ASTM D3638_1998
解放军装备学院-小学优秀班主任事迹材料
surfaces,manyminutetree-likecarbonac
eouspathsortracks
racksareoriented
randomly,
butgenerallypropagatebetweentheelectrodes
under
theinfl-
tuallyaseriesoftracksspanstheelectrodeg
ap,andfailure
occursbyshortingoftheelectrodes.<
br>5.3Theconditionsspecifiedhereinareintended,asino
ther
trackingtestmethods,toproduceaconditioncon
ducivetothe
formationofsurfacedischargesandposs
iblesubsequenttrack-
nditionsarechosentoreprodu
ciblyandconve-
nientlyaccelerateaprocess;forthi
sreason,theyrarely
-
fore,whiletrackingtests
servetodifferentiatematerialsunder
givenconditi
ons,resultsoftrackingtestscannotbeusedto
infere
itherdirectorcomparativeservicebehaviorofan
,tr
ackingtestresultsprovideatool
forjudgingthesuit
abilityofmaterialsforagivenapplication.
Thesuit
abilitycanonlybeverifiedthroughtestingthedesign
inactualenduseorunderconditionswhichsimulateenduse
as
closelyaspossible.
tus
6.1Thesimplified
electricalcircuitryusedinthistestis
essaryinfor
mationonthecleanli-
nessofapparatus,entialcompo
nentsare
asfollows:
6.1.1VariablePowerSource
,consistingofatransformer
typesupply,suchasthec
ombinationT1andT2inFig.1,with
avariableoutputof
0to1000V,60Hzcapableofmaintaining
acurrentof1A(
1kVA).
6.1.2Voltmeter(V1),capableofmeasuringthe
varyinga-c
outputofthepowersource.A0to600-Vvolt
meterwithan
accuracyofatleast62.5%offullscale.<
br>6.1.3Ammeter(A1),witharangeof0to1Aa-candan
a
ccuracyofatleast610%offullscale.
6.1.4CurrentLi
mitingResistor(R1),continuouslyvari-
able,wirew
ound,ratedatgreaterthan1A.
6.1.5ShortingSwitch(
S1),single-polesingle-throwrated
at1000Vandgrea
terthan1A.
N
OTE
1—
ispossibletocouple
thevariableresistorwiththeautotransformerwhich
givesanautomaticsettingofthecurrentthroughoutthera
ngeofthe
eneveritisnecessarytocheckthecalibrati
onofthe
instrument,theshortingactioncanbeaccomp
lishedbyajumperwire
uplingoftheautotransformerw
iththe
variableresistorcanbeconsideredanotherop
tion.
6.1.6Over-CurrentRelay(R0),whichhastobein
sertedin
thecircuitshallnottripatcurrentsupto0.
1Aandthetripping
timeonshortcircuitshallbeatlea
st0.5s(thecurrentshallbe
limitedonshortcircuitt
o1Awithatoleranceof610%ata
powerfactorof0.9to1.
0).
N
OTE
2—SomeinstrumentshaveusedaHeine
mannbreaker,whichis
probablythecloseststandardc
ommercialbreakertothatdescribedinthe
eakerisHei
nemannModelSeriesJA,
thetrippingactioncanbeacco
mplishedwithelectroniccircuitry.
6.1.7TestingFi
xture(J1),adjustableplatformwhichsup-
portsthes
pecimenandelectrodesetup.
6.1.8PlatinumElectrod
es,havingarectangularcrosssec-
tionmeasuring5by
2mm(0.2by0.08in.),extending20mm
(0.8in)minimumf
romsuitablemountingshanks(Fig.2).The
endofeache
lectrodeismachinedtoforma30°chisel-point
edge,h
avingaradiusfrom0.05to0.10mm,extendingalong
the
5-mm(0.2-in)theradiusthat
generallyresultsfromp
olishinga“Omm”radiuselectrode.
Sincethedirectio
nofpolishmayinfluencetheresults,all
electrodessh
ouldbepolishedinadirectionperpendicularto
thelo
ngdimensionoftheelectrodeface.
6.1.9DroppingApp
aratus,whichshoulddroptheelectro-
lyteprecisely
asspecifiedshouldalsobeameansof
electricallystar
tingandstoppingthedroppingoftheelectrolyte
aswe
llasacountingdeviceformonitoringthenumberof
fice
diameterofthedropmechanismisapproxi-
r,itmayben
ecessarytoadjustthis
diametersomewhatsoastoobta
intheproperdropsizein
accordancewith9.2.
ts<
br>7.1ElectrolyteSolutionofAmmoniumChlorideinWater
:
7.1.1Prepareasolutionofammoniumchlorideatanap
-
proximateconcentrationof0.1%bydissolving1gofr
eagent
erusedshall
haveavolumeresistivityofn
olessthan0.5MVcmat23°C.
