ISO 9038:2021

Determination of sustained combustibility of liquids

Publication date:   Apr 23, 2021

95.99   Withdrawal of Standard   Feb 20, 2025

General information

95.99   Withdrawal of Standard   Feb 20, 2025

ISO

ISO/TC 28 Petroleum and related products, fuels and lubricants from natural or synthetic sources

International Standard

87.040   Paints and varnishes | 75.080   Petroleum products in general | 13.220.40   Ignitability and burning behaviour of materials and products

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Scope

This document specifies a procedure, at temperatures up to 100 °C, to determine whether a liquid product, that would be classified as “flammable” by virtue of its flash point, sustains combustion at the temperature(s) specified e.g. in regulations.
NOTE       Many national and international regulations classify liquids as presenting a flammable hazard based on their flash point, as determined by a recognized method. Some of these regulations allow a derogation if the substance cannot “sustain combustion” at some specified temperature(s).
The procedure is applicable to paints (including water-borne paints), varnishes, paint binders, solvents, petroleum or related products and adhesives, that have a flash point. It is not applicable to painted surfaces in respect of assessing their potential fire hazards.
This test method is applicable, in addition to test methods for flash point, for assessing the fire hazard of a product.

Life cycle

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ISO 9038:2013

NOW

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ISO 9038:2021
95.99 Withdrawal of Standard
Feb 20, 2025

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ISO 9038:2025