ASTM E 176 Standard Terminology of Fire Standards
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ASTM E 176 Document Information:
Title
Standard Terminology of Fire Standards
ASTM International
Publication Date:
Jan 1, 2008
Scope:
This terminology covers terms, related definitions, and
descriptions of terms used or likely to be used in
fire-test-response standards, fire-hazard-assessment standards, and
fire-risk-assessment standards. Definitions of terms are
special-purpose definitions that are consistent with the standard
definitions but are written to ensure that a specific
fire-test-response standard, fire-hazard-assessment standard, or
fire-risk-assessment standard is properly understood and precisely
interpreted.
NOTE 1—For additional information, refer to ASTM Policy on Fire
Standards.2
This standard does not purport to address all of the safety
concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility
of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and
health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory
limitations prior to use.
This fire standard cannot be used to provide quantitative
measures.
2 Available from ASTM Headquarters, 100 Barr Harbor
Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428.
Keywords:
- acid gases
- activation energy
- acute toxicity
- afterburner
- afterburning
- afterglow
- air leakage
- air mixtures
- air ratio
- air movement
- air velocity
- analyzer
- anhydrous fuels
- animal models atmospheric
- animal atmosphere
- anoxia
- asphyxia
- autoignition
- autoignition temperature
- autoxidation
- axisymmetric
- behavior models
- bench scale tests
- blackbody
- blackbody temperature
- building code
- buoyant flumes
- buoyant flow
- burn room
- burnout parameter
- burnout
- burn through
- burner
- burning
- burning velocity
- burning rate
- burning brand test
- cable insulation
- cable jacket
- cable trays
- cable sheath
- calibrate
- calibration burner
- calorimeter
- calorimetry
- candle
- carbon monoxide
- carbon balance method
- carbon dioxide
- carboxyhemoglobin
- ceiling jet
- cellulosic fuel
- chamber
- char
- char depth characteristic
- characteristic time
- charring
- chimney
- cigarette ignition
- cigarette test method
- combustibility
- combustible properties
- combustible elements
- combustible
- combustion gases
- combustion toxicity
- combustion efficiency
- combustion products
- combustion rate
- combustion theory
- combustion temperature
- combustion toxicology
- combustion test
- combustion
- cumulative smoke release
- compartment fire
- compartment
- conductive heat transfer
- conduction
- conductivity
- cone calorimeter
- cone corrosimeter
- confined conical heater
- conical heater
- containment
- convection
- convective heat transfer
- corner test
- corridor test
- corridor test, quarter scale
- crib fire
- crib test
- crib
- critical temperature
- critical radiant flux
- critical flux for spread
- critical irradiance
- critical temperature ignition
- critical flux for ignition
- damper
- decomposition
- deformation
- degradation
- deluge
- detection systems
- differential pressure
- diffusion fire
- diffusion flame
- diffusivity
- door assemblies
- dosage
- dosimeter
- drape
- dual lcso
- dummy specimen
- effective heat of combustion
- effective thermal properties
- egress
- electrical cable
- emission
- emissivity
- emittance
- enclosure environment
- enclosure fire
- endothermic
- energy balance
- enthalpy
- entrainment
- entropy
- evacuation
- event
- exhaust duct
- exhaust gases
- exhaust velocity
- exit
- exothermic
- experimental animals
- experimental design
- explosion
- exposure
- extinction
- extinction coefficient
- extinction time
- extinguish
- extinguisher
- fabric flammability
- fabric flammability testing
- false alarm
- fatality
- fault trees
- field models
- fire
- fire area
- fire behavior
- fire brand
- fire chemistry
- fire code
- fire containment
- fire containment walls
- fire characteristic index
- fire characteristic profile
- fire control
- fire effect
- fire effluent
- fire endurance
- fire endurance test
- fire exposure
- fire gases
- fire hazard
- fire hazard analysis
- fire hazard assessment
- fire incident
- fire model
- fire penetrations
- fire performance
- fire physics
- fire point
- fire prediction
- fire prevention
- fire propagation
- fire propagation index
