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Textiles and textile products - Burning behavior - Curtains and
drapes - Measurement offlame spread of vertically oriented
specimens with large ignition sourceCSNEN !""#$% &!#
Textiles and textile products - Burning behavior - Curtains and
drapes - Measurement offlame spread of vertically oriented
Specimens with large ignition sourceTextiles et produits textiles -
comportement au feu - 'ideaux et tentures - Mesurage de
lapropagation de flamme d()prouvettes orient)es verticalement* avec
d(une sourceimportante allumageTextilien und textile Er+eugnisse -
Brennverhalten - ,orhang und ardinen -
Messung.lammenausbreitungseigenschaften von der verti/al
angeordneten Messproben mitgro0er 12nd3uelle
This standard is the C+ech version of the European standard EN
!""#4#%5 Translationwas provided by the 6ffice for Standards*
Metrology and Testing5 7t has the same status
as the official versions5This standard is the English version of
the European Standard EN !""#4#%5 7t wastranslated by C+ech 6ffice
for Standards* Metrology and Testing5 7t 8as The Same statusas the
official version5
'eplacement of previous standardsThis rule is replaced by EN
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National foreword
Changes compared with the previous standards 9$! #"?$: 9$%
%%>&: Textiles - standardatmospheres for conditioning and
testing
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CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN I CENEJEC 7nternal
'egulationswhich stipulate the conditions for giving this European
Standard without anymodification status of a national standard5
@ate lists and bibliographical referencesconcerning such national
standards may be obtained on application to the Management
Centre or to any CEN member5This European Standard exists in
three official versions 9English* .rench* erman:5 ;version in any
other language CEN member into its own language for which he
isresponsible and notified to the Management Centre has the same
status as the officialversions5
CEN members are the national standards bodies of ;ustria*
Belgium* Bulgaria* C+ech'epublic* @enmar/* Estonia* .inland*
.rance* Croatia* 7celand* 7reland* 7taly* Cyprus*Jatvia* Jithuania*
Juxembourg* 8ungary* Malta* Netherlands* Norway* 8ealth and safety
investigator persons $
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The main differences between this standard and the previous
version are4
must be used for all three mar/er threadsQwere placed at the
location of the electrical tolerance emitter voltage and mar/er
threadsQdefining more precisely the metal grid under the test
sampleQ
substantial modification process cleaning5;ccording to the CEN I
CENEJEC is the European standard re3uired to establishnational
standardsorgani+ations of the following countries4 ;ustria*
Belgium* Bulgaria* C+ech 'epublic*@enmar/* Estonia* .inland*
.rance* Croatia* 7celand* 7reland* 7taly* Cyprus* Jatvia*Jithuania*
Juxembourg* 8ungary* Malta* Netherlands* Norway* samples of
commerciallymaterials available* representing the main groups of
products on the mar/et5 Most ofthese fabrics were provided with
treatment or coating that slow burning5 The choice of
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materials include standard products and products with flame
retardant treatment* andpolyester* cotton* modacrylic* wool*
chlorofibres and glass fibers and representeddifferent structures
and fiber mixtures5
.laming debris* pehoenU mar/er threads and time to pehoenU
mar/er threads 9first and
third yarn: were selected as representative parameters for
evaluating behavior of samplesduring combustion5 ;nother fire
behavior characteristics such as duration of spontaneouscombustion
and other times doVehu not provide any other relevant information
and wereexcluded5
7n =="* a collaborative study carried out* during which the ten
testing laboratories weretested > materials5 'epeatability and
reproducibility were evaluated by statisticalanalysis5 Subse3uently
to this method included some improvements5 ood agreementwas also
found in national testing methods used in different European
countries orregions 9.rance* ermany* Belgium* Netherlands* 7taly*
Scandinavia and the FnitedDingdom:5
Scope
This European Standard specifies a method for measuring flame
spread of verticallyoriented textile fabrics intended for curtains
and drapes* and in simple or compoundfabrics 9coated* 3uilted*
multi-layered* sandwich or similarly combined: using a largesource
of ignition5
Normative - text continues in the application of this
document5Source4 www5cni5c+
