ASTM_E_1822_-_13.pdf

Designation:E182213An American National StandardStandard Test Method forFire Testing of Stacked Chairs1This standard is issued under the fixed designation E1822;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.1.Scope1.1 This is a fire-test-response standard.1.2 This test method provides a means of determining theburning behavior of stacking chairs used in public occupanciesby measuring specific fire-test responses when a stack of chairsis subjected to a specified flaming ignition source under wellventilated conditions.1.3 This test method is limited to stacked chairs.1.4 Test data are obtained describing the burning behaviorfollowing application of a specific ignition source,fromignition until all burning has ceased,a period of 1 h haselapsed,or flashover under test conditions appears inevitable.1.5 This test method does not provide information on thefire performance of stacked chairs under fire conditions otherthan those conditions specified in this test method.Inparticular,this test method does not apply to smolderingignition by cigarettes.See 5.11 for further information.1.6 The rate of heat release of the burning test specimen ismeasured by an oxygen consumption method.See 5.11.4 forfurther information.1.7 Other measurements are the production of light-obscuring smoke and the concentrations of certain toxic gasspecies in the combustion gases.See 5.11.5 for further infor-mation.1.8 The burning behavior is documented visually by photo-graphic or video recordings.1.9 This standard is used to measure and describe theresponse of materials,products,or assemblies to heat andflame under controlled conditions,but does not by itselfincorporate all factors required for fire hazard or fire riskassessment of the materials,products or assemblies underactual fire conditions.1.10 Fire testing is inherently hazardous.Adequate safe-guards for personnel and property shall be employed inconducting these tests.1.11 Use the SI system of units in referee decisions;seeIEEE/ASTM SI-10.The units given in parentheses are forinformation only.1.12 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.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2D123 Terminology Relating to TextilesE84 Test Method for Surface Burning Characteristics ofBuilding MaterialsE176 Terminology of Fire StandardsE800 Guide for Measurement of Gases Present or GeneratedDuring FiresE1354 Test Method for Heat and Visible Smoke ReleaseRates for Materials and Products Using an Oxygen Con-sumption CalorimeterE1474 Test Method for Determining the Heat Release Rateof Upholstered Furniture and Mattress Components orComposites Using a Bench Scale Oxygen ConsumptionCalorimeterE1537 Test Method for Fire Testing of Upholstered Furni-tureE1590 Test Method for Fire Testing of MattressesIEEE/ASTM SI-10 American National Standard for Use ofthe International System of Units(SI):The Modern MetricSystem2.2 ISO Standards:ISO 4880 Burning Behaviour of Textiles and TextileProductsVocabulary3ISO 9705 Fire TestsFull Scale Room Test for SurfaceProducts3ISO 13943 Fire SafetyVocabulary31This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E05 on FireStandards and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E05.21 on Smoke andCombustion Products.Current edition approved April 1,2013.Published April 2013.Originallyapproved in 1996.Last previous edition approved in 2012 as E1822 12.DOI:10.1520/E1822-13.2For 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.3Available from International Organization for Standardization(ISO),1,ch.dela Voie-Creuse,Case postale 56,CH-1211,Geneva 20,Switzerland,http:/www.iso.ch.Copyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 2.3 UL Standards:UL 1056 Fire Test of Upholstered Furniture(withdrawn)4UL 1895 Fire Test of Mattresses(withdrawn)42.4 CA Standards:CA TB 129,Flammability Test Procedure for Mattresses forUse in Public Buildings5CA TB 133,Flammability Test Procedure for Seating Fur-niture for Use in Public Occupancies52.5 NFPA Standard:NFPA 289 Standard Method of Fire Test for Individual FuelPackages62.6 Other Document:Nordtest Method NT Fire 032 Upholstered Furniture:Burn-ing BehaviorFull Scale Test73.Terminology3.1 DefinitionsFor definitions of terms used in this testmethod and associated with fire issues,refer to TerminologyE176 and ISO 13943.In case of