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For through penetrations the applicable standard is: ASTM Standard E 814-02, entitled “Fire Tests of Through-Penetrations Firestops” which were incorporated in testing by Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., (UL</B><B>®</B><B>) under ANSI/UL 1479, by Omega Point Laboratories, Inc., and by other testing laboratories. For endurance rating of construction joints the tests follow the specification of  "Tests for Fire Resistance of Building Joint Systems" in ANSI/UL 2079. The test results are listed on line and each year in the UL</B><B>®</B><B>'s  </B><B><U>Fire Resistance Directory</U></B><B>, under special UL</B><B>®</B><B> system numbers and by other testing laboratories in their publications. Canada accepts UL</B><B>®</B><B> tests and approvals with F rating designated as FH and T rating designated as FTH (see </B><A HREF="id452.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Summary of UL® approved Systems in Canad"><U><B>Summary of UL</B></U></A><A HREF="id452.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Summary of UL® approved Systems in Canad"><U><B>®</B></U></A><A HREF="id452.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Summary of UL® approved Systems in Canad"><U><B>  Approved Systems in Canada</B></U></A><B>).</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>According to the test requirements of ASTM E 119, “Fire Tests of Building Construction and Materials, Time-Temperature Curve” (NFPA 251, ANSI/UL Standard 263), the oven's temperature are given, as an example, in the table below. This is incorporated in ASTM E 814-02.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>According to the International Standard (ISO) 834-1 the temperatures in the furnace are given below and compared with ASTM E 119:  </B></div> <div>  </div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="602" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 39 WIDTH="182"><bR> <div> <B>  Elapsed Time</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <B> ISO-834-1 </B></div> <div> <B>Furnace Temperatures</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <B> ASTM E 814-02(E 119)</B></div> <div> <B>Furnace Temperatures</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 37 WIDTH="182"><div> 1 hour</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="177"><div>    945ºC</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="223"><div>     927ºC (1700ºF)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 31 WIDTH="182"><div> 2 hours</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="177"><div>  1049ºC</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="223"><div>   1010ºC (1850ºF)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 29 WIDTH="182"><div> 3 hours</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="177"><div>  1109ºC</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="223"><div>   1052ºC (1925ºF)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="182"><div> 4 hours</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="177"><div>  1153ºC</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="223"><div>   1093ºC (2000ºF)</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <B>   where the ambient temperature was taken to be 20ºC. The furnace</B></div> <div> <B>   temperature of ISO 834 can be fitted by the formula:</B></div> <div> <B>   </B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>         </B></FONT><B>         T(ºC) = 345 log</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>10</B></FONT><B> (8 t </B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>min</B></FONT><B> +1) +20ºC.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>As can be seen, the ISO's temperatures are very close to the </B><B>ASTM E 119 temperatures with maximum difference of 5% (60ºC=108</B><B>ºF</B><B>). </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>FLAMMADUR</B><B>®</B><B> E473 SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN TESTED AND CERTIFIED BY UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES, INC. (UL</B><B>®</B><B>), SOME BY FACTORY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY </B><B>(FM Global Technologies LLC), </B><B>AND SOME BY OMEGA POINT LABORATORIES, INC.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Some Flammadur</B><B>®</B><B> systems have been tested and approved according to the following:</B></div> <div> <B>                    IEEE Standard 634  </B></div> <div> <B>                    DIN 4102 in Germany</B></div> <div> <B>                    SIS024820 in Sweden</B></div> <div> <B>                   JISA1304 in Japan</B></div> <div> <B>                   ISO 834 International</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>For Marine Applications</U></B><B>:  "Geaquello System": </B><B>The tests were made for A60 bulkheads and decks according to Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, regulation II-2/3.5; II-2/18.1.2 and according to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Resolution A759(18) and IMO Resolution MSC 61(67), Annex 1, Part 3 and Annex 2.</B></div> <bR> <div> Copyright © 2004 Fire Protection Technologies, Inc.  All rights reserved</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>