Elena nodded. "They are," she said, pointing toward the building's steel skeleton, barely visible through the smoke. "But fire protection isn't just about having a coating on the steel; it's about whether that coating stays on the steel when the building starts to move and the heat becomes unbearable."
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The standard divides application environments into specific categories. This classification allows project designers to match a coating's verified durability with the specific atmospheric conditions of the installation site. Classification Category Intended Application Environmental Exposures Tested Exterior Industrial Elena nodded