Attic Floor Insulation Using a Radiant Heat Energy Source
1.1 This terminology covers terms, related definitions, and
E 1317 Test Method for Flammability of Marine Surface
descriptions of terms used or likely to be used in fire-test-
Finishes
response standards, fire-hazard-assessment standards, and fire-
E 1321 Test Method for Determining Material Ignition and
risk-assessment standards. Definitions of terms are special-
Flame Spread Properties
purpose definitions that are consistent with the standard
E 1352 Test Method for Cigarette Ignition Resistance of
definitions but are written to ensure that a specific fire-test-
Mock-Up Upholstered Furniture Assemblies
response standard, fire-hazard-assessment standard, or fire-
E 1353 Test Method for Cigarette Ignition Resistance of
risk-assessment standard is properly understood and precisely
Components of Upholstered Furniture
interpreted.
E 1354 Test Method for Heat and Visible Smoke Release
NOTE 1—For additional information, refer to ASTM Policy on Fire
Rates for Materials and Products Using an Oxygen Con-
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Standards.
sumption Calorimeter
E 1474 Test Method for Determining the Heat Release Rate
2. Referenced Documents
of Upholstered Furniture and Mattress Components or
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
Composites Using a Bench Scale Oxygen Consumption
D 3286 Test Method for Gross Calorific Value of Coal and
Calorimeter
Coke by the Isoperibol Bomb Calorimeter
E 1529 Test Method for Determining Effects of Large
E 84 Test Method for Surface Burning Characteristics of
Hydrocarbon Pool Fires on Structural Members and As-
Building Materials
semblies
E 136 Test Method for Behavior of Materials in a Vertical
E 1537 Test Method for Fire Testing of Upholstered Furni-
Tube Furace at 750°C
ture Items
E 119 Test Methods for Fire Tests of Building Construction
E 1590 Test Method for Fire Testing of Mattresses
and Materials
E 1623 Test Method for Determination of Fire and Thermal
E 152 Methods of Fire Tests of Door Assemblies
Parameters of Materials, Products, and Systems Using an
E 163 Method for Fire Tests of Window Assemblies
Intermediate Scale Calorimeter (ICAL)
E 648 Test Method for Critical Radiant Flux of Floor-
E 1678 Test Method for Measuring Smoke Toxicity for Use
Covering Systems Using a Radiant Heat Energy Source
in Fire Hazard Analyses
E 800 Guide for Measurement of Gases Present or Gener-
E 1725 Test Method for Fire Tests of Fire Resistive Barrier
ated During Fires
Systems for Electrical System Components
E 814 Test Method for Fire Tests of Through-Penetration
E 1776 Guide for Development of Fire-Risk-Assessment
Fire Stops
Standards
E 906 Test Method for Heat and Visible Smoke Release
E 1822 Test Method for Fire Testing of Stacked Chairs
Rates for Materials and Products
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2.2 ISO Standards :
ISO 1182, Fire Tests-Building Materials-Non-
Combustibility Test
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ISO 13943, Fire Safety-Vocabulary
This terminology is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E05 on Fire
Standards and is the responsibility of Subcommittee E05.31 on Terminology and
Editorial.
3. Significance and Use
Current edition approved February 1, 2004. Published March 2004. Originally
e1 3.1 Definitions—Terms and related definitions given in
approved in 1961. Last previous edition approved in 2002 as E 176 – 02 .
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E 176–04
fire test standards and in all fire-test-response standards, combustion, n—a chemical process of oxidation that occurs at
fire-hazard-assessment standards, and fire-risk-assessment a rate fast enough to produce temperature rise and usually
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