1. Scope

1.1 This standard is a compilation of terminology used in the area of hazard potential of chemicals. Terms that are generally understood or adequately defined in other readily available sources are not included.

1.2 In the interest of common understanding and standardization, consistent word usage is encouraged to help eliminate the major barrier to effective technical communication.

2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.

ASTM Standards

E476 Test Method for Thermal Instability of Confined Condensed Phase Systems (Confinement Test)

E487 Test Method for Constant-Temperature Stability of Chemical Materials

E537 Test Method for The Thermal Stability of Chemicals by Differential Scanning Calorimetry

E582 Test Method for Minimum Ignition Energy and Quenching Distance in Gaseous Mixtures

E659 Test Method for Autoignition Temperature of Liquid Chemicals

E680 Test Method for Drop Weight Impact Sensitivity of Solid-Phase Hazardous Materials

E681 Test Method for Concentration Limits of Flammability of Chemicals (Vapors and Gases)

E698 Test Method for Arrhenius Kinetic Constants for Thermally Unstable Materials Using Differential Scanning Calorimetry and the Flynn/Wall/Ozawa Method

E771 Test Method for Spontaneous Heating Tendency of Materials

E918 Practice for Determining Limits of Flammability of Chemicals at Elevated Temperature and Pressure

E1226 Test Method for Explosibility of Dust Clouds

E1231 Practice for Calculation of Hazard Potential Figures-of-Merit for Thermally Unstable Materials

E1232 Test Method for Temperature Limit of Flammability of Chemicals

E1491 Test Method for Minimum Autoignition Temperature of Dust Clouds

E1515 Test Method for Minimum Explosible Concentration of Combustible Dusts

E1981 Guide for Assessing Thermal Stability of Materials by Methods of Accelerating Rate Calorimetry

E2012 Guide for the Preparation of a Binary Chemical Compatibility Chart

E2019 Test Method for Minimum Ignition Energy of a Dust Cloud in Air

E2021 Test Method for Hot-Surface Ignition Temperature of Dust Layers

E2046 Test Method for Reaction Induction Time by Thermal Analysis

Keywords

Chemicals; Environmental control/fate; Health hazards; Terminology--environmental; Chemicals; Environmental control/fate; Health hazards; Terminology--environmental;

ICS Code

ICS Number Code 01.040.71 (Chemical technology (Vocabularies)); 71.060.01 (Inorganic chemicals in general); 71.080.01 (Organic chemicals in general)

DOI: 10.1520/E1445-02

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