ASTM D2132-98
(Test Method)Standard Test Method for Dust-and-Fog Tracking and Erosion Resistance of Electrical Insulating Materials
Standard Test Method for Dust-and-Fog Tracking and Erosion Resistance of Electrical Insulating Materials
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1.1 This test method is intended to differentiate solid electrical insulating materials with respect to their resistance to the action of electric arcs produced by conduction through surface films of a specified contaminant containing moisture. Test Methods D2302 and D2303 may also be used to evaluate materials.
1.2 The values stated in parentheses are for informational purposes only.
1.3 This standard may involve hazardous materials, operations, and equipment. This standard does not purport to address all of the safety problems 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.> Specific precautionary statements are given in 10.4.
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Standard Test Method for
Dust-and-Fog Tracking and Erosion Resistance of Electrical
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Insulating Materials
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 2132; 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 (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 4. Summary of Test Method
1.1 This test method is intended to differentiate solid elec- 4.1 With electrodes mounted as shown in Fig. 1, coat test
trical insulating materials with respect to their resistance to the specimens with a synthetic dust and test in a chamber shown in
action of electric arcs produced by conduction through surface Fig. 2. Direct a water spray at the test specimen. After the
films of a specified contaminant containing moisture. Test surface has been wetted, apply a 60-Hz voltage between the
Methods D 2302 and D 2303 may also be used to evaluate electrodes. Arcing occurs across localized high-resistance areas
materials. produced by nonuniform evaporation of the water from the
1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are the standard, contaminant. These arcs produce high temperatures in the
except in cases where SI units are more appropriate. The values underlying insulation with resultant carbonization of most
in parentheses are for information only. organic materials. The carbonization concentrates the electric
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the field. Further carbonization may occur in the direction of the
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the field. In such cases, a carbon track is formed which spans the
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro- distance between the electrodes and causes failure. Materials
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica- that do not track may erode under the action of the arcing. Such
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use. Specific precau- erosion usually progresses from an upper electrode through the
tionary statements are given in 11.4. thickness of the specimen towards the underlying electrode.
4.2 Rate materials that track in terms of the time required to
NOTE 1—There is no equivalent ISO standard.
form a track between the electrodes.
4.3 Rate materials that do not track in terms of the time
2. Referenced Documents
required to erode to failure.
2.1 ASTM Standards:
4.4 Failure will be indicated when the current increases
D 374 Test Methods for Thickness of Solid Electrical Insu-
2 sufficiently to actuate an overcurrent device.
lation
D 709 Specification for Laminated Thermosetting Materi-
NOTE 2—The conditions of this test favor the formation of a track for
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als several possible reasons. Most important, the continuous renewal of the
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conducting properties of the contaminant by the water spray allows a track
D 1711 Terminology Relating to Electrical Insulation
to grow progressively over long periods of time.
D 2302 Method of Test for Differential Wet Tracking Re-
sistance of Electrical Insulating Materials with Controlled
5. Significance and Use
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Water-to-Metal Discharges
5.1 Method—Electrical insulation in service may fail as a
D 2303 Test Methods for Liquid-Contaminant, Inclined-
result of tracking, erosion, or a combination of both, if it is
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Plane Tracking and Erosion of Insulating Materials
exposed to high relative humidity and contamination environ-
ments. This is particularly true of organic insulations in
3. Terminology
outdoor applications where the surface of the insulation be-
3.1 Definitions:
comes contaminated by deposits of moisture and dirt, for
3.1.1 For definitions pertinent to this test method see Ter-
example, coal dust or salt spray. This test method is an
minology D 1711.
accelerated test that simulates extremely severe outdoor con-
tamination. It is believed that the most severe conditions likely
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to be encountered in outdoor service in the United States will
This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D-9 on
Electrical and Electronic Insulating Materials and is the direct responsibility of
be relatively mild compared to the conditions specified in this
Subcommittee D09.18 on Solid Insulations, Non-Metallic Shieldings, and Cover-
test method.
ings for Electrical and Telecommunications Wires and Cables.
5.2 Test Results—Materials can be classified by this test
Current edition approved Feb. 10, 1998. Published January 1999. Originally
method as tracking-resistant, tracking-affected, or tracki
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