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AS/NZS 60695.4:2002

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Fire hazard testing Terminology concerning fire tests (IEC 60695-4:1993, IDT)

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Superseded date

30-01-2024

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-2002

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1 - AS/NZS 60695.4:2002 FIRE HAZARD TESTING - TERMINOLOGY CONCERNING FIRE TESTS
4 - CONTENTS
5 - PREFACE
6 - 1 Scope
6 - 2 Terms and definitions
6 - 2.1 actual calorific value; heat release (J/kg)
6 - 2.2. afterflame
6 - 2.3 afterflame time
6 - 2.4 afterglow
6 - 2.5 afterglow time
6 - 2.6 arc resistance
6 - 2.7 area burning rate
6 - 2.8 ash; ashes
6 - 2.9 burn (intransitive verb)
7 - 2.10 burned area
7 - 2.11 bursting
7 - 2.12 char (noun)
7 - 2.13 char (verb)
7 - 2.14 chimney effect
7 - 2.15 clinker
7 - 2.16 combustible
7 - 2.17 combustion
7 - 2.18 composite material
7 - 2.19 corrosion damage
7 - 2.20 corrosion target
7 - 2.21 damaged area
8 - 2.22 damaged length (m)
8 - 2.23 deflagration
8 - 2.24 detonation
8 - 2.25 ease of ignition
8 - 2.26 explosion
8 - 2.27 exposure time (s)
8 - 2.28 extent of combustion
8 - 2.29 fire
8 - 2.30 fire barrier
8 - 2.31 fire behaviour
8 - 2.32 fire compartment
9 - 2.33 fire effluent
9 - 2.34 fire effluent decay characteristics
9 - 2.35 fire effluent transport
9 - 2.36 fire hazard
9 - 2.37 fire integrity
9 - 2.38 fire load (J)
9 - 2.39 fire load density
9 - 2.40 fire point
9 - 2.41 fire resistance (min)
9 - 2.42 fire retardant (noun)
10 - 2.43 fire risk
10 - 2.44 fire scenario
10 - 2.45 fire stability
10 - 2.46 flame (noun)
10 - 2.47 flame (verb)
10 - 2.48 flame front
10 - 2.49 flame retardance
10 - 2.50 flame retardant (noun)
10 - 2.51 flame retardant treatment
10 - 2.52 flame retarded
10 - 2.53 flame spread
11 - 2.54 flame spread rate (m/s)
11 - 2.55 flame spread time (s)
11 - 2.56 flaming (noun)
11 - 2.57 flammability
11 - 2.58 flammable
11 - 2.59 flash- over
11 - 2.60 flashpoint (°C)
11 - 2.61 full fire development
11 - 2.62 fully developed fire
11 - 2.63 gasification
11 - 2.64 gasify
11 - 2.65 glowing
11 - 2.66 glowing combustion
12 - 2.67 gross calorific value (J/kg)
12 - 2.68 heat of combustion (J/ kg)
12 - 2.69 heat release rate (W)
12 - 2.70 ignitability
12 - 2.71 ignitable
12 - 2.72 ignite (intransitive verb)
12 - 2.73 ignite (transitive verb)
12 - 2.74 ignited (adj)
12 - 2.75 ignition
12 - 2.76 ignition source
12 - 2.77 ignition temperature (minimum)
12 - 2.78 incandescence
13 - 2.79 light (verb)
13 - 2.80 lighted (adj)
13 - 2.81 lighting (noun)
13 - 2.82 linear burning rate (m/ s)
13 - 2.83 mass burning rate (kg/ s)
13 - 2.84 melting behaviour
13 - 2.85 minimum ignition time
13 - 2.86 molten drips (noun)
13 - 2.87 narcosis
13 - 2.88 net calorific value, heat of combustion (J/kg)
13 - 2.89 opacity (of smoke)
13 - 2.90 optical density (of smoke) [lg (I/T)]
14 - 2.91 oxygen index- OI (%)
14 - 2.92 pulmonary irritancy
14 - 2.93 pyrolysis
14 - 2.94 pyrophoric material
14 - 2.95 reaction to fire, burning behaviour
14 - 2.96 scorch (verb)
14 - 2.97 self- heating
14 - 2.98 self-ignition
14 - 2.99 self-propagation of flame
14 - 2.100 sensory irritancy
14 - 2.101 smoke
14 - 2.102 smoke obscuration
15 - 2.103 smouldering
15 - 2.104 soot
15 - 2.105 specific optical density
15 - 2.106 spontaneous combustion
15 - 2.107 spontaneous ignition temperature
15 - 2.108 surface burn
15 - 2.109 thermal insulation
15 - 2.110 thermal radiation
15 - 2.111 time/ temperature curve (standardized)
15 - 2.112 toxicant
15 - 2.113 toxicity
15 - 2.114 toxic hazard
16 - 2.115 toxic potency
16 - 2.116 tracking resistance
16 - 2.117 ultimate stability failure
16 - 2.118 wicking
16 - 2.119 draught free environment
16 - 2.120 fire model
16 - 2.121 fire modelling
16 - 2.122 large scale test
16 - 2.123 real scale test
16 - 2.124 small scale test
16 - 2.125 LC50 - lethal concentration 50 (g/m³)
17 - 2.126 LCt50 - lethal exposure dose 50 (g.min/m³)
17 - 2.127 LT50 - lethal time exposure
17 - 2.128 abnormal heat
17 - 2.129 EC50 - effective exposure concentration
17 - 2.130 extinction area of smoke
17 - 2.131 extinction coefficient of smoke
17 - 2.132 mass concentration, mg/ l
17 - 2.133 mass optical density of smoke
17 - 2.134 predicted lethal toxic potency
17 - 2.135 pyrolysis front
18 - 2.136 small parts
18 - 2.137 specific extinction area of smoke
18 - 2.138 specific optical density of smoke
19 - 3 Index of terms

This standard provides manufacturers and designers, testing laboratories and similar organizations, with defined terms that are applicable in fire hazard testing of electrotechnical products.

Committee
EL-002
DocumentType
Standard
ISBN
0 7337 4638 1
Pages
19
PublisherName
Standards Australia
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes
UnderRevision

The terms defined in this Standard are applicable to fire tests.

Standards Relationship
IEC 60695-4:1993 Identical

First published as AS/NZS 4695.4:1996.Jointly revised and redesignated as AS/NZS 60695.4:2002. First published as AS/NZS 4695.4:1996. Jointly revised and redesignated as AS/NZS 60695.4:2002.

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