- fire properties
- fire protection
- fire research
- fire resistance
- fire resistive
- fire resistive material
- fire retardant barrier
- fire retardant chemical
- fire retardant coating
- fire retardant treatment
- fire risk
- fire risk analysis
- fire risk assessment
- fire risk assessment standard
- fire safety
- fire scenario
- fire severity
- fire simulation
- fire size
- fire spread
- fire statistic
- fire stop
- fire test
- fire test chamber
- fire test response
- fire test response standard
- fire tube apparatus
- fire tube assembly
- fire test response
- fire test response standard
- fire wall
- fireball
- firebox
- firestop
- flame
- flame emissivity
- flame entrainment coefficient
- flame extinction coefficient
- flame front
- flame heating parameter
- flame heat transfer factor
- flame propagation
- flame radiation
- flame region
- flame resistance
- flame resistant
- flame retardant chemical
- flame retardant coating
- flame retardant treatment
- flame speed
- flame spread
- flame spread rate
- flame spread test
- flame temperature
- flame travel rate
- flame spread classification
- flame spread index
- flame velocity
- flameless
- flameout
- flameover
- flameproofing
- flaming
- flaming combustion
- flaming ignition
- flammability
- flammability apparatus
- flammability limits
- flammability measurements
- flammability tests
- flammable gases
- flammable liquids
- flammable materials
- flammable solids
- flashpoint
- flashback
- flashover
- floor radiant panel tests
- flue
- flux
- flux distribution
- flux gage
- flux profile
- flux time products
- flux uniformity
- fluxmeter
- flying brand test
- forest fuels
- fractional radiation
- free burning fires
- free convection
- free radical
- free ventilation
- froude number
- fuel
- fuel-air
- fuel-air ratio
- fuel-contributed index
- fuel load
- full-scale fire tests
- furnace
- furniture calorimeter
- gas air
- gases
- gas density
- gas phase ignition
- gas velocity
- gasification
- glow
- gravimetric soot sampler
- graybody radiation
- halon
- hazard
- hazard analysis
- hazard assessment
- hazardous materials
- hazardous vapors
- heat
- heat balance
- heat capacity
- heat feedback
- heat flow
- heat flux coefficient
- heat loss
- heat of activation
- heat of combustion
- heat of gasification
- heat of pyrolysis
- heat of reaction
- heat of solution
- heat of vaporization
- heat release
- heat release fraction
- heat release rate
- heat resistant coatings
- heat resistant materials
- heat resistant plastics
- heat transfer
- heat transfer coefficient
- heat transport
- heater
- heating
- heating flux
- heating tests
- homogeneous gas reactions
- homogeneous mixtures
- hose stream test
- hydrant
- hydrocarbon combustion
- hydrocarbon fuel
- hydrocarbon pool fires
- hyperbaric
- hyperoxia
- hypoxemia
- hypoxia
- ic50
- ideal gas law
- ignitability
- igniter
- igniting burner
- ignition burner
- ignition
- ignition circuit
- ignition correlation parameter
- ignition resistance
- ignition source
- ignition temperature
- ignition tests
- ignition time
- incandescence
- incendiary
- incinerator
- index
- induction
- inert
- infrared
- inhalation toxicity
- input
- intensity
- interior finish
- intermittent flame exposure
- intumescence test
- intumescent
- intumescent coatings
- irradiance
- irradiation isothermal
- jet entrainment
- jet flames
- kindling
- kinetic
- laminar burning
- laminar burning velocity
- laminar flame propagation
- laminar flames
- laminar flow
- laminar heat transfer
- laminar jet flames
- laminar mixing
- large scale tests
- laser extinction beam
- latent heat
- lateral flame spread
- lc50
- lc (ct) 50
- life hazards
- life safety
- lift apparatus
- light
- light absorption
- light extinction beam
- light intensity
- light path
- limiting oxygen index
- liquid fuel
- luminous flames
- mass burning rate
- mass flow
- mass loss
- mass loss rate
- mass optical density
- mass transfer
- mass transfer rate
- mathematical models
- measurement methods
- medium scale tests
- melting point
- methenamine pill
- methodology
- model
- model validation
- model verification
- modeling
- moisture
- mortality
- mounting methods
- multiple lc50
- multiroom fires
- multiventilation
- national fire incident
- reporting system (nfirs)
- net heat of combustion
- noncombustibility
- noncombustibles
- nonconductor
