Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Test apparatus
4.1 General
4.2 Calorimetric bomb
4.3 Calorimeter
4.3.1 Jacket
4.3.2 Calorimetric vessel
4.3.3 Stirrer
4.4 Temperature measuring device
4.5 The crucible
4.6 Timing device
4.7 Electric power source
4.8 Pressure gauge and needle-valve
4.9 Balances
4.10 Device for making the "cigarette"
4.11 Device for making the pellet
4.12 Reagents
5 Test specimen
5.1 General
5.2 Sampling
5.2.1 General
5.2.2 Loose-fill material
5.2.3 Liquid applied products
5.3 Determination of surface density
5.4 Grinding
5.5 Type of specimen
5.6 Number of test specimens
5.7 Determination of mass
5.8 Crucible method
5.9 "Cigarette" method
6 Conditioning
7 Test procedure
7.1 General
7.2 Calibration procedure
7.2.1 Determination of the water equivalent
7.2.2 Conditions for re-calibration
7.3 Standard test procedure
8 Expression of results
8.1 Corrections for manual apparatus
8.2 Corrections for isothermal calorimeter
8.3 Calculation of the gross heat of combustion of the specimen
8.4 Calculation of the gross heat of combustion of the product
8.4.1 General
8.4.2 Homogeneous product
8.4.3 Non-homogeneous product
9 Test report
10 Validity of test results
Annex A (normative) Calculation of net heat of combustion
Annex B (informative) Precision of test method
Annex C (informative) Calculation by graph of the corrective
term "c" necessary because of the cooling of the
calorimeter
Annex D (informative) Example of determination of the gross
heat of combustion of a non-homogeneous product
D.1 Non-homogeneous product to be tested
D.2 Sampling of the non-homogeneous product
D.2.1 Delamination of the product
D.2.2 Determination of the area weight of each component
D.3 Determination of the gross heat of combustion of
each component