Standard

BS EN 17084:2018

Railway applications. Fire protection on railway vehicles. Toxicity test of materials and components

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This document describes the measurement of the toxicity potential of the products of combustion based on two test methods:

— Method 1: EN ISO 5659‑2 Smoke chamber area-based test with Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) gas analysis techniques;
— Method 2: NF X70‑100‑2 Tubular furnace small mass-based test.

NOTE 1 This document also specifies test equipment and set out the calculation procedures for evaluation of toxicity data.

NOTE 2 This document can be used in addition to others for the determination of toxic gases from devices installed in tunnel.

Product Details

Descriptors

Fire safety

Railway vehicles

Verification

Conformity

Design

Rail safety

Classification systems

Railway equipment

Fire risks

ICS Codes

13.220.40 Ignitability and burning behaviour of materials and products

45.060.01 Railway rolling stock in general

Committee

FSH/19

International relationships

Identical to:

EN 17084:2018/AC:2020

ISBN

978 0 539 13424 7

Publisher

BSI