ASTM D5132-03

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Designation: D 5132 – 03
Standard Test Method for
Horizontal Burning Rate of Polymeric Materials Used in
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Occupant Compartments of Motor Vehicles
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 5132; 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 * 2.3 SAE Standard:
SAE J369 Flammability of Polymeric Interior Materials -
1.1 This test method is intended for use as a small-scale
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Horizontal Test Method
laboratory procedure for comparing the relative horizontal
2.4 ISO Standard:
burning rates of polymeric materials used in occupant com-
ISO 3795 Road vehicles, and tractors and machinery for
partments of motor vehicles.
agriculture and forestry—Determination of burning be-
1.2 Units—The values stated in SI units are to be regarded
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havior of interior materials
as standard.
1.3 This test method, Federal Safety Standard MVSS 302,
3. Terminology
SAE J369, and ISO 3795 Standards are technically equivalent.
3.1 Definitions—For definitions of fire-related terms used in
1.4 This standard is used to measure and describe the
this test method refer to Terminology E 176.
response of materials, products, or assemblies to heat and flame
under controlled conditions, but does not by itself incorporate
4. Summary of Test Method
all factors required for fire hazards or fire risk assessment of
4.1 This test method employs a standard test specimen (100
materials, products, or assemblies under actual fire conditions.
3 356) mm with a thickness up to 13 mm, mounted in a
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the
U-shaped metal frame. The specimen is ignited by means of a
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
38-mm high flame from an appropriate burner, and the burning
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
rate of the material is determined.
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
4.2 The rate of burning is determined by measurements of
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use. Specific hazard
the horizontal distance burned in relation to the time of
statements are given in Section 7.
burning, and reported for each set of specimens.
2. Referenced Documents
5. Significance and Use
2.1 ASTM Standards:
5.1 This test method provides a standard laboratory proce-
D 5025 Specification for Laboratory Burner Used in Small-
2 dure for measuring and comparing the burning rates of
Scale Burning Tests on Plastic Materials
polymeric materials under specified controlled conditions.
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E 176 Terminology of Fire Standards
5.2 The rate of burning is affected by such factors as density,
E 691 Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Study to
direction of rise, and type and amount of surface treatments.
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Determine the Precision of a Test Method
The thickness of the finished specimens must also be taken into
2.2 Federal Safety Standard:
account. These factors must be considered in order to compare
MVSS 302 Flammability of Interior Materials-Passenger
materials on the same basis.
Cars, Multipurpose Passenger Vehicles, Trucks and
5 5.3 In this procedure, the specimens are subjected to one or
Buses
more specific sets of laboratory test conditions. If different test
conditions are substituted or the end-use conditions are
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This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D20 on Plastics changed, it is not always possible by or from this test method
and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D20.30 on Thermal Properties.
to predict changes in the fire-test-response characteristics
Current edition approved February 10, 2003. Published April 2003. Originally
approved in 1990. Last previous edition approved in 2002 as D 5132 – 02.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 08.03.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 04.07.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 14.02. Available from Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), 400 Commonwealth
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United States Code of Federal Regulations, 49 CFR 571.302, 36 FR 28991, Dr., Warrendale, PA 15096-0001.
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available from Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Available from International Organization for Standardization (ISO), 1 rue de
Washington, DC 20402. Varembé, Case postale 56, CH-1211, Geneva 20, Switzerland.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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measured. Therefore, the results are valid only for the fire test 7. Hazards
exposure conditions described in this procedure.
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