ASTM D3014-99

Standard Test Method for Flame Height, Time of Burning, and Loss of Mass of Rigid Thermoset Cellular Plastics in a Vertical Position

SCOPE
1.1 This is a fire-test-response standard. This test method covers a small-scale laboratory screening procedure for comparing relative extent and time of burning and loss of mass of rigid thermoset cellular plastics. This test method should be used solely to establish relative burning characteristics and should not be considered or used as a fire-hazard classification.  
1.1.1 This test method should not be used for materials that drip or melt under the test conditions.  
1.2 During the course of combustion, gases or vapors, or both, are evolved which may be hazardous to personnel. Adequate precautions should be taken to protect the operator.  
1.3 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. A specific precautionary statement is given in 1.2.  
1.4 This standard should be used to measure and describe the response of materials, products, or assemblies to heat and flame under controlled laboratory conditions and should not be used to 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-hazard assessment or a fire-risk assessment which takes into account all of the factors which are pertinent to an assessment of the fire hazard or fire risk of a particular end use.  Note 1-There is no similar or equivalent ISO standard.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Jul-1999
• ICS: 83.100 - Cellular materials
• Technical Committee: D20 - Plastics
• Drafting Committee: D20.30 - Thermal Properties

Relations

• Replaced By: ASTM D3014-04 - Standard Test Method for Flame Height, Time of Burning, and Loss of Mass of Rigid Thermoset Cellular Plastics in a Vertical Position
• Effective Date: 01-Feb-2004
• Referred By: ASTM D5025-20a - Standard Specification for Laboratory Burner Used for Small-Scale Burning Tests on Plastic Materials
• Effective Date: 10-Jul-1999
• Referred By: ASTM D178-22 - Standard Specification for Rubber Insulating Matting
• Effective Date: 10-Jul-1999

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: D 3014 – 99
Standard Test Method for
Flame Height, Time of Burning, and Loss of Mass of Rigid
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Thermoset Cellular Plastics in a Vertical Position
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 3014; 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.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
1. Scope * D 1622 Test Method for Apparent Density of Rigid Cellular
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Plastics
1.1 This is a fire-test-response standard. This test method
D 5025 Specification for Laboratory Burner Used for
covers a small-scale laboratory screening procedure for com-
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Small-Scale Burning Tests on Plastic Materials
paring relative extent and time of burning and loss of mass of
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E 176 Terminology Relating to Fire Standards
rigid thermoset cellular plastics. This test method should be
E 691 Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Study to
used solely to establish relative burning characteristics and
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Determine the Precision of a Test Method
should not be considered or used as a fire-hazard classification.
1.1.1 This test method should not be used for materials that
3. Terminology
drip or melt under the test conditions.
3.1 Definitions—For terms relating to plastics, the defini-
1.2 During the course of combustion, gases or vapors, or
tions in this test method are in accordance with Terminology
both, are evolved which may be hazardous to personnel.
D 883. For terms relating to fire, the definitions in this test
Adequate precautions should be taken to protect the operator.
method are in accordance with Terminology E 176.
1.3 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 The specimen is mounted in a vertical chimney with a
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
glass front and ignited with a bunsen burner for 10 s. The
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use. A specific precau-
height and duration of flame and the mass percent retained by
tionary statement is given in 1.2.
the specimen are recorded.
1.4 This standard should be used to measure and describe
the response of materials, products, or assemblies to heat and
5. Significance and Use
flame under controlled laboratory conditions and should not be
5.1 Tests made on rigid cellular materials in accordance
used to describe or appraise the fire hazard or fire risk of
with the conditions described by this test method can be of
materials, products, or assemblies under actual fire conditions.
considerable value in comparing their burning characteristics.
However, results of this test may be used as elements of a
The height and duration of flame and the mass percent retained
fire-hazard assessment or a fire-risk assessment which takes
by the specimen are recorded.
into account all of the factors which are pertinent to an
5.2 This test method has been applied to flexible cellular
assessment of the fire hazard or fire risk of a particular end use.
materials and other plastics, but no detailed studies have been
NOTE 1—There is no similar or equivalent ISO standard.
conducted to determine its general applicability to these
materials.
2. Referenced Documents
5.3 In this procedure, the specimens are subjected to one or
2.1 ASTM Standards:
more specific sets of laboratory test conditions. If different test
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D 883 Terminology Relating to Plastics
conditions are substituted or the end-use conditions are
changed, it may not be possible by or from this test to predict
changes in the fire-test-response characteristics measured. The
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This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D-20 on Plastics
and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D20.30 on Thermal Properties
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(Section D20.30.03). Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 08.02.
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Current editon approved July 10, 1999. Published September 1999. Originally Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 08.03.
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published as D 3014 – 73. Last previous edition D 3014 – 94.
Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 04.07.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 08.01. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 14.02.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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D 3014
results are therefore valid only for the fire-test-exposure
conditions described in this procedure.
6. Apparatus
6.1 Test Chimney, conforming to the dimensions in Fig. 1,
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