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    FIRE HAZARD TESTING - PART 1-21: GUIDANCE FOR ASSESSING THE FIRE HAZARD OF ELECTROTECHNICAL PRODUCTS - IGNITABILITY - SUMMARY AND RELEVANCE OF TEST METHODS

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  30-11-2016

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-2008

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    INTRODUCTION
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Terms and definitions
    4 Summary of published test methods
      4.1 Tests using heated air or electrical heating
          4.1.1 Determination of ignition temperature using a
                hot-air furnace, ISO 871
          4.1.2 Differential scanning calorimetry, ISO 11357
      4.2 Tests using radiant heat
          4.2.1 Heat release rate - Cone calorimeter method,
                ISO 5660-1
          4.2.2 Heat release of insulating liquids, IEC 60695-8-3
          4.2.3 Standard test method for determining material ignition
                and flame spread properties, ASTM E1321
          4.2.4 Determination of the ignition characteristic heat
                flux from a non-contacting flame source,
                IEC 60695-11-11
      4.3 Oxygen index tests
          4.3.1 Oxygen index - Ambient temperature test, ISO 4589-2
          4.3.2 Oxygen index - Elevated temperature test, ISO 4589-3
      4.4 Glowing/hot-wire based test methods
          4.4.1 Glow wire tests, IEC 60695-2-11, -12 & -13
          4.4.2 Hot wire coil ignitability test, IEC 60695-2-20 and
                ANSI/ASTM D3874
      4.5 Flame tests
          4.5.1 Needle flame test, IEC 60695-11-5
          4.5.2 50 W Horizontal and vertical flame test methods,
                IEC 60695-11-10 500 W flame test methods,
                IEC 60695-11-20
          4.5.3 1 kW nominal pre-mixed flame, IEC 60695-11-2
          4.5.4 Vertical and 60 degrees tests for aircraft
                components, FAR 25
      4.6 Tests using an electrical arc
          4.6.1 Tracking index test, IEC 60112
          4.6.2 High-Current Arc Ignition (HAI), UL 746A - Sec. 43
          4.6.3 High-Voltage Arc Resistance to Ignition (HVAR),
                UL 746A - Sec. 44
    Annex A (informative) - Applicability of test methods
    Bibliography

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    Gives a summary of test methods that are used to determine the ignitability of electrotechnical products or materials from which they are formed.

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    Committee GEL/89
    Development Note Supersedes 06/30144845 DC. (09/2008)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
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    IEC 60695-11-20:2015 Fire hazard testing - Part 11-20: Test flames - 500 W flame test method
    IEC 60112:2003+AMD1:2009 CSV Method for the determination of the proof and the comparative tracking indices of solid insulating materials
    ISO 4589-3:2017 Plastics — Determination of burning behaviour by oxygen index — Part 3: Elevated-temperature test
    ISO 5660-1:2015 Reaction-to-fire tests Heat release, smoke production and mass loss rate Part 1: Heat release rate (cone calorimeter method) and smoke production rate (dynamic measurement)
    IEC TS 60695-1-20:2008 Fire hazard testing - Part 1-20: Guidance for assessing the fire hazard of electrotechnical products - Ignitability - General guidance
    ISO 871:2006 Plastics Determination of ignition temperature using a hot-air furnace
    IEC 60695-1-30:2017 Fire hazard testing - Part 1-30: Guidance for assessing the fire hazard of electrotechnical products - Preselection testing process - General guidelines
    IEC 60695-4:2012 Fire hazard testing - Part 4: Terminology concerning fire tests for electrotechnical products
    IEC TS 60695-8-3:2008 Fire hazard testing - Part 8-3: Heat release - Heat release of insulating liquids used in electrotechnical products
    ISO 5660-2:2002 Reaction-to-fire tests Heat release, smoke production and mass loss rate Part 2: Smoke production rate (dynamic measurement)
    IEC 60695-11-2 : 3.0 FIRE HAZARD TESTING - PART 11-2: TEST FLAMES - 1 KW NOMINAL PRE-MIXED FLAME - APPARATUS, CONFIRMATORY TEST ARRANGEMENT AND GUIDANCE
    ISO 13943:2017 Fire safety Vocabulary
    IEC 60695-2-11:2014 Fire hazard testing - Part 2-11: Glowing/hot-wire based test methods - Glow-wire flammability test method for end-products (GWEPT)
    IEC 60695-11-2:2017 Fire hazard testing - Part 11-2: Test flames - 1 kW pre-mixed flame - Apparatus, confirmatory test arrangement and guidance
    IEC 60695-2-13:2010+AMD1:2014 CSV Fire hazard testing - Part 2-13: Glowing/hot-wire based test methods- Glow-wire ignition temperature (GWIT) test method for materials
    ISO/IEC Guide 51:2014 Safety aspects Guidelines for their inclusion in standards
    IEC 60695-2-12:2010+AMD1:2014 CSV Fire hazard testing - Part 2-12: Glowing/hot-wire based test methods- Glow-wire flammability index (GWFI) test method for materials
    IEC TS 60695-11-40:2002 Fire hazard testing - Part 11-40: Test flames - Confirmatory tests - Guidance
    IEC TR 62062:2002 Results of the Round Robin series of tests to evaluate proposed amendments to IEC 60112
    IEC GUIDE 104:2010 The preparation of safety publications and the use of basic safety publications and group safety publications
    IEC 60695-11-10:2013 Fire hazard testing - Part 11-10: Test flames - 50 W horizontal and vertical flame test methods
    UL 746A:6ED 2012-09 Polymeric Materials - Short Term Property Evaluations
    IEC TS 60695-11-3:2004 Fire hazard testing - Part 11-3: Test flames - 500 W flames - Apparatus and confirmational test methods
    ISO 4589-2:2017 Plastics — Determination of burning behaviour by oxygen index — Part 2: Ambient-temperature test
    IEC 60587:2007 Electrical insulating materials used under severe ambient conditions - Test methods for evaluating resistance to tracking and erosion
    IEC TS 60695-11-4:2004 Fire hazard testing - Part 11-4: Test flames - 50 W flame - Apparatus and confirmational test method
    IEC 60695-11-5 : 2.0 FIRE HAZARD TESTING - PART 11-5: TEST FLAMES - NEEDLE-FLAME TEST METHOD - APPARATUS, CONFIRMATORY TEST ARRANGEMENT AND GUIDANCE
    IEC 60695-11-5:2016 Fire hazard testing - Part 11-5: Test flames - Needle-flame test method - Apparatus, confirmatory test arrangement and guidance
    IEC 60695-2-10:2013 Fire hazard testing - Part 2-10: Glowing/hot-wire based test methods - Glow-wire apparatus and common test procedure
    ISO 4589-1:2017 Plastics — Determination of burning behaviour by oxygen index — Part 1: General requirements
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