Fire Resistance Rating Of Building Materials

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Fire resistance rating of building materials.

While no building materials are entirely fireproof building with fire safe products can help enhance resistance to heat and flame during a fire. A common fire test to evaluate fire resistance of walls uses a large vertical furnace figure 5 to expose a wall to radiant heat from gas burners. Depending on the construction and thickness of the wall a brick wall can achieve a 1 hour to 4 hour fire resistance rating. For example fire resistance ratings will help determine if a given building construction will allow enough time for people to exit a burning building before it collapses kruppa 1997.

According to national building code of india part 4 fire and life safety 2005 fire resistance is a property of either an element or material of building construction and is the measure of its ability to satisfy for a stated period of some or all of the following criteria. Fire resistance tests elements of building construction part 10.