ASTM D2584-18

This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
Designation: D2584 − 18
Standard Test Method for
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Ignition Loss of Cured Reinforced Resins
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D2584; 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 (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the U.S. Department of Defense.
1. Scope E691 Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Study to
Determine the Precision of a Test Method
1.1 Thistestmethodcoversthedeterminationoftheignition
E2935 Practice for Conducting Equivalence Testing in
loss of cured reinforced resins. This ignition loss shall be
Laboratory Applications
considered to be the resin content within the limitations of 4.2.
1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the 3. Summary of Test Method
standard.
3.1 The specimen contained in a crucible is ignited and
1.3 This standard is used to measure and describe the allowed to burn until only ash and carbon remain. The
response of composite material to heat under controlled carbonaceous residue is reduced to an ash by heating in a
conditions, but does not by itself incorporate all of the factors muffle furnace at 565°C (1050°F), cooled in a desiccator, and
required for fire hazard or fire assessments of the composite weighed.
materials under actual fire conditions.
4. Significance and Use
1.4 Fire testing is inherently hazardous. Adequate safe-
4.1 This test method is used to obtain the ignition loss of a
guards for personnel and property shall be employed in
cured reinforced resin sample.
conducting these tests.
NOTE 2—The basic concept of burning off of the organic matrix of a
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the
reinforced polymer composite has also been shown to be a useful method
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
for enabling a visual examination of the fiber architecture or laminate
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
structure of some reinforcements.
priate safety, health, and environmental practices and deter-
4.2 If only glass fabric or filament is used as the reinforce-
mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
ment of an organic resin that is completely decomposed to
NOTE 1—There is no known ISO equivalent to this standard.
volatile materials under the conditions of this test and the small
1.6 This international standard was developed in accor-
amountofvolatiles(water,residualsolvent)thatarepotentially
dance with internationally recognized principles on standard- present are ignored, the ignition loss shall be considered to be
ization established in the Decision on Principles for the
the resin content of the sample.
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recom- 4.2.1 This test method does not provide a measure of resin
mendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical
content for samples containing reinforcing materials that lose
Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee. weight under the conditions of the test or containing resins or
fillers that do not decompose to volatile materials released by
2. Referenced Documents ignition.
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
5. Apparatus
D618 Practice for Conditioning Plastics for Testing
5.1 Crucible, platinum or porcelain, approximately 30-mL
capacity.
5.2 Electric Muffle Furnace, capable of maintaining a tem-
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This test method is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee D20 on Plastics
and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D20.18 on Reinforced Thermoset- perature of 565 6 28°C (1050 6 50°F).
ting Plastics.
Current edition approved Sept. 15, 2018. Published October 2018. Originally
6. Test Specimen
approved in 1967. Last previous edition approved in 2011 as D2584 - 11. DOI:
6.1 A minimum of three specimens shall be tested for each
10.1520/D2584-18.
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sample.
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Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on NOTE 3—It is often convenient to use samples obtained from specimens
the ASTM website. that have been tested for mechanical properties such as flexural or tensile
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard
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