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Josh Thornton's Initial Material Characterization for Light
Clay/Straw was published by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation,
and is available for free on their web site
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/odpub/pdf/63928.pdf?lang=en">http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/odpub/pdf/63928.pdf?lang=en</a>. I don't have
my copy in front of me, but I believe it had some fire testing in
the report.<br>
<br>
Chris<br>
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On 11-08-08 2:29 AM, Alex Cicelsky (Kibbutz Lotan) wrote:
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step documentation on how to construct the
earthquake-proof (should I be humble
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font-family:Arial">b. Do any of you know of formal fire
rating testing and
results for "light straw"? I'd like to have an idea of
what to
expect before we begin Standards Institute of Israel
material testing on 8 and
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