----ASTMD43729307575300535280543Designation:D4372-93AMERICANSOCIETYFORTESTINSANDMATER!ALS1916RaceSt.Philadelphia,Pa19103ReprintedhorntheAnnualhkofASTMStandards.CopyrightASTMIfnotlistedinthecurrentcombinedinde~willappearinthenex?edition.StandardSpecificationforFlame-ResistantMaterialsUsedinCampingTentage1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD4372:thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecareofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(6)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisspecificationcoverstheevaluationoftheflameresistanceoffabricandotherpliablematerialsusedincampingtentage.1.2Itprovidesforcertificationofmaterialsbysuppliersandforlabelingprogramstocautiontheuseragainstactionsdetrimentaltoflame-retardanttreatedfabrics.Italsofacili-tatestheidentificationoftentageasbeingconstructedofflame-resistantmaterials,anditidentifiesthemanufacturer.1.3Thisstandardshouldbeusedtomeasureanddescribethepropertiesofmaterials,products,orassembliesinre-sponsetoheatandflameundercontrolledlaboratorycondi-tionsandshouldnotbeusedtodescribeorappraisethefirehazardorfireriskofmaterials,products,orassembliesunderactualfireconditions.However,resultsofthistestmaybeusedaselementsofafireriskassessmentwhichtakesintoaccountallofthefactorswhicharepertinenttoanassess-mentofthefirehazardofaparticularenduse.1.4Thefollowingprecautionarycaveatpertainsonlytothetestmethodportion,Sections8and9,ofthisspecifica-tion:1.5Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyproblems,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:D123TerminologyRelatingtoTextiles2D1776PracticeforConditioningTextilesforTesting2D4391TerminologyRelatingtotheBurningBehaviorofTextiles3G23TestMethodforMeasuringHumiditywithaP...
