2. Conditioning of Test Specimens
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Statutory Documents - MCA Publications - MGN 280 - Small Vessels in Commercial Use for Sport or Pleasure, Workboats and Pilot Boats - Alternative Construction Standards - Annex 10 - Ignitability Test for Combustible Material - 2. Conditioning of Test Specimens

2. Conditioning of Test Specimens

  2.1 The conditioning atmosphere should have a temperature of 20 ± 20°C and relative humidity of 65 ± 2%.

  2.2 The specimen should be laid flat, in the conditioning atmosphere for a period of 24 hours, or for a sufficiently longer period in order to ensure that the mass of the specimen shows no progressive change greater than 0.25% when it is determined at intervals of 2 hours.


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