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  • BS 2782-1 Method 140B:1993

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    Methods of testing plastics. Thermal properties Determination of the burning behaviour of flexible vertical specimens in contact with a small-flame ignition source

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  15-03-1999

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  15-10-1993

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    National foreword
    Committees responsible
    Method
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Definitions
    4 Principle
    5 Significance of test
    6 Apparatus and materials
    7 Specimens
    8 Conditioning
    9 Test procedures
    10 Expression of results
    11 Precision
    12 Test report
    Annex
    A (informative) Classification system for determining
         the combustibility of vertical flexible specimens
         using a 20 mm flame source
    Tables
    1 Precision data
    A.1 Criteria and categories for classifying burner
         behaviour
    Figures
    1 Specimen orientation
    2 Application of flame
    3 Burner with optional flame distance indicator
    National annex
    NA (informative) Details of laboratory burner
         (ignition source P/PF2)

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    Specifies a small-scale laboratory screening procedure for comparing the relative burning behaviour of vertically oriented thin and relatively flexible plastics specimens exposed to a low-energy-level flame ignition source.

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    Committee PRI/21
    Development Note DRAFT FOR COMMENT 89/39947 DC
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By

    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    ISO 1210:1992 Plastics — Determination of the burning behaviour of horizontal and vertical specimens in contact with a small-flame ignition source
    ISO 291:2008 Plastics Standard atmospheres for conditioning and testing
    ISO 5725:1986 Precision of test methods Determination of repeatability and reproducibility for a standard test method by inter-laboratory tests
    ISO 1043-1:2011 Plastics — Symbols and abbreviated terms — Part 1: Basic polymers and their special characteristics
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