BS EN ISO BRITISH STANDARD 6940:2004 Textile fabrics Burning behaviour - Determination of ease of ignition of vertically oriented specimens Licensed Copy: na na, University of Manchester . The European Standard EN ISO 6940:2004 has the status of a British Standard ICS 13.220.40; 59.080.30 BSi NOCOPYINGWITHOUTBSIPERMISSIONEXCEPTASPERMITTEDBYCOPYRIGHTLAW British Standards BS EN ISO 6940:2004 National foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of EN ISO 6940:2004. It is identical with ISO 6940:2004. It supersedes BS EN ISO 6940:1995 which is withdrawn. )BSI The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee TCI/63, Textiles - Burning behaviour, which has the responsibility to: aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the responsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-references The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catalogue under the section entitled “International Standards Correspondence Index", or by using the “Search" facility of the BSI Electronic Catalogue or of British Standards Online. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. Compliance with a British Standard does not ofitself confer immunity from legal obligations. Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN ISO title page, the EN ISO foreword page, the ISO title page, pages i to V, a blank page, pages 1 to 14, an inside back cover and a back cover. The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. Amendments issued since publication Licensed This British Standard wa published under the authority Amd. No. Date Comments Strategy Committee on 25 February 2004 @ BSI 25 February 2004 ISBN0580434958 EN ISO 6940 EUROPEANSTANDARD NORME EUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHENORM February 2004 BSI ICS13.220.40:59.080.30 Supersedes EN ISO 6940:1995 , Uncontrolled Copy, ( Englishversion Textile fabrics - Burning behaviour - Determination of ease of ignition of vertically oriented specimens (lsO 6940:2004) 1 14:25:36 BST 2006, Textiles - Comportement au feu - Détermination de la Textilien - Brennverhalten - Bestimmung der facilite d'allumage d'éprouvettes orientees verticalement Entzundbarkeit vertikalangeordneter Proben (isO (ISO 6940:2004) 6940:2004) This European Standard was approved by CEN on 16 January 2004. CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the Central Secretariat orto any CEN member. This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions. CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. cen EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION COMITEEUROPEENDE NORMALISATION EUROPAISCHESKOMITEEFURNORMUNG Management Centre: rue de Stassart, 36B-1050 Brussels @2004CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any mean