ASTM E2187-02a

Standard Test Method for Measuring the Ignition Strength of Cigarettes

SCOPE
1.1 This fire-test-response standard provides a standard measure of the capability of a cigarette, positioned on one of three standard substrates, to generate sufficient heat to continue burning and thus potentially cause ignition of bedding or upholstered furniture.
1.2 This method has value as a predictor of the relative propensity of a cigarette to ignite upholstered furnishings.
1.3 This method is applicable to cigarettes that burn along the length of a tobacco column.
1.4 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for information only.
1.5 This standard measures and describes the response of materials, products, or assemblies to heat under controlled conditions, but does not by itself incorporate all factors required for fire hazard or fire risk assessment of the materials, products, or assemblies under actual fire conditions.
1.6 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. For specific hazard statements, see Section 6.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Oct-2002
• ICS: 65.160 - Tobacco, tobacco products and related equipment
• Technical Committee: E05 - Fire Standards
• Drafting Committee: E05.15 - Furnishings and Contents

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM E2187-02 - Standard Test Method for Measuring the Ignition Strength of Cigarettes
• Effective Date: 10-Oct-2002
• Replaced By: ASTM E2187-02b - Standard Test Method for Measuring the Ignition Strength of Cigarettes
• Effective Date: 10-Dec-2002
• Referred By: ASTM F1870-22 - Standard Guide for Selection of Fire Test Methods for the Assessment of Upholstered Furnishings in Detention and Correctional Facilities
• Effective Date: 10-Oct-2002
• Referred By: ASTM E3020-22 - Standard Practice for Ignition Sources
• Effective Date: 10-Oct-2002
• Referred By: ASTM E176-21ae1 - Standard Terminology of Fire Standards
• Effective Date: 10-Oct-2002

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: E 2187 – 02a
Standard Test Method for
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Measuring the Ignition Strength of Cigarettes
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E 2187; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (ϵ) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
INTRODUCTION
The most common initiating event in a fatal fire in the United States is the dropping of a lit cigarette
onto a bed or piece of upholstered furniture. The cigarette coal heats the furnishing materials to the
point where smoldering combustion begins, perhaps followed by a transition to flaming combustion.
Since limiting the frequency of ignitions is a principal approach to reducing fire loss, it is desirable
to establish a test method for the propensity of a cigarette to ignite soft furnishings. This test method
uses standard substrates to determine the extent to which, as the substrate draws heat from the
cigarette, the cigarette combustion remains strong enough to be capable of initiating a fire.
1. Scope E 691 Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Study to
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Determine the Precision of a Test Method
1.1 This fire-test-response standard provides a standard
E 1352 Test Method for Cigarette Ignition Resistance of
measure of the capability of a cigarette, positioned on one of
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Mock-up Upholstered Furniture Assemblies
three standard substrates, to generate sufficient heat to continue
E 1353 Test Method for Cigarette Ignition Resistance of
burning and thus potentially cause ignition of bedding or
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Components of Upholstered Furniture
upholstered furniture.
2.2 Other Standard:
1.2 This method has value as a predictor of the relative
Standard for the Flammability of Mattresses and Mattress
propensity of a cigarette to ignite upholstered furnishings.
Pads, 16 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 1632
1.3 This method is applicable to cigarettes that burn along
the length of a tobacco column.
3. Terminology
1.4 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the
3.1 Definitions—For definitions of terms used in this test
standard. The values given in parentheses are for information
method refer to Terminology E 176E 176.
only.
3.2 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
1.5 This standard measures and describes the response of
3.2.1 full-length burn, n—the outcome of a determination in
materials, products, or assemblies to heat under controlled
which the cigarette burns to or past the front plane of the
conditions, but does not by itself incorporate all factors
tipping paper, which covers the filter and perhaps a short
required for fire hazard or fire risk assessment of the materials,
sectionofthetobaccocolumninafiltertipcigarette,orpastthe
products, or assemblies under actual fire conditions.
tips of the metal pins (see 7.5) if the cigarette has no filter.
1.6 This standard does not purport to address all of the
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
4. Summary of Test Method
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
4.1 This test method measures the probability that a ciga-
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
rette, placed on a substrate, will generate sufficient heat to
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use. For specific hazard
maintain burning of the tobacco column. Each determination
statements, see Section 6.
consists of placing a lit cigarette on the horizontal surface
2. Referenced Documents consisting of a set number of layers of filter paper. Observation
is made of whether or not the cigarette continues to burn to the
2.1 ASTM Standards:
2 beginning of the tipping paper. Forty determinations (compris-
E 176 Terminology of Fire Standards
ing a test) are performed to obtain the relative probability that
the cigarette will continue burning despite heat abstraction by
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This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E05 on Fire
the substrate.
Standards and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E05.15 on Furnishings
and Contents.
Current edition approved Oct. 10, 2002. Published November 2002. Originally
published as E 2187–02. Last previous edition E 2187–02.
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E 2187 – 02a
5. Significance and Use and a temperature of 23 6 3°C (73 6 5°F) and shall be
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