BS EN ISO BRITISH STANDARD 6941:2003 Textile fabrics Burning behaviour - Measurement of flame spread properties of vertically oriented specimens The European Standard EN IS0 6941:2003 has the status ofa British Standard ICS 13.220.40; 59.080.30 BSi NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT L British Standards BS EN ISO 6941:2003 National foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of EN ISO 6941:2003. It is identical with ISO 6941:2003. It supersedes BS EN ISO 6941:1995 which is withdrawn. 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 ii to v, a blank page, pages 1 to 13 and a back cover. The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. Amendments issued since publication This British Standard was published undertheauthority Amd.No Date Comments of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 8 January 2004 C BSI 8 January 2004 ISBN 0 580 43195 9 EN ISO 6941 EUROPEANSTANDARD NORME EUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHE NORM December 2003 ICS13.220.40; 59.080.30 Supersedes EN ISO 6941:1995 Englishversion Textile fabrics - Burning behaviour - Measurement of flame spread properties of vertically oriented specimens (lsO 6941:2003) Textiles-Comportement aufeu-Determination des Textilien - Brennverhalten - Messung der proprietés depropagation de flamme d'éprouvettes Flammenausbreitungseigenschaftenvertikal angeordneter orientees verticalement (iSO 6941:2003) Proben (ISO 6941:2003) 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 Management Centre 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 Management Centre has the same status as the official versions. CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. rer EUROPEAN COMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATION COMITEEUROPEEN DENORMALISATION EUROPAISCHESKOMITEEFURNORMUNG ManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B-1050Brussels @2003CEN All rights of exploitation in anyform and by any means reserved Ref. No. EN ISO 6941:2003 E worldwide for CEN national Members. EN ISO 6941:2003 Foreword This document (EN ISO 6941:2003) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 38 "Textiles"