1、Designation: E 176 08aAn American National StandardStandard Terminology ofFire Standards1This standard is issued under the fixed designation E 176; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number
2、 in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. Asuperscript epsilon () indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1. Scope1.1 This terminology covers terms, related definitions, anddescriptions of terms used or likely to be used in fire-test-response standards, fire-
3、hazard-assessment standards, and fire-risk-assessment standards. Definitions of terms are special-purpose definitions that are consistent with the standarddefinitions but are written to ensure that a specific fire-test-response standard, fire-hazard-assessment standard, or fire-risk-assessment stand
4、ard is properly understood and preciselyinterpreted.NOTE 1For additional information, refer to ASTM Policy on FireStandards.21.2 This standard does not purport to address all of thesafety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is theresponsibility of the user of this standard to establish app
5、ro-priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.1.3 This fire standard cannot be used to provide quantitativemeasures.2. Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:3D 3675 Test Method for Surface Flammability of FlexibleCellular Materials Usi
6、ng a Radiant Heat Energy SourceD 5865 Test Method for Gross Calorific Value of Coal andCokeE84 Test Method for Surface Burning Characteristics ofBuilding MaterialsE 136 Test Method for Behavior of Materials in a VerticalTube Furnace at 750CE119 Test Methods for Fire Tests of Building Constructionand
7、 MaterialsE 152 Methods of Fire Tests of Door Assemblies4E 162 Test Method for Surface Flammability of MaterialsUsing a Radiant Heat Energy SourceE 603 Guide for Room Fire ExperimentsE 163 Methods of Fire Tests of Window Assemblies4E 603 Guide for Room Fire ExperimentsE 648 Test Method for Critical
8、Radiant Flux of Floor-Covering Systems Using a Radiant Heat Energy SourceE 800 Guide for Measurement of Gases Present or Gener-ated During FiresE 814 Test Method for Fire Tests of Penetration FirestopSystemsE 906 Test Method for Heat and Visible Smoke ReleaseRates for Materials and Products Using a
9、ThermopileMethodE 970 Test Method for Critical Radiant Flux of ExposedAttic Floor Insulation Using a Radiant Heat Energy SourceE 1317 Test Method for Flammability of Marine SurfaceFinishesE 1321 Test Method for Determining Material Ignition andFlame Spread PropertiesE 1352 Test Method for Cigarette
10、Ignition Resistance ofMock-Up Upholstered Furniture AssembliesE 1353 Test Methods for Cigarette Ignition Resistance ofComponents of Upholstered FurnitureE 1354 Test Method for Heat and Visible Smoke ReleaseRates for Materials and Products Using an Oxygen Con-sumption CalorimeterE 1355 Guide for Eval
11、uating the Predictive Capability ofDeterministic Fire ModelsE 1474 Test Method for Determining the Heat Release Rateof Upholstered Furniture and Mattress Components orComposites Using a Bench Scale Oxygen ConsumptionCalorimeterE 1509 Specification for Room Heaters, Pellet Fuel-Burning TypeE 1529 Tes
12、t Methods for Determining Effects of LargeHydrocarbon Pool Fires on Structural Members and As-sembliesE 1537 Test Method for Fire Testing of Upholstered Furni-tureE 1590 Test Method for Fire Testing of Mattresses1This terminology is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E05 on FireStandards and i
13、s the responsibility of Subcommittee E05.31 on Terminology andEditorial.Current edition approved Dec. 15, 2008. Published January 2009. Originallyapproved in 1961. Last previous edition approved in 2009 as E 176 08.2Available from ASTM Headquarters, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Consho-hocken, PA 1942
14、8.3For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org. For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information, refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.4Withdrawn.1Copyright ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor D
15、rive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959, United States.E 1623 Test Method for Determination of Fire and ThermalParameters of Materials, Products, and Systems Using anIntermediate Scale Calorimeter (ICAL)E 1678 Test Method for Measuring Smoke Toxicity for Usein Fire Hazard AnalysisE 1725
16、Test Methods for Fire Tests of Fire-Resistive BarrierSystems for Electrical System ComponentsE 1740 Test Method for Determining the Heat Release Rateand Other Fire-Test-Response Characteristics of Wallcov-ering Composites Using a Cone CalorimeterE 1776 Guide for Development of Fire-Risk-AssessmentSt
17、andardsE 1822 Test Method for Fire Testing of Stacked ChairsE 1966 Test Method for Fire-Resistive Joint SystemsE 1995 Test Method for Measurement of Smoke Obscura-tion Using a Conical Radiant Source in a Single ClosedChamber, With the Test Specimen Oriented HorizontallyE 2010 Test Method for Positiv
