Fire protectivity of some covering materials used in steel skeleton construction are tested in based on Japan Industry Standard.
Wall : Seven kinds of coverings (mortaring lath, mortaring cemented excelsior board, cement-asbestos board with galvanized sheet iron, sandwich board by cement-asbestos board and pearlite mortar, Durisol with galvanized sheet iron, and pearlite mortar finished on metal lath) were tested by Outdoor 2nd Class in JIS (A-1302), and two kinds of covering (flexible cement-asbestos board and galvanized sheet iron) were tested by Outdoor 3rd Class, temperatures of steel skeleton surface were under 450°C having sufficient allowance in the case of every covering. So, the construction that used these coverings passed in this test. On fire protective covering that used indoor finish, six kinds of coverings (mortaring lath, Plastering cemented excelsior board, Plastering lath board, two kinds of asbestos spraying finish on metal lath, and rock wool spraying finish on lath board) were tested by Indoor 2nd Class of JIS. In this case, small cracks were observed on coverings, but temperatures of steel skeleton surface were under 450°C, so passed in this test.
Five kinds of lighter coverings were tested by 1st Class of JIS (A-1321), gypsum boards and cemented excelsior boards did not pass, and flexible cement-asbestos board passed in this test.
Column : Eight kinds of coverings were tested by Indoor 2nd Class of JIS (A-1302), plastering cemented excelsior board, plastering metal lath, asbestos spraying and mortaring lath passed, but steel skeleton only,
Non-finished and the interior filled with vermiculite mortar, flexible cement-asbestos board, and gypsum board did not pass in this test.
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