What is ISO 10093 about?
ISO 10093 is an international standard on fire tests of plastics which covers its standard ignition sources.
ISO 10093 describes and classifies a range of laboratory ignition sources for use in fire tests on plastics and products consisting substantially of plastics. These sources vary in intensity and area of impingement. They are suitable for use to simulate the initial thermal abuse to which plastics are potentially exposed in certain actual fire risk scenarios.
This compilation of standard ignition sources describes the ignition sources used by different standards development organizations and contained in standard test methods, specifications, or regulations used to assess the fire properties of plastics and of products containing plastic materials.
The ignition sources described in ISO 10093 are associated with flaming and non-flaming ignition and describe the relevant ignition sources and reference the associated standard.
NOTE: This compilation of ignition sources does not discuss the application of the standard referenced in any specific clause in which the ignition source is described, and this compilation is likely not to be a fully comprehensive list of ignition sources. ISO 10093 does not address detailed test procedures.
Who is ISO 10093 for?
ISO 10093 on plastic fire tests is relevant to:
- Plastic manufacturing industry
- Health and safety authorities
Why should you use ISO 10093?
Fires are caused by a wide range of possible ignition sources. Statistical analysis of fires has identified the major primary and secondary sources, especially for fires in buildings.
ISO 10093 provides the ignition processes, the main characteristics describing ignition sources and their relation to the test specimen and also gives the general principles of flaming ignition sources and non-flaming ignition sources.
ISO 10093 gives the smouldering (cigarette) rate of ignition sources using traditional cigarettes and Non-reduced ignition propensity cigarettes methods.
ISO 10093 provides information on non-flaming electrical ignition sources such as Glow-wire ignition which stimulates overheating of electrical wiring and Hot-wire ignition which simulates the overloading and also describes the radiant ignition sources, infrared heating system, diffusion flame ignition and premixed burners.
Furthermore, ISO 10093 let you know the fire properties of plastics to ensure ignitability and burning behaviour of plastic materials and products.
What’s changed since the last update?
BS ISO 10093:2020 supersedes PD ISO/TR 10093:2018. BS ISO 10093:2020 includes some technical changes with respect to PD ISO/TR 10093:2018.
These include:
- Mandatory information has been added throughout the document
- Referenced standards have been deleted from the bibliography and moved to the normative reference clause
