- Author
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Gann, R. G.
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Guthrie, W. F.
- Title
- Robustness of Measuring the Ignition Strength of Cigarettes With ASTM Method E2187-02b.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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NIST TN 1454
July 2003
20 p.
- Keywords
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cigarettes
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ignition
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fire research
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test methods
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standards
- Identifiers
- cigarette extinction test method; evaluation of the test method documentation; mean fraction of full-length burns for 16 replicate determinations in the 1993 ILE cigarette extinction test method (nine laboratories); repeatability limits, r, and reproducibility limits, R, based on 1993 ILE of the cigarette extinction test method; ignition strength and repeatability limits; ignition strengths for filter paper of varing mass and metal rim of varying thickness; measured values of baned cigarette ignition strength for veritcal and horizontal orientation during the pre-burn period
- Abstract
- The Standard Test Method adopted by the State of New York (NYS) in its promulgation of fire safety standards under Chapter 284 of the Laws of 2000, was originally developed in 1992. The original method draft needed additional detail to be acceptable as a U.S. standard. Since then, the text has undergone a series of clarifications, with a few substantive changes in the methodology. In December 2002, ASTM International issued ASTM E2187-02b, Standard Test Method for Measuring the Ignition Strength of Cigarettes, the method adopted by the New York Office of Fire Prevention and Control (OFPC). This report documents this evolution, during which there has been no significant change in the repeatability or reproducibility of the method. There is limited evidence that for cigarettes of both conventional and banded design, the measured ignition strength has not changed significantly.