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ASTM G 125 : 2000 : R2008

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Standard Test Method for Measuring Liquid and Solid Material Fire Limits in Gaseous Oxidants
Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

11-11-2014

Language(s)

English

Published date

04-01-2008

CONTAINED IN VOL. 14.04, 2015 Defines a procedure for measuring the threshold-limit conditions to allow equilibrium of combustion of materials in various oxidant gases under specific test conditions of pressure, temperature, flow condition, fire-propagation directions, and various other geometrical features of common systems.

1.1 This test method covers a procedure for measuring the threshold-limit conditions to allow equilibrium of combustion of materials in various oxidant gases under specific test conditions of pressure, temperature, flow condition, fire-propagation directions, and various other geometrical features of common systems.

1.2 This test method is patterned after Test Method D 2863-95 and incorporates its procedure for measuring the limit as a function of oxidant concentration for the most commonly used test conditions. Sections 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, and 14 for the basic oxidant limit (oxygen index) procedure are quoted directly from Test Method D 2863-95. Oxygen index data reported in accordance with Test Method D 2863-95 are acceptable substitutes for data collected with this standard under similar conditions.

1.3 This test method has been found applicable to testing and ranking various forms of materials. It has also found limited usefulness for surmising the prospect that materials will prove oxygen compatible in actual systems. However, its results do not necessarily apply to any condition that does not faithfully reproduce the conditions during test. The fire limit is a measurement of a behavioral property and not a physical property. Uses of these data are addressed in Guides G 63 and G 94.

Note 1—Although this test method has been found applicable for testing a range of materials in a range of oxidants with a range of diluents, the accuracy has not been determined for many of these combinations and conditions of specimen geometry, outside those of the basic procedure as applied to plastics.

Note 2—Test Method D 2863-95 has been revised and the revised Test Method has been issued as D 2863-97. The major changes involve sample dimensions, burning criteria and the method for determining the oxygen index. The aim of the revisions was to align Test Method D 2863 with ISO 4589-2. Six laboratories conducted comparison round robin testing on self-supporting plastics and cellular materials using D 2863-95 and D 2863-97. The results indicate that there is no difference between the means provided y the two methods at the 95 % confidence level. No comparison tests were conducted on thin films. The majority of ASTM Committee G4 favors maintaining the D 2863-95 as the backbone of G 125 until comprehensive comparison data become available.

1.4 One very specific set of test conditions for measuring the fire limits of metals in oxygen has been codified in Test Method G 124. Test Method G 124 measures the minimum pressure limit in oxygen for its own set of test conditions. Its details are not reproduced in this standard. A substantial database is available for this procedure, although it is much smaller than the database for Test Method D 2863-95. (WarningDuring the course of combustion, gases, vapors, aerosols, fumes or any combination of these are evolved which may be hazardous.) (WarningAdequate precautions should be taken to protect the operator.)

1.5 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard. No other units of measurement are included in this standard.

1.6 This basic standard should be used to measure and describe the properties of materials, products, or assemblies in response to heat and flame under controlled laboratory conditions and should not be used to directly describe or appraise the fire hazard or fire risk of materials, products or assemblies under actual fire conditions. However, results of this test may be used as elements of a fire risk assessment which takes into account all of the factors which are pertinent to an assessment of the fire hazard of a particular end use. The standard has more applicability in this regard at predicting the fire behavior of materials and components that are close in size to the test condition, than for systems that are much different (for example: comparing a test rod to a valve seat rather than comparing a test rod to a house or a particle)

1.7 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

Committee
G 04
DocumentType
Test Method
Pages
9
ProductNote
Reconfirmed 2008
PublisherName
American Society for Testing and Materials
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes

ASTM D 1071 : 2017 Standard Test Methods for Volumetric Measurement of Gaseous Fuel Samples
ASTM D 618 : 2013 : REDLINE Standard Practice for Conditioning Plastics for Testing
ASTM D 2444 : 1999 Standard Test Method for Determination of the Impact Resistance of Thermoplastic Pipe and Fittings by Means of a Tup (Falling Weight)
ASTM G 63 : 2015 : REDLINE Standard Guide for Evaluating Nonmetallic Materials for Oxygen Service
ISO 4589-2:2017 Plastics — Determination of burning behaviour by oxygen index — Part 2: Ambient-temperature test

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