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7. Glossary
Réaction au feu; Reaction-to-fire
A material's ability to promote or inhibit combustion. Reaction to fire takes into account only the combustion aspect, excluding the emission of smoke and toxic gases.
Comportement au feu; Fire behaviour
The evolution of a material during a fire under various aspects: combustion, smoke emission, gas release, loss of properties (mechanical, insulating...).
Reaction-to-fire classification; Classement de réaction au feu
Rating of a material to characterize its properties in terms of reaction to fire.
Smoke classification
Rating of a material to characterize its properties in terms of smoke opacity and the toxicity of the gases emitted.
Résistance au feu; Fire...
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Bibliography
Standards
- Fire safety – Vocabulary. - NF EN ISO 13943 - Juillet 2017
- Road vehicles, tractors, agricultural and forestry equipment – Determining the combustion characteristics of interior materials. - NF ISO 3795 - Février 1990
- Railway applications – Fire protection for rail vehicles – Part 2: Fire behavior requirements for materials and components. - NF EN 45545-2+A1 - Mai 2016
- Reaction to fire tests – Fire spread...
Regulations
Automotive
Arrêté du 3 août 2007 relatif aux transports en commun de personnes, modifying the arrêté du 2 juillet 1982.
Directive 95/28/EC of October 24, 1995 relating to the burning behavior of materials used in the interior construction of certain categories of motor vehicles.
Rail
Interministerial Technical Instruction (ITI)...
Directory
Automotive (France)
Union technique de l'automobile, du motocycle et du cycle (UTAC), Linas-Montlhéry (91)
French national metrology and testing laboratory (LNE)
Rail
List of laboratories performing EN 45545-2 tests: list of laboratories participating in intercomparisons on
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