>From the UL Test Data Sheets provided to me by my UL engineering office, the material listed in the text of the test data sheet is kerosene. I don't know what the actual physical characteristics are, but if UL uses this for their test I would assume that it is acceptable for me to use. Kerosene is an easy product to obtain and is not that expensive.
I have included an excerpt of the UL 1950 test data sheet that I was given by UL. Oscar ##### Excerpt from the UL 1950 Test Data Sheets ##### 1.7.15 - PERMANENCE OF MARKING TEST: METHOD A sample of the marking label was subjected to this test. The surface of each marking as noted below was rubbed by hand for a period of 15 seconds with a water soaked cloth, and again for a period of 15 seconds with a cloth soaked with the petroleum spirit noted below. RESULTS TEST CONDITIONS: Use of Marking _____________ ____________ Material _____________ ____________ Held by _____________ ____________ Applied Surface Material _____________ ____________ OBSERVATIONS: Water Kerosene Any Damage? _________ _________ Legible? _________ _________ Curled? _________ _________ Edge Lifted? _________ _________ Easily Removed Intact? _________ _________ The marking was/was not durable and legible. Comments:___________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ Document: 060.Eng ##### End of Excerpt from UL 1950 ##### kmccormickinc%hotmail....@interlock.lexmark.com on 01/02/2001 01:12:36 PM Please respond to kmccormickinc%hotmail....@interlock.lexmark.com To: emc-pstc%ieee....@interlock.lexmark.com cc: (bcc: Oscar Overton/Lex/Lexmark) Subject: Seeking assistance from Chemical Experts
Recently, I was asked to show that the hexane that I was using for UL1950 and related standards (Marking durability test of 1.7.15) infact complied with the requirements in the standard, Specifically: "The petroleum spirit to be used for the test is aliphatic solvent hexane having a maximum aromatics content of a 0.1% by volume, a kauri-butanol value of 29, an initial boiling point of approximately 65°C, a dry point of approximately 69°C and a mass per unit volume of approximately 0.7 kg/l." I am communicating with the company that I purchased the chemical from, and all I get is the MSDS Sheets which do not have all of the above information. Has anyone else had to locate these specifications? How did you go about obtaining them. I am not opposed to having a lab test for these characteristics, but I have no clue where to begin with such a test...chemistry was NOT my best subject! I know that this conversation came up in the past and I believe everyone agreed that standard hexane would suffice...I just need to be able to show that hexane meets the above requirements. Thanks in advance, Kenneth _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: jim_bac...@mail.monarch.com Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org