Interpretation ID: aiam0934
Executive Director
Urethane Safety Group
The Society of the Plastics Industry
Inc.
250 Park Avenue
New York
NY
10017;
Dear Mr. Chivvis: Thank you for your letter of December 6, 1972, to Mr. Douglas Toms regarding terminology used in flammability tests and your concern for usage of positive designations instead of description terms.; We concur in the need to use terminology that can be standardized an universally understood as a means for preventing ambiguities. In view of the many flammability performance qualities that are subject to evaluation by test methods covering a wide range of exposure conditions, it is not surprising that descriptive terminology has found wide range.; We would appreciate receiving any definitions that your group ha adopted for flammability testing to standardize on terminology.; Sincerely, Robert L. Carter, Associate Administrator, Motor Vehicl Programs;