Plastics. Determination of burning behaviour by oxygen index General requirements

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Hardcopy , PDF

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English

Published date

22-05-2017

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British Standards Institution

This document specifies the general requirements for the oxygen index (OI) test which are further described in ISO4589‑2 and ISO4589‑3 as follows:

ISO4589‑2 describes a method for determining the minimum volume fraction of oxygen in a mixture of oxygen and nitrogen introduced at 23°C ± 2°C that will just support combustion of a material under specified test conditions;
ISO4589‑3 describes methods of carrying out the same determination over a range of temperatures typically between 25°C and 150°C (although temperatures up to 400°C can be used).

Committee	PRI/26
DevelopmentNote	Supersedes and renumbers BS ISO 4589-1. (03/2000) Supersedes 95/123449 DC. (08/2004) Supersedes 16/30319040 DC. (05/2017)
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	16
PublisherName	British Standards Institution
Status	Current
Supersedes	BS EN ISO 4589-1:2000 BS ISO 4589-1 : 96 AMD 10629 16/30319040 DC : 0 95/123449 DC : AUG 95

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