18、e Pressure Fire Tests ofWindow Assemblies4E 2032 Guide for Extension of Data From Fire ResistanceTests Conducted in Accordance with ASTM E 119E 2058 Test Methods for Measurement of Synthetic Poly-mer Material Flammability Using a Fire PropagationApparatus (FPA)E 2061 Guide for Fire HazardAssessment
19、of Rail Transpor-tation VehiclesE 2067 Practice for Full-Scale Oxygen Consumption Calo-rimetry Fire TestsE 2074 Test Method for Fire Tests of Door Assemblies,Including Positive Pressure Testing of Side-Hinged andPivoted Swinging Door Assemblies4E 2102 Test Method for Measurement of Mass Loss andIgni
20、tability for Screening Purposes Using a Conical Radi-ant HeaterE 2187 Test Method for Measuring the Ignition Strength ofCigarettesE 2226 Practice for Application of Hose StreamE 2230 Practice for Thermal Qualification of Type B Pack-ages for Radioactive MaterialE 2231 Practice for Specimen Preparati
21、on and Mounting ofPipe and Duct Insulation Materials to Assess SurfaceBurning CharacteristicsE 2257 Test Method for Room Fire Test of Wall and CeilingMaterials and AssembliesE 2280 Guide for Fire Hazard Assessment of the Effect ofUpholstered Seating Furniture Within Patient Rooms ofHealth Care Facil
22、itiesE 2335 Guide for Laboratory MonitorsE 2404 Practice for Specimen Preparation and Mounting ofTextile, Paper or Vinyl Wall or Ceiling Coverings toAssessSurface Burning CharacteristicsE 2405 Test Method for Determination of Fire and ThermalParameters of Materials Using an Intermediate Scale Testwi
23、th Vertically Oriented Specimen2.2 ISO Standards5:ISO 1182, Fire Tests-Building Materials-Non-Combustibility TestISO 13943, Fire Safety-Vocabulary3. Significance and Use3.1 DefinitionsTerms and related definitions given inSection 4 are intended for use uniformly and consistently in allfire test stan
24、dards and in all fire-test-response standards,fire-hazard-assessment standards, and fire-risk-assessmentstandards in which they appear.3.2 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:3.2.1 As indicated in Section 4, terms and their definitionsare intended to provide a precise understanding and in
25、terpre-tation of fire-test-response standards, fire-hazard-assessmentstandards, and fire-risk-assessment standards in which theyappear.3.2.2 A specific definition of a given term is applicable tothe standard or standards in which the term is described andused.3.2.3 Different definitions of the same
26、term, appearingrespectively in two or more standards, are acceptable providedeach one is consistent with and not in conflict with the standarddefinition for the same term, that is, concept.3.2.4 Each standard in which a term is used in a mannerspecially defined (see 1.1 and Section 5) shall list the
27、 term andits description under the subheading, Definitions of Terms.3.3 Definitions for some terms associated with fire issuesand not included in Terminology E 176 are found in ISO13943.When discrepancies exist, the definition inTerminologyE 176 shall prevail.4. Terminology4.1 Terms and their standa
28、rd definitions within the scope ofthis standard are given in Section 4 in alphabetical order.AnnexA1 contains the definitions of terms that are included inother fire standards.4.2 Discussions associated with definitions are printed di-rectly under the appropriate definition. The date following eachd
29、efinition or discussion indicates the year of introduction or oflatest revision of that particular definition or discussion.afterglow, npersistence of glowing combustion after bothremoval of the ignition source and the cessation of anyflaming. (2005)6assembly, na unit or structure composed of a comb
30、ination ofmaterials or products, or both. (1990)burn, vto undergo combustion. (1989)char, vto form carbonaceous residue during pyrolysis orduring incomplete combustion. (1979)char, na carbonaceous residue formed by pyrolysis orincomplete combustion. (1979)chimney effectupward movement of hot fire ef
31、fluent caused5Available from International Standardization Organization, ISO Central Secre-tariat 1, rue de Varemb, Case postale 56, CH-1211, Geneva 20, Switzerland orAmerican National Standards Institute, 11 West 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10046.6Date indicates year of introduction or latest review
32、 or revision.E 176 08a2by convection currents confined within an essentially verti-cal enclosure. (2006)DISCUSSIONThis usually draws more air into the fire. (2006)combustible, adjcapable of undergoing combustion. (1985)DISCUSSIONThe term combustible is often delimited to specificfire-exposure condit
33、ions. For example, building materials are consid-ered combustible if they are capable of undergoing combustion in air atpressures and temperatures that might occur during a fire in a building.Similarly, some materials that are not combustible under such condi-tions may be combustible when exposed to
