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31、st at www.nfpa.org/docinfo.259-1 NFPA and National Fire Protection Association are registered trademarks of the National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, Massachusetts 02169. Copyright 2017, National Fire Protection Association . All Rights Reserved. NFPA 259 Standard Test Method for Potential H
32、eat of Building Materials 2018 Edition This edition of NFPA 259, Standard Test Method for Potential Heat of Building Materials, was prepared by the Technical Committee on Fire Tests. It was issued by the Standards Council on November 10, 2017, with an effective date of November 30, 2017, and superse
33、des all previous editions. This edition of NFPA 259 was approved as an American National Standard on November 30, 2017. Origin and Development of NFPA 259 This standard is based on a test method developed at the National Bureau of Standards in 1961. Consideration of the test method by the NFPA was b
34、egun in 1973, culminating in the standard that was adopted in 1976, reconrmed in 1981, and revised at the 1986 Fall Meeting. The 1993 edition was a reconrmation of the 1987 edition. The 1998 edition was completely rewritten, incorporating editorial changes with the elimination of nonmandatory langua
35、ge. The only signicant technical change was the incorporation of the requirement of two tests for a product to determine its heat of combustion. A maximum 10 percent variation was permitted; otherwise, a third test was required. Also in 1998, a new Appendix A was added, providing explanatory materia
36、l. A new Appendix C containing material extracted from Appendix C of NFPA 220, Standard on Types of Building Construction, was added for informational purposes. The 2003 edition of NFPA 259 was updated to incorporate the requirements of the Manual of Style for NFPA Technical Committee Documents. The
37、 2008 edition of NFPA 259 was a reconrmation of the 2003 edition. The 2013 edition included a new test limitation, revised oxygen bomb calorimeter requirements, and revised annex material. The 2018 edition includes new Annex B material on the use of potential heat data.POTENTIAL HEAT OF BUILDING MAT
38、ERIALS 259-2 2018 Edition Technical Committee on Fire Tests Barry L. Badders, Jr., Chair Intertek Testing Services, TX RT Farid Alfawakhiri, American Iron and Steel Institute, IL M James A. Burns, New York State Department, NY E Rep. Firemens Association of the State of New York Karen C Carpenter, S
39、outhwest Research Institute, TX RT Gordon H. Damant, Inter-City Testing & Consulting Corp. of California, CA SE Rick D. Davis, National Institute of Standards & Technology, MD RT Scott E. Dillon, Crane Engineering, MN SE William E. Fitch, P, FL SE Richard G. Gann, Gaithersburg, MD SE Marcelo M. Hirs
40、chler, GBH International, CA SE Paul A. Hough, Armstrong World Industries, Inc., PA M William E. Koffel, Koffel Associates, Inc., MD SE Sergei V. Levchik, Israel Chemicals Ltd. (ICL-IP), NY M Rep. ACC-North American Flame Retardant Alliance James Andrew Lynch, The Fire Solutions Group, PA SE John Ma
41、rtell, Professional Fire Fighters of Maine/IAFF, ME L Rep. International Association of Fire Fighters Rodney A. McPhee, Canadian Wood Council, Canada M Kathleen A. Newman, Firetect, CA M Arthur J. Parker, JENSEN HUGHES, MD SE Michael L. Savage, Sr., City of Rio Rancho, NM E Michael Schmeida, Gypsum
42、Association, OH M David T. Sheppard, U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, MD RT Dwayne E. Sloan, UL LLC, NC RT Stanislav I. Stoliarov, University of Maryland, MD SE Kuma Sumathipala, American Wood Council, VA M Dong Zeng, FM Global, MA I Rep. FM Global Alternates Erik H. Anderson,
43、 Koffel Associates, Inc., MD SE (Alt. to William E. Koffel) Jesse J. Beitel, JENSEN HUGHES, MD SE (Alt. to Arthur J. Parker) Richard J. Davis, FM Global, MA I (Alt. to Dong Zeng) Timothy Earl, GBH International, MI SE (Alt. to Marcelo M. Hirschler) Sam W. Francis, American Wood Council, PA M (Alt. t
44、o Kuma Sumathipala) Stephen Paul Fuss, U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, MD RT (Alt. to David T. Sheppard) Justin A. Geiman, Fire and Risk Alliance LLC, MD SE (Alt. to James Andrew Lynch) Karl Dana Houser, Intertek, PA RT (Alt. to Barry L. Badders, Jr.) Marc L. Janssens, Southw
45、est Research Institute, TX RT (Alt. to Karen C Carpenter) Ineke Van Zeeland, Canadian Wood Council, Canada M (Alt. to Rodney A. McPhee) Matthew T. Vinci, International Association of Fire Fighters, DC L (Alt. to John Martell) Robert J. Wills, American Iron and Steel Institute, AL M (Alt. to Farid Al
46、fawakhiri) Luke C. Woods, UL LLC, MA RT (Alt. to Dwayne E. Sloan) Joe Ziolkowski, American Furniture Manufacturers Association, NC M (Voting Alternate) Nonvoting Robert H. Barker, American Fiber Manufacturers Association, VA M Rep. American Fiber Manufacturers Association Rohit Khanna, U.S. Consumer
47、 Product Safety Commission, MD C Rep. U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Andrew Lock, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, MD C Rep. U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Tracy L. Vecchiarelli, NFPA Staff Liaison This list represents the membership at the time the Committee was balloted o
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