Designation:F1700−13aStandardSpecificationforSolidVinylFloorTile1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF1700;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ThisstandardhasbeenapprovedforusebyagenciesoftheDepartmentofDefense.1.Scope1.1Thisspecificationcoverssolidvinyl2floortilesthataremonolithic,surfacedecoratedorprinted,andprotectedbyaclearwearlayer.1.2Thistypeoffloorcoveringisintendedforuseincommercial,lightcommercial,andresidentialbuildings.Gen-eralinformationandperformancecharacteristicswhichdeter-mineserviceabilityandrecommendeduseareincludedinthisspecification.1.3Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.1.4Thevaluesstatedininch-poundunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.ThevaluesgiveninparenthesesaremathematicalconversionstoSIunitsthatareprovidedforinformationonlyandarenotconsideredstandard.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:3F137TestMethodforFlexibilityofResilientFlooringMa-terialswithCylindricalMandrelApparatusF141TerminologyRelatingtoResilientFloorCoveringsF373TestMethodforEmbossedDepthofResilientFloorCoveringsF386TestMethodforThicknessofResilientFlooringMa-terialsHavingFlatSurfacesF410TestMethodforWearLayerThicknessofResilientFloorCoveringsbyOpticalMeasurementF925TestMethodforResistancetoChemicalsofResilientFlooringF1514TestMethodforMeasuringHeatStabilityofResilientFlooringbyColorChangeF1515TestMethodforMeasuringLightStabilityofResil-ientFlooringbyColorChangeF1914TestMethodsforShort-TermIndentationandRe-sidualIndentationofResilientFloorCoveringF2055TestMethodforSizeandSquarenessofResilientFloorTilebyDialGageMethodF2199TestMethodforDeterminingDimension...
