Fire hazard testing -- Part 9-1: Surface spread of flame - General guidance

This part of IEC 60695 provides guidance for the assessment of surface spread of flame for electrotechnical products and the materials from which they are formed. One of the responsibilities of a technical committee is, wherever applicable, to make use of basic safety publications in the preparation of its publications.

Prüfungen zur Beurteilung der Brandgefahr -- Teil 9-1: Oberflächige Flammenausbreitung - Allgemeiner Leitfaden

Essais relatifs aux risques du feu -- Partie 9-1: Propagation des flammes en surface - Lignes directrices générales

Fournit les lignes directrices générales pour l'évaluation de la propagation de flammes en surface des produits électrotechniques et des matériaux à partir desquels ils sont faits.

Preskušanje požarne ogroženosti – 9-1. del: Širjenje plamena po površini – Splošno navodilo (IEC 60695-9-1:2005)

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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN 60695-9-1:2006
01-februar-2006
Preskušanje požarne ogroženosti – 9-1. del: Širjenje plamena po površini –
Splošno navodilo (IEC 60695-9-1:2005)
Fire hazard testing - Part 9-1: Surface spread of flame - General guidance
Prüfungen zur Beurteilung der Brandgefahr - Teil 9-1: Oberflächige Flammenausbreitung
- Allgemeiner Leitfaden
Essais relatifs aux risques du feu - Partie 9-1: Propagation des flammes en surface -
Lignes directrices générales
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 60695-9-1:2005
ICS:
13.220.40
29.020
SIST EN 60695-9-1:2006 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 60695-9-1
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM November 2005

ICS 13.220.40; 29.020 Supersedes EN 60695-9-1:1999


English version


Fire hazard testing
Part 9-1: Surface spread of flame –
General guidance
(IEC 60695-9-1:2005)


Essais relatifs aux risques du feu Prüfungen zur Beurteilung der
Partie 9-1: Propagation des flammes Brandgefahr
en surface – Teil 9-1: Oberflächige
Lignes directrices générales Flammenausbreitung –
(CEI 60695-9-1:2005) Allgemeiner Leitfaden
(IEC 60695-9-1:2005)

This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2005-10-01. CENELEC members are bound to
comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European
Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.

Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on
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Ref. No. EN 60695-9-1:2005 E

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EN 60695-9-1:2005 - 2 -
Foreword
The text of document 89/716/FDIS, future edition 2 of IEC 60695-9-1, prepared by IEC TC 89, Fire
hazard testing, was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and was approved by CENELEC as
EN 60695-9-1 on 2005-10-01.
This European Standard supersedes EN 60695-9-1:1999.
The main changes with respect to the previous edition are listed below:
– a revised introduction;
– the addition of a list of pertinent definitions;
– comprehensive editorial revision throughout document;
– new Clause 5 dealing with fire scenarios.
The following dates were fixed:
– latest date by which the EN has to be implemented
at national level by publication of an identical
national standard or by endorsement (dop) 2006-07-01
– latest date by which the national standards conflicting
with the EN have to be withdrawn (dow) 2008-10-01
EN 60695-9-1 is to be used in conjunction with IEC/TS 60695-9-2.
Annex ZA has been added by CENELEC.
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Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60695-9-1:2005 was approved by CENELEC as a
European Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards indicated:
IEC 60332-1-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60332-1-1:2004 (not modified).
IEC 60332-1-2 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60332-1-2:2004 (not modified).
IEC 60332-1-3 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60332-1-3:2004 (not modified).
IEC 61197 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61197:1994 (not modified).
ISO 2719 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 2719:2002 (not modified).
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- 3 - EN 60695-9-1:2005
Annex ZA
(normative)

Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE Where an international publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant
EN/HD applies.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60695-4 2005 Fire hazard testing - -
Part 4: Terminology concerning fire tests
for electrotechnical products

IEC Guide 104 1997 The preparation of safety publications - -
and the use of basic safety publications
and group safety publications

ISO/IEC Guide 51 1999 Safety aspects - Guidelines for their - -
inclusion in standards

ISO 13943 2000 Fire safety - Vocabulary EN ISO 13943 2000

ISO 2592 2000 Determination of flash and fire points - EN ISO 2592 2001
Cleveland open cup method

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NORME CEI
INTERNATIONALE
IEC



60695-9-1
INTERNATIONAL


Deuxième édition
STANDARD

Second edition

2005-09


PUBLICATION FONDAMENTALE DE SÉCURITÉ
BASIC SAFETY PUBLICATION
Essais relatifs aux risques du feu –
Partie 9-1:
Propagation des flammes en surface –
Lignes directrices générales

Fire hazard testing –
Part 9-1:
Surface spread of flame –
General guidance

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60695-9-1  IEC:2005 – 3 –
CONTENTS
FOREWORD.5
INTRODUCTION.9

