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Electrical cables: a less significant factor in fire

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DOIResolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.4224/40001807
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  1. National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Research in Construction
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SubjectFire; electric cables; fire performance; flammability tests; building fires; flammability; combustible load; fire performance test methods; national building code proposals
Abstract
The paper addresses the flammability and combustible load of electrical cables in buildings. Several test methods for assessing the fire performance of electrical cables are presented. Proposals before the Associate Committee on the National Building Code of Canada are outlined.
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PublisherNational Research Council of Canada. Division of Building Research
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  • Paper (National Research Council of Canada. Division of Building Research), no. DBR-P-1346.
NoteReprinted from: Canadian Consulting Engineer, v. 27, no. 8, August 1985, p. 29-32. ISSN: 0008-3267
LanguageEnglish
Peer reviewedYes
NRC numberNRCC 25296
NRC-IRC-3496
NPARC number20375533
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