A-A-59577A, COMMERCIAL ITEM DESCRIPTION: TESTER, FLASH POINT, ELECTRIC AND GAS IGNITION ASTM D93 METHOD A and B (16-JAN-2014)

A-A-59577A, COMMERCIAL ITEM DESCRIPTION: TESTER, FLASH POINT, ELECTRIC AND GAS IGNITION ASTM D93 METHOD A and B (16-JAN-2014)., This Commercial Item Description (CID), describes Tester, Flash Point Closed Cup, ASTMD93 Method A and B with electric and gas ignition. The flashpoint tester is used to measure and describe the properties of materials, products, or assemblies in response to heat and flame under controlled laboratory conditions. These test methods cover the determination of the flash point of petroleum products in the temperature range from 40 DEG C to 370 DEG C by a manual Pensky-Martens closed- cup apparatus or an automated Pensky-Martens closed-cup apparatus, and the determination of the flash point of biodiesel in the temperature range of 60 DEG C to 190 DEG C by an automated Pensky-Martens closed cup apparatus.