ASTM_C_1014_-_17.pdf

Designation:C101417Standard Specification forSpray-Applied Mineral Fiber Thermal and Sound AbsorbingInsulation1This standard is issued under the fixed designation C1014;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 specification covers the composition and the physi-cal properties of spray-applied mineral fiber thermal and soundabsorbing insulation.1.2 These mineral fibers shall be pneumatically conveyed toa spray nozzle where they are mixed with water.These mineralfibers shall have a binder either pre-mixed with the fibers oradded at the spray nozzle with the water.1.3 The spray-applied mineral fiber insulation is intendedfor use in building constructions at ambient conditions.1.4 This is a material specification only and is not intendedto cover methods of application that are supplied by themanufacturer.1.5 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regardedas standard.The values given in parentheses are mathematicalconversions to SI units that are provided for information onlyand are not considered standard.1.6 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:2C168 Terminology Relating to Thermal InsulationC177 Test Method for Steady-State Heat Flux Measure-ments and Thermal Transmission Properties by Means ofthe Guarded-Hot-Plate ApparatusC390 Practice for Sampling and Acceptance of ThermalInsulation LotsC423 Test Method for SoundAbsorption and SoundAbsorp-tion Coefficients by the Reverberation Room MethodC518 Test Method for Steady-State Thermal TransmissionProperties by Means of the Heat Flow Meter ApparatusC665 Specification for Mineral-Fiber Blanket Thermal Insu-lation for Light Frame Construction and ManufacturedHousingC1104/C1104M Test Method for Determining the WaterVapor Sorption of Unfaced Mineral Fiber InsulationC1114 Test Method for Steady-State Thermal TransmissionProperties by Means of the Thin-Heater ApparatusC1149 Specification for Self-Supported Spray Applied Cel-lulosic Thermal InsulationC1304 Test Method for Assessing the Odor Emission ofThermal Insulation MaterialsC1338 Test Method for Determining Fungi Resistance ofInsulation Materials and FacingsC1368 Test Method for Determination of Slow CrackGrowth Parameters of Advanced Ceramics by ConstantStress-Rate Strength Testing at Ambient TemperatureE84 Test Method for Surface Burning Characteristics ofBuilding MaterialsE605 Test Methods for Thickness and Density of SprayedFire-Resistive Material(SFRM)Applied to StructuralMembersE736 Test Method for Cohesion/Adhesion of Sprayed Fire-Resistive Materials Applied to Structural MembersE759 Test Method for Effect of Deflection on SprayedFire-Resistive Material Applied to Structural MembersE795 Practices for Mounting Test Specimens During SoundAbsorption TestsE859 Test Method for Air Erosion of Sprayed Fire-ResistiveMaterials(SFRMs)Applied to Structural Members3.Terminology3.1 DefinitionsFor definitions of terms used in thisspecification,see Terminology C168.3.2 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:3.2.1 constant massthe mass of a sample at equilibriumconditions of 75 6 5F(23 6 5C)and 50 6 5%relativehumidity that shall not deviate more than 0.5%over a 24-hperiod.1This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee C16 onThermal Insulation and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee C16.23 onBlanket and Loose Fill Insulation.Current edition approved March 1,2017.Published March 2017.Originallyapproved in 1984.Last previous edition approved in 2013 as C1014 08(2013).DOI:10.1520/C1014-17.2For 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.Copyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United StatesThis international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for theDevelopment of International Standards,Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade(TBT)Committee.1 3.2.2 curedthe state or condition of the finished productafter the liquid vehicle has been evaporated to a constant mass.4.Materials and Manufacture4.1 CompositionThe basic material shall be fibers madeform mineral substances such as rock,slag or glass processedfrom the molten state into a fibrous form.If necessary,ad