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Flammability Tests
ASTM TEST REFERENCE/EQUIV.
TEST DESCRIPTION
RATING/RESULT
NOTES/CODES CITED
ASTM E-648-93a
NFPA No. 253
CRITICAL RADIANT HEAT
FLUX
(RADIANT PANEL)
CLASS 1
(MIN. 0.45 WATTS PER SQ.CM.)

ALL SPECIMENS MET EXCEEDED THE 0.45 MINIMUM.
SUITABLE FOR USE IN HEALTH CARE CENTERS, CHILD CARE CENTERS, HOTELS, DORMITORIES AND APARTMENTS. COMPARE TO 0.48 WATTS (CLASS II) REPORTED BY LEADING OAK MANUFACTURER.
ASTM E-84-91a
ANSVNFPA No. 255
UBC No. 8-1
UL No. 723
FLAME SPREAD/SMOKE DENSITY
NFPA CLASS C
UBC CLASS III
FLAME SPREAD: 110
SMOKE DENSITY: 135

 

LIFE SAFETY CODE, 1994;
NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION ANSVNFPA NO. 101; UNIFORM BUILDING CODE, 1984 EDITION, CHAPTER 8 SEC. 801-807

ASTM E-662-93
NFPA No. 258

SMOKE DENSITY NBS CHAMBER (SPECIFIC OPTICAL DENSITY OF SMOKE GENERATED)
FLAMING: UNDER 150
NON-FLAMING: UNDER 280

NON-FLAMING MODE RESULTS CONSIDERABLY LOWER THAN LEADING OAK MANUFACTURER

 

Surface Tests
ASTM D-4060-90
FALLING SAND ABRASION (METHOD OF MEASURING ABRRASION RESISTANCE OF ORGANIC COATINGS)
WEAR INDEX: 9MIL
4,250 CYCLES WERE REQUIRED TO REMOVE COATING.

RECOMMENDED FOR ALL RESIDENTIAL & LIGHT COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS INCLUDING HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS. COMPARED TO 11 MIL IN LEADING OAK MANUFACTURE PUBLISHED LITERATURE
ASTM E-968-93
FALLING SAND ABRASION (METHOD OF MEASURING ABRRASION RESISTANCE OF ORGANIC COATINGS)
AMOUNT OF ABRASIVE NEEDED TO REMOVE 1 MIL OF COATING
>250,000 MILLILITERS

TEST WAS STOPPED AFTER 250,000 MILLILITERS OF ABRASIVE SAND FAILED TO REMOVE EVEN 1 MIL OF FINISH COATING. COMPARED WITH 68,000 MILLILITERS TO REMOVE 1 MIL OF FINISH IN LEADING UV CURED URETHANE OAK PRODUCT AND WITH 45,000 MILLILITERS TO REMOVE 1 MIL OF FINISH FROM OTHER COMPETITIVE URETHANE FINISHED FLOORING
ASTM D-2394-83
(1993)
SEC. 33-37
COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION (SLIP RESISTANCE)
(METHOD FOR SIMULATED SERVICE TESTING)
LOW GLOSS: 590
SEMI FLOSS: 370

STATIC COEFFICIENT OF .590 EXCEEDS THE OSHA RECOMMENDATION FOR LEVEL SURFACES IN THE WORKPLACE
ASTM D-2394-83
(1993)
SEC 18-22
HARDNESS (METHOD OF MEASURING HARDNESS ACCORDING TO THE INDENTATION CAUSED BY A FALLING BALL)
27 MIL

FLOORING SHOWED EXCELLENT HARDNESS WHEN A 2.0 INCH DIAMETER STEEL BALL WEIGHING 1.18 LBS AND DROPPED FROM A HEIGHT OF 6 FEET CAUSED AN INDENTATION OF ONLY 27 MIL.


Structural Tests
SPECIFIC GRAVITY

Wa/Va
0.81%
MOISTURE CONTENT

%
10.5
STATIC BENDING STRENGTH
KG/SQ. CM

MODULUS OF RUPTURE
1247
STATIC BENDING STRENGTH
KG/SQ. CM

MODULUS OF ELASTICITY
124820
IMPACT ABSORPTION ENERGY

KFG/SQ. CM
1012
SHEARING STRENGH

KFG/SQ. CM
136
HARDNESS IN LONGITUDINAL
KFG/SQ. MM
5.32

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