- Posted By: Jaime Adler
- Written by: Steve Quarles, UCCE Forest Specialist
Published on: June 15, 2011
![The radiant panel at UNC-Charlotte used to test materials after the wetting agent was applied.](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/forestrymgmt/blogfiles/7558small.jpg)
The radiant panel at UNC-Charlotte used to test materials after the wetting agent was applied.
The ASTM E05.14 Subcommittee on Exterior Fire met today. Task groups that are developing standard test methods to evaluate vents and decking products updated the subcommittee on progress made since the last meeting (these committees meeting every six months, in early December and early June). All of these draft standards are in some stage of balloting at the subcommittee or main committee level.
Professor Joe Urbas, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, gave a presentation to the subcommittee on a research project that he has been working on. Professor Urbas has been evaluating the effectiveness of wetting agents applied to vegetation and building components in resisting radiant heat exposures. The wetting agents he evaluated...
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