ASTM D6113-21
Standard Test Method for Using Cone Calorimeter to Determine Fire-Test-Response Characteristics of Insulating Materials Contained in Electrical or Optical Fiber Cables

Standard No.

ASTM D6113-21

Release Date

2021

Published By

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

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ASTM D6113-21

Scope

1.1?This is a fire-test-response standard. 1.2?Several fire-test-response characteristics, including the time to sustained flaming, heat release rate, total heat released, effective heat of combustion, and specific extinction area; are measured or calculated by this test method

ASTM D6113-21 Referenced Document

• ANSI/UL 1581 Reference Standard for Safety for Electrical Wires, Cables, and Flexible Cords
• ANSI/UL 1666 Standard for Safety for Test for Flame Propagation Height of Electrical and Optical-Fiber Cables Installed Vertically in Shafts
• ANSI/UL 1685 Standard for Safety for Vertical-Tray Fire-Propagation and Smoke-Release Test for Electrical and Optical-Fiber Cables
• ASTM D1711 Standard Terminology Relating to Electrical Insulation
• ASTM D5424 Standard Test Method for Smoke Obscuration of Insulating Materials Contained in Electrical or Optical Fiber Cables When Burning in a Vertical Cable Tray Configuration
• ASTM D5485 Standard Test Method for Determining the Corrosive Effect of Combustion Products Using the Cone Corrosimeter
• ASTM D5537 Standard Test Method for Heat Release, Flame Spread and Mass Loss Testing of Insulating Materials Contained in Electrical or Optical Fiber Cables When Burning in a Vertical Cable Tray Configuration
• ASTM D618 Standard Practice for Conditioning Plastics for Testing
• ASTM E1354 Standard Test Method for Heat and Visible Smoke Release Rates for Materials and Products Using an Oxygen Consumption Calorimeter
• ASTM E1474 Standard Test Method for Determining the Heat Release Rate of Upholstered Furniture and Mattress Components or Composites Using a Bench Scale Oxygen Consumption Calorimeter
• ASTM E176 Standard Terminology of Fire Standards
• ASTM E2058 Standard Test Methods for Measurement of Material Flammability Using a Fire Propagation Apparatus (FPA)
• ASTM E2965 Standard Test Method for Determination of Low Levels of Heat Release Rate for Materials and Products Using an Oxygen Consumption Calorimeter
• ASTM E603 Standard Guide for Room Fire Experiments
• ASTM E691 Standard Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Study to Determine the Precision of a Test Method
• ASTM E906/E906M Standard Test Method for Heat and Visible Smoke Release Rates for Materials and Products Using a Thermopile Method
• IEEE 1202 IEEE Standard for Flame-Propagation Testing of Wire and Cable
• ISO 11907-4 Plastics - Smoke generation - Determination of the corrosivity of fire effluents - Part 4: Dynamic decomposition method using a conical radiant heater
• ISO 13943 Fire safety — Vocabulary

ASTM D6113-21 history

• 2021 ASTM D6113-21 Standard Test Method for Using Cone Calorimeter to Determine Fire-Test-Response Characteristics of Insulating Materials Contained in Electrical or Optical Fiber Cables
• 2016 ASTM D6113-16 Standard Test Method for Using a Cone Calorimeter to Determine Fire-Test-Response Characteristics of Insulating Materials Contained in Electrical or Optical Fiber Cables
• 2011 ASTM D6113-11 Standard Test Method for Using a Cone Calorimeter to Determine Fire-Test-Response Characteristics of Insulating Materials Contained in Electrical or Optical Fiber Cables
• 2010 ASTM D6113-10 Standard Test Method for Using a Cone Calorimeter to Determine Fire-Test-Response Characteristics of Insulating Materials Contained in Electrical or Optical Fiber Cables
• 2009 ASTM D6113-09 Standard Test Method for Using a Cone Calorimeter to Determine Fire-Test-Response Characteristics of Insulating Materials Contained in Electrical or Optical Fiber Cables
• 2003 ASTM D6113-03 Standard Test Method for Using a Cone Calorimeter to Determine Fire-Test-Response Characteristics of Insulating Materials Contained in Electrical or Optical Fiber Cables
• 2002 ASTM D6113-02 Standard Test Method for Using a Cone Calorimeter to Determine Fire-Test Response Characteristics of Insulating Materials Contained in Electrical or Optical Fiber Cables
• 1999 ASTM D6113-99 Standard Test Method for Using a Cone Calorimeter to Determine Fire-Test Response Characteristics of Insulating Materials Contained in Electrical or Optical Fiber Cables