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SCRAP PLASTIC BURN TESTING

Burn a small corner of the sample | | No Flames* | | | Drips | Yes No Material

| Continues to burn* | Drips Yes Cellulose Cellulose Cellulose Poly Propionat Acetate Acetate e Styrene

Observations

PE

PP

FEP

CTFE

PTFE

PVF

Color of Flame

Blue w/ yellow tip

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ABS Blue w/ yellow edges

Acetal

Blue

Butyrate Yellow w/blue Yellow w/Sparks tip Yellow

Yellow Illuminati ng gas or marigold Fast** Dense smoke w/soot

Odor Speed of burning*

Paraffin Fast** Melts & Drips

Acrid or Diesel Fumes Slow*

Burnt Hair ___

Acetic Acid ___

Burnt Hair ___ Acidic ___ Acrid Slow* Black Smoke w/soot

Formalde hyde Slow* No Smoke Vinegar Slow*

Rancid Butter Slow*

Burnt Sugar Fast** Some black smoke

Other

___ ___ * Slow = < 3 inches per minute

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Black Some Smoke w/ smoke soot w/soot

*Speed of burning * No Flames *Continues to Burn * Self Extinguishing

**Fast = > 3 inches per minute. PTFE, CTFE, PVF, FEP ABS, Acrylics, Acetals, Cellulose Acetate, Cellulose Acetate Butyrate, Cellulose Propionate,Cellulose Nitrate, Polystyrene, Polyurethane, Polyester Nylon, Polycarbonate, PPO, Polysulfone, PVC

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Self-Extinguishing* | | | No Poly ester Cellulose Nitrate Poly Urethane Nylon Blue w/ yellow tip Yellow Poly Sulfone Drips Yes Poly Carbonat e PVC Yellow Orange or Yellowish w/green Yellow Orange edges PPO No Material

Observati ons Color of Flame

yellow with blue Pale Yellow edges

Orange

Faint burning rubber Fast** Black smoke w/soot Camphor Apple Fast** Fast**

Burnt wool or hair Slow*

Odor of sulfur Fast** Black smoke w/soot

Phenol Slow* Black smoke w/soot

Phenol Slow* Difficult to ignite smoke

Hydrochloric acid Slow* White Smoke

Odor Speed of burning

Sample burns Slight completel black smoke y

Froths

Other

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