Allowthesolutiontostand
overnightinacovered,butnot
sealed,container.
7.1.2Measuretheresistivityofthesolutionusingacond
uc-
tivitycellandana-cbridge,ormeter,followingt
hemanufac-
turer’esistivityis38565Vcmat236
1
⁄
2
°C,esistivity
isoutsidetheaboveli
mits,adjusttheconcentrationuntilthese
mentisacc
omplishedbyadding
waterorNH
4
Cl.
FIG.
1ElectricalCircuitComponents
FIG.2Electr
odes(Radius0.05to0.1mm)
7.1.3Calibratetheconduc
tivitycellwith0.01Npotassium
chloridecalibratin
gsolutionwhichisavailablefromthecell
manufactur
er.
ecimens
8.1Typicaltestspecimenscanbe50-m
m(2in.)or100-mm
(4in.)m
thicknessshallbe2.5m
m(0.100in.).Atleastfivespecimens
ofeachsamplesha
llbetested.
8.2Variationsinvaluescanresultfroma
lackofuniformity
ofdispersionofthematerialthrou
ghoutthemoldedspecimen
,caremustbetakento
pr
eparespecimensthatareasuniformaspossible,bothwithi
n
theparticularspecimenandfromonespecimentoanot
her.
8.3ConditioningshouldbeinaccordancewithPro
cedureA
ofPracticeD618.
8.4Specimensmustbecl
eanofdust,dirt,oil,orother
dedsurfacemustbesmoo
thand
scratch-free.
8.5Testthinmaterialsbyfir
stclampingthemtogether
tightlytoformaspecimenha
vingathicknessascloseas
possibletotherecommende
dthickness.
ationandStandardization
9.1Parti
allysupporttheelectrodesbyadjustablepivotarms
a
ndrestonthetestspecimenasshowninFig.2,exertinga
forceof100g(3.5oz).
9.2Thedropheightfortheelec
trolyteshouldnotbemore
than40mm(1.6in.)ding
deviceisdesignedtostoreanaqueoussolutionanddeliver
psizeis
tobe20+5−0mm
3
(0.0015in.
3
)andthedroprateistobe1
drop3065s.(Thedrops
izecanbemeasuredbyusingasmall
calibratedgraduat
etoaccumulateanumberofdropstoobtain
anaccurater
eading.)
9.3Allowapproximately15dropsofelectrol
ytetodrop
fromtheapparatusintoabeakerorothercon
tainersoasto
removeanysolutionwithahighconcentr
ationofammonium
chloride.
9.4Reformtheelectr
odeswhentheedgesareroundedin
excessof0.1-mmdiam
eterorwhenburrsorroughedgesare
observableat153m
agnifieelectrodeswhen
sharpeningormachiningfails
torestorethespecificdimen-
sionsoftheelectrodesa
ndthequalityofthechiseledge.
9.5Reproducibility
ofresultsisimprovedbycleaningthe
electrodesafte
reverytwoorthreetests.
5
9.6Thepowersourceis
settothedesiredvoltagewith
nothingbutairbetween
theelectrodes(switchopen).The
shortingswitchisc
losedandthecurrentlimitingresistor
adjustedtogi
veareadingof1A.
ure
10.1Conductthetestinadra
ft-free,cleanenvironmentata
temperatureof2065°C
.
10.2Fillthedroppingassemblywithsolutionandset
the
counterto0.
10.3Setthepowersourcetothede
siredvoltageandadjust
inaccordancewith9.6.
1
0.4Placethetestspecimenonthesupportingplatformsothattheelectrodescanbeplacedonthespecimen.
10
.5PositiontheelectrodesasshowninFig.2sothatthe
chiseledgescontactthespecimenata60°anglebetween
electrodesandsothatthechiselfacesareparallelinthe
vertical
planeandareseparatedby460.2mm(0.16in.)
.
N
OTE
3—Itisrecommendedthatcontactofthe
electrodeswiththe
specimenshallbesuchthatwhenal
ightsourceissoplacedthatthelight
reachestheeyea
longthesurfaceofthespecimen,nolightisvisible
ti
svisibleduetothe
electrodeedgeshavingbecomeroun
ded,theedgesmustbereground.
