Part 1 - Non-Combustibility Test
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Part 1 - Non-Combustibility Test

Parent topic: Annex 1 - Fire Test Procedures

1 Application

  1.1 Where a material is required to be non-combustible, it shall be determined in accordance with this part.

  1.2 If a material passes the test as specified in section 2, it shall be considered as "non-combustible" even if it consists of a mixture of inorganic and organic substances.

2 Fire test procedure

  2.1 The non-combustibility shall be verified in accordance with the test procedure in the standard ISO 1182:1990 except that instead of Annex A "Criteria for evaluation" of this standard all the following criteria shall be satisfied:

  • .1 the average furnace thermocouple temperature rise as calculated in 8.1.2 of ISO 1182 does not exceed 30°C;

  • .2 the average surface thermocouple temperature rise as calculated in 8.1.2 of ISO 1182 does not exceed 30°C;

  • .3 the mean duration of sustained flaming as calculated in 8.2.2 of ISO 1182 does not exceed 10 s; and

  • .4 the average mass loss as calculated in 8.3 of ISO 1182 does not exceed 50%.

  2.2 The test report shall include the following information:

  • .1 name of testing body;

  • .2 name of manufacturer of the material;

  • .3 date of supply of the materials and of tests;

  • .4 name or identification of the material;

  • .5 description of the material;

  • .6 density of the material;

  • .7 description of the specimens;

  • .8 test method;

  • .9 test results including all observations;

  • .10 designation of the material according to the test criteria specified in paragraph 2.1 above.

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