GB/T 5169.17-2008
Fire hazard testing for electric and electronic products.Part 17:Test flames.500W flame test methods (English Version)

Standard No.: GB/T 5169.17-2008
Language: Chinese, Available in English version
Release Date: 2008
Published By: General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People‘s Republic of China
Status: Be replaced 2018-07
Replace By: GB/T 5169.17-2017
Latest: GB/T 5169.17-2017
Replace: GB/T 5169.17-2002

Scope: This part of GB/T 5169 specifies a small-scale laboratory screening method for comparing the relative combustion characteristics and burn-through resistance of plastic and other non-metallic material samples. The comparison test uses a flame ignition source with a nominal power of 500W. This method is applicable to solid materials and foamed plastics whose apparent density is equal to or greater than 250kg/m³ (measured according to the method specified in ISO 845-1988). This method is not applicable to thin materials that shrink in fire but do not ignite; for such materials ISO 9773-1998 should be used. This test method is intended to characterize materials, for example for quality control purposes, but is not suitable for assessing the fire behavior of building materials and construction appliances. This test method can be used for the pre-selection of materials, but the thickness of the material must be equal to the minimum thickness for actual application in order to obtain definite results. Although these test results provide some characteristics of plastics in use, they must not only be used to ensure the safety performance of plastics in use. The material classification method specified in this test method (see 8.4) can be used for product quality assurance or preselection of product component materials.

GB/T 5169.17-2008 Referenced Document

GB/T 2918-1998 Plastics--Standard atmospheres for conditioning and testing
GB/T 5169.15-2008 Fire hazard testing for electric and eletronic products.Part 15: Test flames.50OW flames.Apparatus and confirmational test methods
GB/T 5169.16-2008 Fire hazard testing for electric and electronic products.Part 16:Test flames.50W horizontal and vertical flame test methods
GB/T 5169.5-1997 Fire hazard testing for electric and electronic products. Part 2: Test methods. Section 2: Needle-flame test
ISO 293:1986 Plastics; Compression moulding test specimens of thermoplastic materials
ISO 294 Plastics - Injection moulding of test specimens of thermoplastic materials
ISO 295:1991 Plastics; compression moulding of test specimens of thermosetting materials
ISO 845:1988 Cellular plastics and rubbers; determinaiton of apparent (bulk) density
ISO 9773:1998 Plastics - Determination of burning behaviour of thin flexible vertical specimens in contact with a small-flame ignition source

2017 GB/T 5169.17-2017 Fire hazard testing for electric and electronic products.Part 17:Test flames.500 W flame test method
2008 GB/T 5169.17-2008 Fire hazard testing for electric and electronic products.Part 17:Test flames.500W flame test methods
2005 GB/T 11020-2005 Flammability of solid non-metallic meterials when exposed to flame sources-List of test methods
1989 GB/T 11020-1989 Test methods for the determination of the flammability of solid electrical insulating materials when exposed to an igniting source