La. Admin. Code tit. 55 § III-1126

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section III-1126 - Flammability Test-Plastics Only

A. Where plastic materials are used in an EPD, such materials shall be non-combustible or slow-burning. Such plastic items shall be exposed to a test to determine the flame-propagation rate. The specimen shall be ignited by holding one end of specimen horizontally at the top of a luminous 3/4" Bunsen burner flame in a draft-free room. The rate of propagation of burning, after removing the flame from the specimen, determined by a stop watch shall be 1" or less per 20 seconds. A faster rate of propagation shall be cause for rejection.

La. Admin. Code tit. 55, § III-1126

Promulgated by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of State Police, LR 27:67 (January 2001).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 32:190.