BS 2972:1989
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The latest, up-to-date edition.
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English
11-30-1989
Foreword
Committees responsible
Methods
Section one. General
1. Scope
2. Definitions
3. Sampling
Section two. Dimensions
4. General
5. Measurement before application
6. Measurement after application
7. Weighing
Section three. Bulk density
8. General
9. Preformed materials
10. Plastic composition materials
11. Flexible materials
12. Loose-fill materials
13. Blown materials
Section four. Thermal properties
14. Thermal conductivity
15. Specific heat capacity
16. Thermal diffusivity
Section five. Assessment of fire hazard
17. General
18. Assessment of self heating hazard
Section six. Heat stability
19. General
20. Apparatus
21. Preparation of test specimen
22. Procedure
23. Expression of results
Section seven. Resistance to compression
24. Apparatus
25. Specimens
26. Procedure
27. Expression of results
Section eight. Interlaminar strength
28. General
Section nine. Vibration settlement
29. Vibration at high frequency and small amplitude
30. Expression of results
31. Description of a gauge for measuring settlement of
fibrous materials
Section ten. Covering capacity
32. General
33. Apparatus
34. Procedure
35. Expression of results
Section eleven. Moisture content
36. General
37. Specimens
38. Preparation of test specimens
39. Procedure
40. Expression of results
Section twelve. Water absorption
41. General
42. Specimens
43. Procedure
44. Expression of results
Section thirteen. Water vapour permeance
45. Procedure
46. Conversion of units
Section fourteen. Coarse shot content
47. General
48. Apparatus
49. Procedure
50. Expression of results
Section fifteen. Oil content
51. General
52. Apparatus
53. Procedure
54. Expression of results
Section sixteen. Organic matter
55. General
56. Method 1. Determination of organic matter
57. Method 2. Determination of the concentration of
carbon in inorganic insulation materials without
combined water and/or carbonates
58. Method 3. Determination of the concentration of
carbon in inorganic insulating materials containing
combined water and/or carbonates
Section seventeen. Air permeability
59. General
60. Apparatus
61. Procedure
62. Expression of results
Section eighteen. Flexural strength
63. General
64. Apparatus
65. Specimens
66. Procedure
67. Expression of results
Section nineteen. Fibre diameter
68. General
69. Apparatus
70. Specimen preparation
71. Slide preparation
72. Measurement procedure
73. Expression of results
Section twenty. Electrical conductivity of aqueous
extract
74. General
75. Apparatus
76. Conditioning atmosphere
77. Sample
78. Procedure
Section twenty-one. Trace quantities of water-soluble
chlorides
79. General
80. Method 1
81. Method 2
Section twenty-two. pH value of water extract
82. Preparation of sample
83. Determination of pH value of water extract
Tables
1. Sample sizes and rates of additional sampling
2. Size and number of specimens
3. Methods of thickness measurement
4. Calculation of insulation thickness
5. Thickness test under pressure
6. Water vapour permeage conversion factors
Figures
1. Thickness gauge
2. Determination of deviation from square of a board
3. Apparatus for determining bulk density of powders
4. Alternative apparatus for determining bulk density
of powders
5. Apparatus for determining bulk density of powder
and granular insulating materials after attrition
6. Measuring device
7. Top views of vibration boxes: showing positions for
height measurements
8. Specimen mounting for interlaminar strength test
9. Vibration tester
10. Apparatus for determining carbon dioxide produced
by ignition
11. Apparatus for determining carbon dioxide produced
by boiling in acid
12. Apparatus for measuring air permeability of
insulating materials
13. Illustration of measurement rules
14. Field scanning sequence
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