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Alcan Cable,
General Cable,
409 Reighard Avenue,
Williamsport, PA 17701, USA
Tel: +1 570 321 7715
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Website:
9 ASTM D1531 Standard Test Methods for Relative Permittivity
(Dielectric Constant) and Dissipation Factor by Fluid Displacement
Procedures
10 ASTM D3756 Standard Test Method for Evaluation
of Resistance to Electrical Breakdown by
Treeing in Solid Dielectric Materials Using Diverging Fields
11 ASTM D4872 Standard Test Method for Dielectric Testing of Wire and
Cable Filling Compounds
12 ASTM D2303 Standard Test Methods for Liquid-Contaminant,
Inclined-Plane Tracking and Erosion of Insulating Materials
13 ASTM D2132 Standard Test Method for Dust-and-Fog Tracking and
Erosion Resistance of Electrical Insulating Materials
14 D470 Standard Test Methods for Crosslinked Insulations and Jackets
for Wire and Cable
15 UL 44 Thermoset-Insulated Wires and Cables
16 UL 83 Thermoplastic-Insulated Wires and Cables
17 ASTM D1929 Standard Test Method for Determining Ignition
Temperature of Plastics
18 ASTM D2863 Standard Test Method for Measuring the Minimum
Oxygen Concentration to Support Candle-Like Combustion of Plastics
(Oxygen Index)
19 ASTM D3801 Standard Test Method for Measuring the Comparative
Burning Characteristics of Solid Plastics in a Vertical Position
20 ASTM D3874 Standard Test Method for Ignition of Materials by Hot
Wire Sources
21 ASTM D5424 Standard Test Method for Smoke Obscuration of
Insulating Materials Contained in Electrical or Optical Fiber Cables
When Burning in a Vertical Cable Tray Configuration
22 ASTM D5485 Standard Test Method for Determining the Corrosive
Effect of Combustion Products Using the Cone Corrosimeter
23 ASTM D5537 Standard Test Method for Heat Release, Flame Spread,
Smoke Obscuration, and Mass Loss Testing of Insulating Materials
International Wire & Cable Symposium 816 Proceedings of the 61st
IWCS Conference Contained in Electrical or Optical Fiber Cables
When Burning in a Vertical Cable Tray Configuration
24 ASTM E662 Test Method for Specific Optical Density of Smoke
Generated by Solid Materials
25 UL 1685 Vertical-Tray Fire-Propagation and Smoke-Release Test for
Electrical and Optical-Fiber Cables
26 UL 2196 Tests for Fire Resistive Cables
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28 Adele Bassett, Consensus Building, Standardization News, May/June
2012, pg 26-29.
29 Website