10.6Opentheshorting
switchandbeginthesequenceof
dropswiththetimeint
ervalbetweendropssetat3065s.
nditionisusu-
a
llywelldefinedwithasuddensurgeoccurringinthecurrent
(fromessentially0toalmost1A)accompaniedbyacorr
e-
spondingdropinvoltage.
10.8Atestmayberepe
atedonagivenspecimenprovided
theelectrodegapisp
ositionedaminimumof25mm(1.0in.)
positionoft
henewtestmustbecleanandunsplashedbya
priortest.
10.9Obtainonereadingoneachoffivespecimensofa
thisprocessin
accordancewith10.8,atdifferentvo
ltagelevelssuchthatat
leasttwolevelsproducefail
uresinlessthan50dropsandtwo
levelsgreaterthan50
drops.
No.P13CrystalBayCleaningCrocusCloth,avai
lablefrom3MCo.,hasbeen
foundsatisfactoryforthis
method.
5
10.10Testvoltagesshouldbeli
mitedto600Vorless.
Testingathighervoltageswillg
enerateelectricdischarges
abovethesurfaceofthes
pecimen,whichwillproduceerro-
neousresults.
10.11Whentestingatvoltagesinthelowestrange(below150V)theremaynotbesufficientenergytovaporizecom-
pletelytheelectrolytesolutionthathasbeenplaced
between
,iffloodingoccurs,thetestshouldbe
dis
continued.
ation
11.1Plotthenumberofdropsofe
lectrolyteatbreakdown
urvenotethevoltagewhichco
rre-
thecomparativetrackindex(CTI)
(seeFig.3
).
12.1Reportthecomparativetrackingindexfor
eachmate-
rialtested,andincludethefollowing:
12.1.1Descriptionofthematerialtested,
12.1.2Re
sistivityoftheelectrolyte,
12.1.3Testtemperatur
e,
12.1.4Testvoltageandnumberofdropsofelectroly
teto
failure,foreachtest,
12.1.5TheCTIvaluei
nvoltsderivedinaccordancewith
11.1,and
12.1.
6Visualobservationsofspecimenbehavior,suchas
me
ltingoftheplastic,flameignition(ifitoccurs),andthet
ype
oferosionthathasoccurredonthesurfaceofthete
stspecimen
betweentheelectrodes.
ionandBias<
br>13.1Whilesomevarianceinbreakdowndatacanbeex-
FIG.3TypicalTrackingVoltageCurve
pectedwiththi
stestmethod,particularlyasthetestvoltage
approa
chesanasymptoticvalue,CTIvaluesderivedtherefrom
generallyshowaninterlaboratoryrangeof625V,intrala
bo-
rvariationsinCTI
approaching650Vormorear
elikelytoresultifmeticulous
attentiontotheproce
dureisnotemployed.
13.2Astatementaboutbiascanno
tbemadeforthistest
methodbecauseastandardrefere
ncematerialofknown
trackingindexisnotcurrentlya
vailable.
ds
14.1CTI;comparativetrackinginde
x;tracking;contamina-
tion;trackingresistanceANNEX
(MandatoryInformation)
INESSOFAPPARA
TUS
A1.1Cleanlinessoftheapparatusisessentialtoo
btaining
pliesespeciallytothehypodermic
need
le,theelectrodes,andthecontaminantliquiddeliverysystemcomponents.
done
bysquirtingreagentg
radeacetonefromalaboratorywash
bottleontotheele
ctrodetipsandallowingtheexcessacetone
heelectro
deswiththe
acetone-filledtissuetoremoveresiduest
hatmightbepresent
etheelectrodescarefullyto
onalacetone
leaning,theelectrodes
maystillsh
owadarkdiscolorationbutitisnotnecessaryto
heele
ctrodeswithdistilled
waterandwipedry.
A1.1.2
Itisimportanttocleantheneedleafteranytestin
whi
chthetrackingphenomenoncreatesalargeflameorsoot
heneedleafteranytestin
whichthedropsofcontamina
ntliquidwetthesideofthe
tissuesoakedwithacetone
,scrubtheneedle,
especiallyaroundthetip,toremov
eanyresiduefromthe
heneedlebysquirtingwithdisti
lledwater.
everaldropsofcontaminantliquidthroug
h
psshouldfallstraightoffthetipwithout
ropsw
ettheside,
continuetorepeatthecleaningstepsabov
euntilthewettingof
thesideisnotevident.
A1.1
.3Cleanthecontaminantliquiddeliverysystemperi-
odicallybyflpparatushas
notbeenusedwithinanhour,
severaldropsshouldbeflushed
throughthesystemprio
rtostartingatest.
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ity.
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