ASTM E535-05a

Standard Practice for Preparation of Fire-Test-Response Standards

SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
This standard is to be used by those concerned with the development of fire-test-response standards.
The resultant fire-test-response standards are intended to be useful in one or more of the following areas, among others: product development, quality control, product comparisons, screening, information to be used as part of a fire hazard or a fire risk assessment, and regulatory purposes.
This practice is intended to be useful to users of fire-test-response standards because it provides much of the general rationale for the development and use of such standards.
This practice is not intended to provide guidance for the preparation of fire hazard assessment standards or fire risk assessment standards.
This practice is not intended to provide guidance for the preparation of standards not related to fire-test responses of materials, products or assemblies.
SCOPE
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.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 30-Jun-2005
• ICS: 13.220.01 - Protection against fire in general
• Technical Committee: E05 - Fire Standards
• Drafting Committee: E05.31 - Terminology and Services / Functions

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM E535-05 - Standard Practice for Preparation of Fire-Test-Response Standards
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2005
• Replaced By: ASTM E535-09 - Standard Practice for Preparation of Fire-Test-Response Standards
• Effective Date: 01-Sep-2009
• Referred By: ASTM E1549/E1549M-13(2022) - Standard Specification for ESD Controlled Garments Required in Cleanrooms and Controlled Environments for Spacecraft for Non-Hazardous and Hazardous Operations
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2005
• Referred By: ASTM E800-20 - Standard Guide for Measurement of Gases Present or Generated During Fires
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2005
• Referred By: ASTM E176-21ae1 - Standard Terminology of Fire Standards
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2005
• Referred By: ASTM E2102-21 - Standard Test Method for Measurement of Mass Loss and Ignitability for Screening Purposes Using a Conical Radiant Heater
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2005

Standards Content (Sample)

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An American National Standard
Designation:E535–05a
Standard Practice for
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Preparation of Fire-Test-Response Standards
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E 535; 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.
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 2. Referenced Documents
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1.1 This practice is a supplement to Form and Style for 2.1 ASTM Standards:
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ASTM Standards , which shall be consulted in writing all E 176 Terminology Relating to Fire Standards
ASTM standards. E 456 Terminology Relating to Statistics
1.2 Thispracticecontains,directlyorbyreference,allofthe E 691 Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Study to
information required to comply with the policy on fire stan- Determine the Precision of a Test Method
dards and the additional guidelines recommended by Commit-
3. Terminology
tee E05.
1.3 This practice, intended to assist ASTM Committees, 3.1 Definitions:
3.1.1 Definitions—For definitions of terms used in this
establishes guidelines and criteria for the preparation of fire-
test-response standards (that is, standards for response to heat practice, refer to Terminology E 176.
3.1.2 fire-test-response characteristic, n—a response char-
or flame under prescribed conditions).
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the acteristic of a material, product, or assembly, to a prescribed
source of heat or flame, under controlled fire conditions; such
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro- response characteristics may include but are not limited to ease
of ignition, flame spread, mass loss, smoke generation, fire
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use. resistance, and toxic potency of smoke.
3.1.2.1 Discussion—A fire-test-response characteristic can
1.5 This fire standard cannot be used to provide quantitative
be influenced by variable characteristics of the heat source,
measures.
such as its intensity, or of the burning environment, such as
ventilation, geometry of item or enclosure, humidity or oxygen
concentration. It is not an intrinsic property such as specific
heat, thermal conductivity, or heat of combustion, where the
value is independent of test variables. A fire-test-response
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characteristic may be described in one of several terms. Smoke
This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E05 on Fire
Standards and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E05.31 on Terminology
and Editorial.
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approved in 1975. Last previous edition approved in 2005 as E 535 – 05. contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM
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generation, for example, may be described as smoke opacity, 5.4.1.9 Identify the system of units of measurement applied
change of opacity with time, or smoke weight. No quantitative within the standard and to be used in referee decisions;
correlation need exist between values of a fire-test-response parenthetical measures in a different system of units are
characteristic for different materials, products, or assemblies, permitted when identified to be for information only.
as measured by different methods or tested under
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