1 Scope.11
2 Normative references.11
3 Terms and definitions .11
4 Principles of flame spread.19
4.1 Liquids .19
4.2 Solids .19
5 Consideration for the selection of test methods .21
5.1 Fire scenario .21
5.2 Ignition sources .21
5.3 Types of test specimen.21
5.4 Test procedure and apparatus .23
5.5 Measurement techniques .23
5.5.1 Direct measurement.23
5.5.2 Indirect measurement .23
6 Use and interpretation of results .23

Bibliography .27

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60695-9-1  IEC:2005 – 5 –
INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
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FIRE HAZARD TESTING –

Part 9-1: Surface spread of flame –
General guidance


FOREWORD
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International Standard IEC 60695-9-1 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 89: Fire
hazard testing.
This second edition of IEC 60695-9-1 cancels and replaces the first edition of IEC 60695-9-1
published in 1998, and constitutes a technical revision.
The main changes with respect to the previous edition are listed below:
− a revised introduction;
− the addition of a list of pertinent definitions;
− comprehensive editorial revision throughout document;
− new Clause 5 dealing with fire scenarios.

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60695-9-1  IEC:2005 – 7 –
It has the status of a basic safety publication in accordance with IEC Guide 104.
The text of this standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
89/716/FDIS 89/726/RVD

Full information on the voting for the approval of this standard can be found in the report on
voting indicated in the above table.
This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
IEC 60695-9-1 is to be used in conjunction with IEC 60695-9-2.
The IEC 60695-9 series, under the general title Fire hazard testing, consists of the following
parts:
Part 9-1:Surface spread of flame – General guidance
Part 9-2: Surface spread of flame – Summary and relevance of test methods
The committee has decided that the contents of this publication will remain unchanged until the
maintenance result date indicated on the IEC web site under "http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data
related to the specific publication. At this date, the publication will be
• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.

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60695-9-1  IEC:2005 – 9 –
INTRODUCTION
Fires are responsible for creating hazards to life and property as a result of the generation of
heat (thermal hazard), and also toxic effluent, corrosive effluent and smoke (non-thermal
hazard). Fire hazard increases with the burning area leading in some cases to flash-over and a
fully developed fire. This is a typical fire scenario in buildings.
The surface spread of flame beyond the area of ignition occurs as a result of the creation of a
pyrolysis front on the surface of the material, ahead of the flame front, arising from the heating
by the flame and external heat sources. The pyrolysis front is the boundary between pyrolysed
material and unpyrolysed material on the surface of the material. Combustible vapours are
generated within the region of pyrolysed material which mix with air and ignite, creating the
flame front.
The surface spread of flame rate is the distance travelled by the flame front divided by the time
required to travel that distance. The surface spread of flame rate depends on the heat supplied
externally and/or by the flame of the burning material ahead of the burning zone and on the
ease of ignition. The ease of ignition is a function of the minimum ignition temperature,
thickness, density, specific heat, and thermal conductivity of the material. The heat supplied by
the flame depends on the heat release rate, specimen orientation, air flow rate and air flow
direction relative to the surface spread of flame direction. In general, materials show one of the
following types of surface spread of flame behaviour:
a) non-propagation: there is no flame propagation beyond the area of ignition;
b) decelerating propagation: flame propagation stops before reaching the end of the surface of
the material; and
c) propagation: flame propagates beyond the area of ignition and eventually affects the entire
surface of the material.
Properties of the materials that are used to describe the surface spread of flame behaviour are
associated with surface preheating and pyrolysis, generation of vapours, mixing of the vapours
with air, ignition, combustion of the mixture and generation of heat and combustion products.
Flame retardants and surface treatments are used to modify the surface spread of flame
behaviour. Factors that need to be considered for the assessment of the surface spread of
flame behaviour of materials are
a) the fire scenario (surface orientation, ventilation, ignition source, etc.);
b) measurement techniques (see 5.5); and
c) the use and interpretation of results obtained.

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60695-9-1  IEC:2005 – 11 –
FIRE HAZARD TESTING –

Part 9-1: Surface spread of flame –
General guidance



1 Scope
This part of IEC 60695 provides guidance for the assessment of surface spread of flame for
electrotechnical products and the materials from which they are formed.
One of the responsibilities of a technical committee is, wherever applicable, to make use of
basic safety publications in the preparation of its publications.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For
dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of
the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
IEC 60695-4:2005, Fire hazard testing – Part 4: Terminology concerning fire tests
IEC Guide 104:1997, The preparation of safety publications and the use of basic safety
publications and group safety publications
ISO/IEC Guide 51:1999, Safety aspects – Guidelines for their inclusion in standards
ISO/IEC 13943:2000, Fire safety – Vocabulary
ISO 2592:2000, Determination of flash and fire points – Cleveland open cup method
3 Terms and definitio
...

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