UNITED STATES TESTING COMPANY
5555 Telegraph Road Los Angeles, CA 90040
Member of the SGS Group (societe Generale de Surveillance)
REPORT OF TEST
Test report numbers: 720001-1, 2, 2R, 3, 4June 1, 1995

ASTM TEST REFERENCE/EQUIV. TEST DESCRIPTION RATING/RESULT NOTES/CODES CITED
ASTM E-648-93a
NFPA No. 253		 CRITICAL RADIANT HEAT FLUX (RADIANT PANEL) CLASS I (MIN. 0.45 WATTS PER SQ.CM.) ALL SPECIMENS MET EXCEEDED THE 4.5 MINIMUM.
SUITABLE FOR USE IN HEALTH CARE CENTERS, CHILD CARE CENTERS, HOTELS, DORMITORIES AND APARTMENTS. COMPARE TO 0.48 WATTS (CLASS II)
REPORTED BY LEADING OAK MANUFACTURER.
ASTM E-84-91a
ANSVNFPA No. 255
UBC No. 8-1
UL No. 723		 FLAME SPREAD/SMOKE
DENSITY 		NFPA CLASS C
UBC CLASS III
FLAME SPREAD: 110
SMOKE DENSITY: 135		 LIFE SAFETY CODE, 1994;
NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION,
ANSVNFPA NO. 101; UNIFORM BUILDING CODE, 1984
EDITION, CHAPTER 8 SEC. 801-807
ASTM E-662-93
NFPA No. 258		 SMOKE DENSITY NBS
CHAMBER
(SPECIFIC OPTICAL DENSITY OF SMOKE GENERATED)		 FLAMING: UNDER 150
NON-FLAMING: UNDER 280		 NON-FLAMING MODE RESULTS CONSIDERABLY
LOWER THAN LEADING OAK MANUFACTURER

ASTM D-4060-90 FALLING SAND ABRASION
(METHOD OF MEASURING
ABRASION RESISTANCE OF
ORGANIC COATINGS)		 WEAR INDEX: 9MIL
4,250 CYCLES WERE
REQUIRED TO
REMOVE COATING.		 RECOMMENDED FOR ALL RESIDENTIAL & LIGHT COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS INCLUDING HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS. COMPARE TO 11 MIL IN LEADING OAK MANUFACTURES PUBLISHED LITERATURE
ASTM E-968-93 FALLING SAND ABRASION
(METHOD OF MEASURING ABRASION
RESISTANCE OF ORGANIC COATINGS)
AMOUNT OF ABRASIVE NEEDED TO REMOVE 1 MIL OF COATING
 >250,000 MILLILITERS TEST WAS STOPPED AFTER 250,000 MILLILITERS OF ABRASIVE SAND FAILED TO REMOVE EVEN 1 MIL OF FINISH COATING. COMPARE WITH 68,000 MILLILITERS TO REMOVE 1 MIL OF FINISH IN LEADING UV CURED URETHANE OAK PRODUCT AND WITH 45,000 MILLILITERS TO REMOVE 1 MIL OF FINISH FROM OTHER COMPETITIVE URETHANE FINISHED FLOORING
ASTM D-2394-83
(1993)
SEC. 33-37		 COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION (SLIP RESISTANCE) (METHOD FOR SIMULATED SERVICE TESTING) LOW GLOSS: 590
SEMI GLOSS: 370		 STATIC COEFFICIENT OF .590 EXCEEDS THE OSHA RECOMMENDATION FOR LEVEL SURFACES IN THE WORKPLACE
ASTM D-2394-83
(1993)
SEC 18-22		 HARDNESS (METHOD OF MEASURING HARDNESS ACCORDING TO THE INDENTATION CAUSED BY A FALLING BALL) 27 MIL C.K. BAMBOO FLOORING SHOWED EXCELLENT HARDNESS WHEN A 2.0 INCH DIAMETER STELL BALL WEIGHTING 1.18 LBS AND DROPPED FROM A HEIGHT OF 6 FEET CAUSED AN INDENTATION OF ONLY 27 MIL.

DESCRIPTION STANDARD RESULT
SPECIFIC GRAVITY Wa/Va 0.81%
MOISTURE CONTENT % 10.5
STATIC BENDING STRENGTH
KGF/SQ.CM 		MODULUS OF RUPTURE 1247
STATIC BENDING STRENGTH
KGF/SQ.CM 		MODULUS OF ELASTICITY 124820
IMPACT ABSORPTION ENERGY KGF/SQ. CM 1012
SHEARING STRENGTH KGF/SQ. CM 136
HARDNESS IN LONGITUDINAL KGF/SQ. CM 5.32


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