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4:1998
STANDARDS AUSTRALIA
1 The Crescent,
Homebush NSW 2140 Australia
STANDARDS NEW ZEALAND
Level 10, Radio New Zealand House,
155 The Terrace,
Wellington 6001 New Zealand
ISBN 0 7337 1674 1
AS/NZS 1660.5.4:1998 2
PREFACE
This Standard was prepared by the Joint Standards Australia / Standards New Zealand
Committee EL/3, Electric Wires and Cables, to supersede AS 1660.5.4 —1992. It is one of
a set of fire tests for electric cables included in the AS/NZS 1660 series. Details of the
whole series are given in Appendix A.
The objective of this Standard is to set out a procedure for the determination of the degree
of acidity of gases evolved during the combustion of compounds taken from the
components of electrical or optical cables.
This Standard differs from the 1992 edition as follows:
(a) It has been changed from an adopted Standard to an Australian/New Zealand text
Standard.
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CONTENTS
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1 SCOPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 PRINCIPLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 TEST APPARATUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 CONDITIONING OF THE SAMPLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5 TEST PIECES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
6 PROCEDURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
7 DETERMINATION OF THE pH VALUE AND CONDUCTIVITY . . . . . . . . . . 6
8 EXPRESSION OF THE RESULTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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1 SCOPE This Standard specifies a procedure for the determination of the degree of
acidity of gases evolved during the combustion of compounds taken from the components
of electrical or optical cables.
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3 TEST APPARATUS
3.1 General Diagrams of the apparatus are shown in Figures 1 to 5. The assembly of
the components which constitute the test apparatus shall be leak-tight. The connecting
distances between the tube and the first wash bottle and between the first and the second
wash bottles (if used) shall be as short as possible. Glass or silicone rubber tubing shall
be used for these connections.
NOTE: At the exit of the tube, as close to the end as possible, it is permitted to place a plug of
silica wool to aid collection of condensates.
3.2 Tube furnace The effective length of the heating zone of the furnace shall be
500 mm to 600 mm and its inside diameter shall be 40 mm to 60 mm. It shall be equipped
with an electrically adjusted heating system.
3.3 Tube The furnace shall contain a fireproof tube made of silica, resistant to the
action of corrosive gases. The tube shall be approximately concentric to the tube furnace.
The inside diameter of the silica tube shall be between 32 mm and 45 mm. The initial
clearance shall only allow for thermal expansion.
The tube shall protrude on the entrance side of the furnace by a length of 60 mm to
200 mm, and on the exit side by 60 mm to 100 mm.
3.4 Combustion boats Combustion boats should be porcelain, fused quartz or
soapstone and should have the following dimensions:
(a) Length: 45 mm to 100 mm.
(b) Width: 12 mm to 30 mm.
(c) Depth: 5 mm to 10 mm.
A preferred method for insertion of the combustion boats into the tube is shown in
Figure 1. Each boat should only be used three times before firing or renewing.
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