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NBN EN ISO 4589-2 : 1999 AMD 1 2006
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PLASTICS - DETERMINATION OF BURNING BEHAVIOUR BY OXYGEN INDEX - PART 2: AMBIENT-TEMPERATURE TEST
12-01-2013
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National Foreword
Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Definition
4 Principle
5 Apparatus
6 Calibration of equipment
7 Preparation of test specimens
8 Procedure for determination of oxygen index
9 Calculations and expression of results
10 Procedure C - Comparison with a specified minimum
value of the oxygen index (short procedure)
11 Test report
Annex A (normative) Calibration of equipment
Annex B (normative) Calculation of oxygen concentration
Annex C (informative) Typical test results sheet
Annex D (informative) Results obtained by interlaboratory
trials on type VI specimens
Annex ZA (normative) Normative references to international
publications with their relevant European publications
Figure 1 Diagram of typical apparatus for determination of
oxygen index 3
Figure 2 Support frame for non-self-supporting test specimens
Figure 3 Tool for preparing rolled-film specimens
Figure 4 Rolled specimen
Table 1 Equipment calibration frequencies
Table 2 Test specimen dimensions
Table 3 Criteria for oxygen index measurements
Table 4 Values of k for calculating the oxygen index
concentration from determinations made by
Dixon's "up-and-down" method
Table 5 Estimated precision limits
Table A1 Reference-material oxygen index values
Table D1 Precision data
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