Chapter 2.3 – Class 3 Flammable liquids
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Chapter 2.3 – Class 3 Flammable liquids

  2.3.4 Add a new section 2.3.4 with the following:

  • “2.3.4 Determination of initial boiling point

    The following methods for determining the initial boiling point of flammable liquids may be used:

    International standards:
      ISO 3924
      ISO 4626
      ISO 3405
       
    National standards:
    American Society for Testing Materials International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA 19428-2959:
      ASTM D86-07a, Standard Test Method for Distillation of Petroleum Products at Atmospheric Pressure
      ASTM D1078-05, Standard Test Method for Distillation Range of Volatile Organic Liquids
    Further acceptable methods:
      Method A.2 as described in Part A of the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No.440/2008footnote.".
Parent topic: Part 2 – Classification

2.3.3 Determination of flash point

  2.3.3.6 The existing section is replaced by the following:

  • "2.3.3.6 Determination of flash point

    The following methods for determining the flash point of flammable liquids may be used:

International standards:
  ISO 1516
  ISO 1523
  ISO 2719
  ISO 13736
  ISO 3679
  ISO 3680
   
National standards:
American Society for Testing Materials International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA 19428-2959:
  ASTM D3828-07a, Standard Test Methods for Flash Point by Small Scale Closed Cup Tester
  ASTM D56-05, Standard Test Method for Flash Point by Tag Closed Cup Tester
  ASTM D3278-96(2004)e, Standard Test Methods for Flash Point of Liquids by Small Scale Closed-Cup Apparatus
  ASTM D93-08, Standard Test Methods for Flash Point by Pensky-Martens Closed Cup Tester.
Association française de normalisation, AFNOR, 11, rue de Pressensé, 93571 La Plaine Saint-Denis Cedex:
  French Standard NF M 07 – 019
  French Standards NF M 07 – 011/NF T 30 – 050/NF T 66 – 009
  French Standard NF M 07 – 036
Deutsches Institut für Normung, Burggrafenstr. 6, D-10787 Berlin:
  Standard DIN 51755 (flash points below 65°C)
State Committee of the Council of Ministers for Standardization, 113813, GSP, Moscow, M-49 Leninsky Prospect, 9:
  GOST 12.1.044-84".
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