- nonflaming
- nonflaming combustion
- nonignition
- non-load bearing
- nonluminous
- nonthermal damage
- occupational hazards
- occupancy
- occupancy classification
- offgassing
- Ohio State University
- Ohio State University model
- opacity
- optical calibration filters
- optical density
- optical path length
- optical properties
- output
- oven
- overheating
- oxygen concentration
- oxygen consumption
- oxygen consumption calorimeter
- oxygen consumption principle
- oxygen index
- oxygen index test
- particulate mass concentration
- party-wall
- pathological effects
- permeability
- photochemical oxidation
- photochemical reaction
- photometer
- physiological effects
- pill test
- pilot
- pilot burner
- pilot flame
- pilot source of ignition
- piloted ignition
- plasma
- plenum cable
- plume
- plume entrainment coefficient
- pool fire
- post-fire
- post-flashover
- post-ignition
- postheating
- potential heat
- precombustion
- prefire
- preflashover
- preignition
- propagation
- purposeful ignition
- pyrolysis
- pyrolysis front
- pyrolysis temperature
- pyrometer
- radiant combustion apparatus
- radiant energy
- radiant flux
- radiant flux profile
- radiant heat
- radiant heat fill
- radiant heat furnace
- radiant heat source
- radiant heat transfer
- radiant panel test method
- radiation
- radiation absorption
- radiation exposure
- radiometer
- rate of heat release
- rate of mass loss
- rate of smoke release
- refractory tube method
- release rates
- residence time
- residual flame time
- residue
- response surface method
- response time
- restraint
- reynolds number
- risk
- risk analysis
- risk assessment
- risk elements
- risk rating factors
- room burns
- room fire tests
- room fires
- scale effect
- scaling
- scenario
- scorching
- screening test
- self propagating flux
- self extinguishment
- self-heating
- side wall sprinkler systems
- skin burns
- small scale fire test
- smoke
- smoke control
- smoke corrosivity
- smoke damage
- smoke density
- smoke density chamber (e 662)
- smoke density index
- smoke emission factor
- smoke filling
- smoke flow
- smoke generations
- smoke measurement
- smoke movement
- smoke obscuration
- smoke opacity
- smoke penetration
- smoke release
- smoke release rate
- smoke toxicity
- smoke unit
- smoke yield
- smoldering
- smoldering combustion
- smoldering ignition
- solid fuels
- solid propellant ignition
- soot
- soot formation
- soot sampling
- spark
- specific extinction area
- specific heat
- specific optical density
- specific smoke extinction area
- spontaneous combustion
- spontaneous ignition
- sprinkler
- sprinkler system
- stack
- stack action
- stack effect
- stagnation
- standard fire tests
- standard flammability apparatus
- standard temperature time curve
- steady state combustion
- steady state gasification
- steiner tunnel
- stephan-boltzman constant
- stoichiometric ratio
- stove
- stratification
- stratified flow
- sublimation
- substrate
- superimposed load
- suppression
- suppression devices
- surface emissivity
- surface flame spread
- surface flame spread rate
- sustained flaming
- temperature
- temperature effects
- temperature gradients
- temperature measurements
- temperature rise
- temperature tests
- thermal analysis
- thermal conductivity
- thermal damage
- thermal decomposition
- thermal degradation
- thermal draft coefficient
- thermal effects
- thermal equilibrium
- thermal inertia
- thermal operating level
- thermal properties
- thermally thick
- thermally thin
- thermochemistry
- thermocouple
- thermogravimetric analysis
- thermometer
- thermopile
- through penetration fire stop
- time to ignition
- time to sustained burning
- torch
- total flux meter
- total heat flux
- total heat release
- total smoke release
- toxic fire hazard
- toxic hazard
- toxic potency
- toxic potency test
- toxicity
- toxicity tests
- tunnel furnace
- tunnel tests
- turbulent burning
- turbulent burning velocity
- turbulent combustion
- turbulent flames
- turbulent jet flames
- two stage ignition
- University of Pittsburgh
- unpiloted ignition
- unpiloted ignition toxicity
- urban fires test (upitt)
- urban fuels
- van der waals effects
- vertical furnace
- visible smoke
- volume flame spread
- wall fires
- weight loss rate
- wood smoke
- xp2 chamber test
- zone models
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