ASTM_E_176_-_15ae1.pdf

Designation:E17615a1An American National StandardStandard Terminology ofFire Standards1This standard is issued under the fixed designation E176;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1NOTETerms were editorially added from approved ballot actions for the year in December 2015.1.Scope1.1 This terminology covers terms,related definitions,anddescriptions 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 standarddefinitions 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 preciselyinterpreted.NOTE1For 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 appro-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:3C1224 Specification for Reflective Insulation for BuildingApplicationsC1313 Specification for Sheet Radiant Barriers for BuildingConstruction ApplicationsD3675 Test Method for Surface Flammability of FlexibleCellular Materials Using a Radiant Heat Energy SourceD5865 Test Method for Gross Calorific Value of Coal andCokeE108 Test Methods for Fire Tests of Roof CoveringsE84 Test Method for Surface Burning Characteristics ofBuilding MaterialsE136 Test Method for Behavior of Materials in a VerticalTube Furnace at 750CE119 Test Methods for Fire Tests of Building Constructionand MaterialsE152 Test Method for Fire Tests Of Door Assemblies(With-drawn 1995)4E162 Test Method for Surface Flammability of MaterialsUsing a Radiant Heat Energy SourceE535 Practice for Preparation of Fire-Test-Response Stan-dardsE603 Guide for Room Fire ExperimentsE163 Test Method for Fire Tests Of Window Assemblies(Withdrawn 1999)4E603 Guide for Room Fire ExperimentsE648 Test Method for Critical Radiant Flux of Floor-Covering Systems Using a Radiant Heat Energy SourceE800 Guide for Measurement of Gases Present or GeneratedDuring FiresE814 Test Method for Fire Tests of Penetration FirestopSystemsE906/E906M Test Method for Heat and Visible SmokeRelease Rates for Materials and Products Using a Ther-mopile MethodE970 Test Method for Critical Radiant Flux of ExposedAtticFloor Insulation Using a Radiant Heat Energy SourceE1317 Test Method for Flammability of Marine SurfaceFinishesE1321 Test Method for Determining Material Ignition andFlame Spread PropertiesE1352 Test Method for Cigarette Ignition Resistance ofMock-Up Upholstered Furniture AssembliesE1353 Test Methods for Cigarette Ignition Resistance ofComponents of Upholstered FurnitureE1354 Test Method for Heat and Visible Smoke ReleaseRates for Materials and Products Using an Oxygen Con-sumption Calorimeter1This terminology is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E05 on FireStandards and is the responsibility of Subcommittee E05.31 on Terminology andEditorial.Current edition approved Aug.1,2015.Published August 2015.Originallyapproved in 1961.Last previous edition approved in 2015 as E176-15.DOI:10.1520/E0176-15AE01.2Available from ASTM Headquarters,100 Barr Harbor Drive,WestConshohocken,PA 19428.3For 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.4The last approved version of this historical standard is referenced onwww.astm.org.Copyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 E1355 Guide for Evaluating the Predictive Capability ofDeterministic Fire ModelsE1474 Test Method for Determining the Heat Release Rateof Upholstered Furniture and Mattress Components orComposites Using a Bench Scale Oxygen ConsumptionCalorimeterE1509 Specification for Room Heaters,Pellet Fuel-BurningTypeE1513 Practice for Application of Sprayed Fire-ResistiveMaterials(SFRMs)E1529 Test Methods for Determining Effects of Large Hy-drocarbon Pool Fires on Structural Members and Assem-bliesE1537 Test Method for Fire Testing of Upholstered Furni-tureE1546 Guide for Development of Fire-Hazard-AssessmentStandardsE1590 Test Method for Fire Testing of MattressesE1623 Test Method for Determination of Fire and ThermalParameters of Materials,Products,and Systems Using anIntermediate Scale Calorimeter(ICAL)E1678 Test Method for