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6. Glossary
For the purposes of this document, some of the terms and definitions used in ISO 5660-1 are reproduced below.
Test tube; specimen
Representative part of the product to be tested with a possible substrate or treatment.
Intermittent flame; flashing
Presence of a flame on or above the surface of the test piece for periods of less than 1 s.
Ignition
Appearance of a persistent flame as defined below.
Flamme persistante; sustained flaming
Presence of a flame on or above the surface of the test piece for periods longer than 10 s.
Guidance; orientation
The plane in which the exposed side of the specimen is located during testing, with the vertical or...
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Bibliography
- GUILLAUME (E.), MARQUIS (D.), SARAGOZA (L.), YARDIN (C.) - Incertitude sur la mesure par un « cône calorimètre » du dégagement de chaleur produit lors de la combustion d'un matériau – Uncertainty on heat release rate measurement with cone calorimeter during the combustion of a material. - Revue française de métrologie, n° 31, vol. 2012-3, p....
Standards and norms
- Reaction to fire tests – Heat output, smoke development rate and mass loss rate – Part 1: Heat output (cone calorimeter method) and smoke development rate (dynamic measurement). - ISO 5660-1 - 2015
- Railway applications – Fire protection for rail vehicles – Part 2: fire behavior requirements for materials and components. - NF EN 45545-2 - 2020
- GUM 1995 with minor corrections Evaluation of measurement data...
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