34、 higher temperatures andpressures or to an oxygen-enriched environment. Materials that are notcombustible in bulk form may be combustible in finely divided form.(1985)combustion, na chemical process of oxidation that occurs ata rate fast enough to produce temperature rise and usuallylight either as
35、a glow or flame. (See also glow and smolder-ing.) (1989)combustion products, neffluent produced when a materialundergoes combustion (see also smoke; see also combus-tion). (2001)DISCUSSIONThe combustion process releases effluents that havemass, in gaseous, liquid, or solid form, and generates radian
36、t energy, asheat or light, and sometimes sound. However, the common usage of theterm combustion products in ASTM E05 standards is only for thosewhich have mass. (2001)composite, nstructured combination of two or more discretematerials. (2008)continuous, adjin data collection, conducted at intervals
37、of5 s or less. (2008)effective heat of combustion, nthe amount of heat gener-ated per unit mass lost by a material, product or assembly,when exposed to specific fire test conditions (contrast grossheat of combustion) (2003).DISCUSSIONThe effective heat of combustion depends on the testmethod and is
38、determined by dividing the measured heat release by themass loss during a specified period of time under the specified testconditions. Typically, the specified fire test conditions are provided bythe specifications of the fire test standard that cites effective heat ofcombustion as a quantity to be
39、measured. For certain fire test condi-tions, involving very high heat and high oxygen concentrations underhigh pressure, the effective heat of combustion will approximate thegross heat of combustion. More often, the fire test conditions willrepresent or approximate certain real fire exposure conditi
40、ons, and theeffective heat of combustion is the appropriate measure. Typical unitsare kJ/g or MJ/kg. (2001)environment, nas related to fire, the conditions and sur-roundings that may influence the behavior of a material,product, or assembly when it is exposed to ignition sourcesor fire. (1989)fire,
41、ndestructive burning as manifested by any or all of thefollowing: light, flame, heat, smoke. (1988)fire-characteristic profile, nan array of fire-test-responsecharacteristics, all measured using tests relevant to the samefire scenario, for a material, product, or assembly to address,collectively, th
42、e corresponding fire hazard. (See also firehazard, fire risk, and fire-test-response characteristic.)(1993)DISCUSSIONAn array of fire-test-response characteristics in a set ofdata relevant to the assessment of fire hazard in a particular firescenario. In other words, all the fire tests used would ha
43、ve a demon-strated validity for the fire scenario in question, for example by havingcomparable fire intensities. The fire-characteristic profile is intended asa collective guide to the potential fire hazard from a material, product,or assembly involved in a fire that could be represented by thelabor
44、atory test conditions. (1993)fire exposure, nprocess by which or extent to whichhumans, animals, materials, products, or assemblies aresubjected to the conditions created by fire. (1991)fire gases, nthe airborne products emitted by a material,product, or assembly undergoing pyrolysis or combustion,t
45、hat exist in the gas phase at the relevant temperature. (1979)fire hazard, nthe potential for harm associated with fire.(1989)DISCUSSIONA fire may pose one or more types of hazard to people,animals, or property. These hazards are associated with the environ-ment and with a number of fire-test-respon
46、se characteristics of mate-rials, products, or assemblies including but not limited to ease ofignition, flame spread, rate of heat release, smoke generation andobscuration, toxicity of combustion products, and ease of extinguish-ment. (1989)fire model, na physical representation or set of mathematic
47、alequations that approximately simulate the dynamics ofburning and associated processes. (1992)fire performance, nresponse of a material, product, orassembly in a particular fire, other than in a fire testinvolving controlled conditions (different from fire-test-response characteristic). (1993)DISCU
48、SSIONThe ASTM Policy on Fire Standards distinguishesbetween the response of materials, products, or assemblies to heat andflame under controlled conditions, which is fire-test-response charac-teristic, and under actual fire conditions, which is fire performance. Fireperformance depends on the occasi
49、on or environment and may not bemeasurable. In view of the limited availability of fire-performance data,the response to one or more fire tests, appropriately recognized asrepresenting end-use conditions, is generally used as a predictor of thefire performance of a material, product, or assembly. (1993)fire performance characteristic, nthis term is deprecated.(See fire-test-response characteristic and fire perfor-mance (q.v.).) (1990)fire performance test, nthis term is deprecated. (See fire-test-response characteristic and fire performance (q.v.).)(
