ASTM E2579-15
Standard Practice for Specimen Preparation and Mounting of Wood Products to Assess Surface Burning Characteristics

Standard No.

ASTM E2579-15

Release Date

2015

Published By

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

Status

Be replaced

Replace By

ASTM E2579-19

Latest

ASTM E2579-23b

Scope

5.1 Solid board, lumber and timber products (including solid boards, lumber, timber, fingerjoined lumber, glulam, laminate wood, laminated veneer lumber and parallel strand lumber products); panel products (including fibreboard, hardboard, oriented strandboard, waferboard and plywood panel products); decorative wood products and shingles and shakes used as interior wall and ceiling finish are often evaluated with Test Method E84 to comply with code requirements. This practice describes specimen preparation and mounting procedures for such materials and systems.

5.2 If it can be demonstrated that none of the methods described in this practice are applicable to a particular product, other mounting methods shall be permitted to be used. This information shall be included in the report.

5.3 The limitations for this procedure are those associated with Test Method E84.

1.1 This practice describes procedures for specimen preparation and mounting when testing wood products to assess flames spread and smoke development as surface burning characteristics using Test Method E84.

1.2 This practice applies also to laminated products factory-produced with a wood substrate (see 8.6). This practice does not apply to wood veneers or facings intended to be applied on site over a wood substrate, which are covered by Practice E2404.

1.3 Testing is conducted with Test Method E84.

1.4 Testing for the reporting of the moisture content of the test specimen is conducted with Test Methods D4442.

1.5 This practice does not provide pass/fail criteria that can be used as a regulatory tool.

1.6 Use the values stated in inch-pound units as the standard, in referee decisions. The values in the SI system of units are given in parentheses, for information only; see IEEE/ASTM8201;SI-10 for further details.

1.7 This fire standard cannot be used to provide quantitative measures.

1.8 Fire testing of products and materials is inherently hazardous, and adequate safeguards for personnel and property shall be employed in conducting these tests. Fire testing involves hazardous materials and equipment. This standard gives instructions on specimen preparation and mounting, but the fire-test-response method is given in Test Method E84. See also Section 10.

1.9 The text of this standard references notes and footnotes which provide explanatory materials. These notes and footnotes shall not be considered......

ASTM E2579-15 Referenced Document

• ANSI/HPVA HP-1 Hardwood and Decorative Plywood
• ASTM C1396/C1396M Standard Specification for Gypsum Board*， 2024-04-20 Update
• ASTM D1038 Standard Terminology Relating to Veneer and Plywood
• ASTM D1554 Standard Terminology Relating to Wood-Base Fiber and Particle Panel Materials
• ASTM D4442 Standard Test Methods for Direct Moisture Content Measurement of Wood and Wood-Base Materials
• ASTM D4444 Standard Test Methods for Use and Calibration of Hand-Held Moisture Meters
• ASTM D7438 Standard Practice for Field Calibration and Application of Hand-Held Moisture Meters
• ASTM D9 Standard Terminology Relating to Wood
• ASTM E176 Standard Terminology of Fire Standards
• ASTM E2404 Standard Practice for Specimen Preparation and Mounting of Textile, Paper or Polymeric (Including Vinyl) and Wood Wall or Ceiling Coverings, Facings and Veneers, to Assess Surface Burning Characterist
• ASTM E84 Standard Test Method for Surface Burning Characteristics of Building Materials
• CSA O121 Douglas Fir Plywood
• IEEE/ASTM SI 10 American National Standard for Metric Practice

ASTM E2579-15 history

• 2023 ASTM E2579-23b Standard Practice for Specimen Preparation and Mounting of Wood Products to Assess Surface Burning Characteristics
• 2023 ASTM E2579-23a Standard Practice for Specimen Preparation and Mounting of Wood Products to Assess Surface Burning Characteristics
• 2023 ASTM E2579-23 Standard Practice for Specimen Preparation and Mounting of Wood Products to Assess Surface Burning Characteristics
• 2021 ASTM E2579-21 Standard Practice for Specimen Preparation and Mounting of Wood Products to Assess Surface Burning Characteristics
• 2020 ASTM E2579-20 Standard Practice for Specimen Preparation and Mounting of Wood Products to Assess Surface Burning Characteristics
• 2019 ASTM E2579-19 Standard Practice for Specimen Preparation and Mounting of Wood Products to Assess Surface Burning Characteristics
• 2015 ASTM E2579-15 Standard Practice for Specimen Preparation and Mounting of Wood Products to Assess Surface Burning Characteristics
• 2013 ASTM E2579-13 Standard Practice for Specimen Preparation and Mounting of Wood Products to Assess Surface Burning Characteristics
• 2012 ASTM E2579-12 Standard Practice for Specimen Preparation and Mounting of Wood Products to Assess Surface Burning Characteristics
• 2011 ASTM E2579-11 Standard Practice for Specimen Preparation and Mounting of Wood Products to Assess Surface Burning Characteristics
• 2007 ASTM E2579-07 Standard Practice for Specimen Preparation and Mounting of Wood Products to Assess Surface Burning Characteristics