Designation:E1354−15aAnAmericanNationalStandardStandardTestMethodforHeatandVisibleSmokeReleaseRatesforMaterialsandProductsUsinganOxygenConsumptionCalorimeter1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationE1354;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisfire-test-responsestandardprovidesformeasuringtheresponseofmaterialsexposedtocontrolledlevelsofradiantheatingwithorwithoutanexternalignitor.1.2Thistestmethodisusedtodeterminetheignitability,heatreleaserates,masslossrates,effectiveheatofcombustion,andvisiblesmokedevelopmentofmaterialsandproducts.1.3Therateofheatreleaseisdeterminedbymeasurementoftheoxygenconsumptionasdeterminedbytheoxygenconcentrationandtheflowrateintheexhaustproductstream.Theeffectiveheatofcombustionisdeterminedfromacon-comitantmeasurementofspecimenmasslossrate,incombi-nationwiththeheatreleaserate.Smokedevelopmentismeasuredbyobscurationoflightbythecombustionproductstream.1.4Specimensshallbeexposedtoinitialtestheatfluxesintherangeof0to100kW/m2.Externalignition,whenused,shallbebyelectricspark.Thevalueoftheinitialtestheatfluxandtheuseofexternalignitionaretobeasspecifiedintherelevantmaterialorperformancestandard(seeX1.2).Thenormalspecimentestingorientationishorizontal,independentofwhethertheend-useapplicationinvolvesahorizontaloraverticalorientation.Theapparatusalsocontainsprovisionsforverticalorientationtesting;thisisusedforexploratoryordiagnosticstudiesonly.1.5Ignitabilityisdeterminedasameasurementoftimefrominitialexposuretotimeofsustainedflaming.1.6Thistestmethodhasbeendevelopedforuseformaterialandproductevaluations,mathematicalmodeling,designpurposes,ordevelopmentandresearch.Examplesofmaterialspecimensincludeportionsofanend-useproductorthevariouscomponentsusedintheend-useproduct.1.7ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasstan...
