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STP 1376 Electrical Insulating Materials:International Issues Marcelo M.Hirschler,editor ASTM Stock Number:STP1376 ASTM 100 Barr Harbor Drive West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959 Printed in the U.S.A.Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Electrical insulating materials:international issues/Marcelo M.Hirschler,editor.(STP:1376)ASTM Stock#:STP1376.Includes bibliographical references.ISBN 0-8031-2613-1 1.Electric insulators and insulation-Congresses.I.Hirschler,M.M.TK3401.E37 2000 621.31937-dc21 00-025408 Copyright?9 2000 AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS,West Conshohocken,PA.All rights reserved.This material may not be reproduced or copied,in whole or in part,in any printed,mechanical,electronic,film,or other distribution and storage media,without the written consent of the publisher.Photocopy Rights Authorization to photocopy items for internal,personal,or educational classroom use,or the internal,personal,or educational classroom use of specific clients,is granted by the American Society for Testing and Materials(ASTM)provided that the appropriate fee is paid to the Copyright Clearance Center,222 Rosewood Drive,Danvers,MA 01923;Tel:508-750-8400;online:http:/ Review Policy Each paper published in this volume was evaluated by two peer reviewers and at least one edi-tor.The authors addressed all of the reviewers comments to the satisfaction of both the technical editor(s)and the ASTM Committee on Publications.To make technical information available as quickly as possible,the peer-reviewed papers in this publication were prepared camera-ready as submitted by the authors.The quality of the papers in this publication reflects not only the obvious efforts of the authors and the technical editor(s),but also the work of the peer reviewers.In keeping with long-standing publication practices,ASTM maintains the anonymity of the peer reviewers.The ASTM Committee on Publications acknowledges with appreciation their dedication and contribution of time and effort on behalf of ASTM.Printed in Baltimore,MD March 2000 Foreword This publication,Electrical Insulating Materials:International Issues,contains papers presented at the symposium of the same name held in Seattle,Washington,on 15,March,1999.The symposium was sponsored by ASTM committee D27 on Electrical Insulating Liquids and Gases and D09 on Electrical and Electronic Insulating Materials.The sympo-sium Chairman was Marcelo M.Hirschler.Contents Overview vii STANDARDS ASTM Committee D09:A History of SuccesSKENNETH MATHES Current Structures and Activities of ASTM Committee D09DAVID K.BAKER Structures and Activities of ASTM Committee D27mJOSEPH J.KELLY AND DENNIS M.GETZ Fire Hazard Testing in the International Electrotechnical Commission Standards:An Overview of IEC TC 89 ActivitiesNICOLAS N.MAENNLING NEMA Activities and Their Relation to ASTM Committee D09-DANIEL J.STRACHAN 3 13 18 24 30 ELECTRICAL INSULATING FLUIDS Specification Issues Associated with the Development of an Agriculturally Based Biodegradable Dielectric Fluid-c.c.CLAIBORNE,1.V.OOMMEN,AND E.J.WALSH The Big Question:When Should One Recommend Taking a Transformer Out of Service?mMAarOs GISARU AND HARRY FRIEDMAN Sources of Systematic Bias Reflected in an ASTM Collaborative Study on Water in Oil Measured by the Karl Fischer Method-sAM A.MARGOLIS The Electrochemical Stability of Mineral Insulating Oils-JOHN SABAU AND ROLF STOKHUYZEN 37 47 59 70 Electrical Insulating Mineral Oils:Specifications and Products-PAUL J.GRIFFIN,THOMAS O.ROUSE,AND JOSEPH J.KELLY 82 ELECTRICAL TESTS New Ways of Disruptive Discharge Recognition in Insulation Testing Devices-HANS-JORG MATHIS,MARTIN BAUR,RUDOLF BLANK,RUDOLF WOSCHITZ,AND THOMAS 0BERFALL Standardized Testing Procedures and Developments in Partial Discharge Measurement-RAy BARTNIKAS Long-Term Endurance Determinations Using Traditional Accelerated Aging in Combination with Oxidative Stability Testing Resorting to Isothermal DSC Measurements of Oxidation Induction and Maximum Time-STEVEN G.GIANNONI,GIAN CARLO MONTANARI,ANTONIO MOTORI,AND OMAR HASAN 99 112 136 FIRE ISSUES Comparative Tracking Index of Flame-Retardant Nylon and PBTm RONALD L.MARKEZICH 149 Modern,Low Fire Hazard,Thin Wall Insulated Wire-A Complex Balance of Properties-DAViD GARDNER AND RICHARD H.WHITELEY 160 Fire Testing of Electrical MaterialS-MARCELO M.HIRSCHLER 168 Author Index 207 Subject Index 209 Overview The ASTM Symposium on Electrical Insulating Materials:International Issues(1999)took place in Seattle,WA,on March 15,1999,and led to this STP.It was sponsored by Committee D09,on Electrical and Electronic Insulating Materials,in cooperation with Committee D27 on Electrical Insulating Liquids and Gases,to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the creation of Committee D09(in 1909),which in turn was the source of Committee D27 fifty years later.Electrotechnical products rely on electrical or electronic insulating materials to provide the protection required for the safety of people and the insu