Comparison of fire sprinkler piping materials
Subtitle: steel, copper, chlorinated polyvinyl chloride and polybutylene, in residential and light hazard installations
By: Kathy A. Notarianni and Margaret A. Jackson ; Building and Fire Research Laboratory.
Contributors: Jackson, Margaret.; Building and Fire Research Laboratory (U.S.); United States Fire Administration.
Series: NISTIR -- 5339.
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Gaithersburg, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 34
Subjects: Fire extinction -- Water-supply -- Equipment and supplies -- Evaluation; Fire sprinklers -- Equipment and supplies -- Evaluation
Description: " ... addresses key variables such as material properties, usage criteria and limitations, system design, installation requirements, economics, and maintenance. Information is presented which is useful for the selection of a sprinkler pipe material."
Notes: "June 1994."

Key words: building technology; copper; CPVC; fire research; PB; pipe; plastic pipe; polybutylene; sprinkler systems; steel; tube.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 29-32). 46.

Sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Fire Administration.