Designation:F1550−10StandardTestMethodforDeterminationofFire-Test-ResponseCharacteristicsofComponentsorCompositesofMattressesorFurnitureforUseinCorrectionalFacilitiesafterExposuretoVandalism,byEmployingaBenchScaleOxygenConsumptionCalorimeter1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF1550;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.INTRODUCTIONIncorrectionaloccupancies,vandalismofmattressesorfurnitureoccurswithsignificantfrequency.Aftersuchvandalism,itispossiblethatthefillingmaterial(foamorotherpadding)ofthemattressorfurniturebecomesexposed.Ifthemattressorfurniturefillingmaterialisexposed,itispossibleforaproductwhichmeetsprescribedfire-test-responsecharacteristicsinitsintactstatetoperforminadecidedlylesssatisfactorymanner.Thisstandardtestmethodprovidesameansformeasuring,inbenchscale,fire-test-responsecharacteristicsofcompositeupholsteredcomponentsofmattressesorfurniture,foruseincorrectionalfacilities,afterhavingbeenvandalizedinaprescribedmannersoastoexposethefillingmaterial,usinganoxygenconsumptioncalorimeter.1.Scope1.1Thisfire-test-responsetestmethodisdesignedforusetodeterminevariousfire-test-responsecharacteristics,includingignitabilityandheatreleaserate,fromcompositesofmat-tressesorfurniture,orcorrectionalfacilities,whichhavebeenvandalizedinaprescribedmannertoexposethefillingmaterial,byusingabenchscaleoxygenconsumptioncalorim-eter.1.2Thistestmethodprovidesformeasurementsofthetimetosustainedflaming,heatreleaserate,peakandtotalheatrelease,andeffectiveheatofcombustionataconstantradiantheatfluxof35kW/m2.See5.7forlimitations.1.3Theapparatususedinthistestmethodisalsocapableofdeterminingheatreleasedataatdifferentheatfluxes.1.4Thespecimenisorientedhorizontallyandasparkignitionsourceisused.1.5Allfire-test-responsecharacteristicsaredeterminedus-ingtheapparat...
