Revisiting the component additive method for light-frame walls protected by gypsum board

Fire and Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 107-114

  Richardson, L R ^a   Batista, M ^a  

^a FORINTEK CANADA CORP   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODES; FIRE PROTECTION; FLAMMABILITY TESTING; GYPSUM; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

COMPONENT ADDITIVE METHOD (CAM);

FIRE RESISTANCE;

EID: 0031141961     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1018(199705/06)21:3<107::AID-FAM587>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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