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CSA C22.2 NO 0.17-00-CAN/CSA Document Information:
Title
Evaluation of Properties of Polymeric Materials
CSA Standards
Publication Date:
May 1, 2000
Scope:
This Standard provides procedures for evaluating polymeric
materials and parts made from polymeric materials intended for
application in electrical equipment covered by the Canadian
Electrical Code, Part I1 (CEC, Part 11), with respect to:
(a) flammability;
(b) mechanical properties;
(c) thermal properties;
(d) resistance to weathering; and
(e) electrical properties.
The test procedures listed in this Standard are provided for
reference in the Standards forming Part II of the Canadian
Electrical Code. Although the verbal auxiliary "shall" is used
to state the requirements of each test procedure given, it is
essential to recognize that the procedures are nonmandatory in
themselves unless mandated by individual Standards.
Note: Most of these procedures are recognized
internotianally for evaluating polymeric materials and are equally
applicable to areas other than electrical.
This Standard provides procedures for making reproducible
observations and serves as an aid in classifying materials
according to the criteria set forth in the individual
Standards.
The procedures described in this Standard involve standard-size
specimens tested under laboratory conditions and are intended to be
used solely to measure and describe the properties of material.
They are intended to serve as a preliminary indication of the
material's acceptabilityfor a particular application. The
performance level of a material by these methods may vary in the
end-use application.
Test procedures for classifying electrical wires and cables are
not specified in this Standard.
Notes:
(1) This Standard may involve hazardous
materials, operations, and equipment. This Standard does not
purport to address all of the safety problems associated with its
use. it is the responsibility of the user of this Standard to
establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the
applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
(2) This Standard should be used to measure
and describe the properties of materials, products, or assemblies
in response to heat and flame under controlled laboratory
conditions and should not be used to describe or appraise the fire
hazard or fire risk of materials, products, or ossemblies under
actual fire conditions. However, results of each test may be used
as an element of a fire risk assessment that takes into account all
of the pertinent factors of a particular end use.
(3) The test methods described in this
Standard are not intended to assess fire hazard. The fire hazard
created by materials depends upon the form and end use of the
material. Assessment of fire hazard includes, but is not limited
to, many factors, such as ease of ignition, burning rate, flame
spread, fuel contribution, intensity of burning, and products of
combustion.
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