{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aerosol-dispensers-regulations-2009/schedule-1A/paragraph-6.3.1.3.2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/2824",
  "legislation_title": "The Aerosol Dispensers Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aerosol-dispensers-regulations-2009",
  "path": "schedule/1A/paragraph/6.3.1.3.2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6.3.1.3.2",
  "heading": "Test procedure",
  "text": "(a) a minimum of 3 full aerosol dispensers per product shall be conditioned to 20°C ± 1 °C with at least 95 % of the dispenser immersed in the water for at least 30 minutes before each test (if the aerosol is fully immersed, 30 minutes conditioning is sufficient);\n(b) comply with general requirements; record the temperature and relative humidity of the environment;\n(c) weigh an aerosol dispenser and note its mass;\n(d) determine the internal pressure and initial discharge rate at 20°C ± 1°C (to eliminate faulty or partly filled aerosol dispensers);\n(e) support the gas burner on a flat horizontal surface or fix the burner to a support by means of a clamp;\n(f) ignite the gas burner; the flame shall be non-luminous and approximately 4-5cm high;\n(g) place the actuator's exit orifice at the required distance from the flame; the aerosol shall be tested in the position it is designed to be used, e.g. upright or inverted;\n(h) level the actuator's orifice and burner flame, ensuring that the orifice is properly directed towards and aligned with the flame (see Figure below); the spray shall be expelled through the top half of the flame;\n(i) comply with the general requirements regarding shaking of the dispenser;\n(j) actuate the valve of the aerosol dispenser, to discharge its contents for five seconds, unless ignition occurs; if ignition occurs, continue discharging and time the duration of the flame for five seconds, from the start of ignition;\n(k) note the ignition results for the distance between the gas burner and the aerosol dispenser in the table provided;\n(l) if no ignition occurs during step (j), the aerosol shall be tested in alternative orientations, e.g. inverted for upright use products, to check if ignition is obtained;\n(m) repeat steps (g) to (l) twice more (a total of 3) for the same can at the same distance between the gas burner and the aerosol actuator;\n(n) repeat the test procedure for another two aerosol cans of the same product at the same distance between gas burner and aerosol actuator;\n(o) repeat steps (g) to (n) of the test procedure at a distance between 15 and 90 cm between the actuator of the aerosol can and the burner flame depending on the outcome of each test (see also 6.3.1.3.1.4 and 6.3.1.3.1.5);\n(p) if no ignition occurs at 15cm, the procedure is finished for initially full cans; the procedure is also finished when ignition and sustained combustion is obtained at a distance of 90cm; if ignition could not be obtained at 15cm distance, record that ignition did not occur; the maximum distance between burner flame and the aerosol's actuator for which an ignition and sustained combustion was observed is noted as the “ignition distance”, in all other circumstances;\n(q) one test shall also be conducted on three cans of 10-12% nominal fill level; these cans shall be tested at a distance between the aerosol's actuator and the burner flame of the “flame ignition distance of full cans + 15cm”;\n(r) discharge an aerosol can to a 10-12% nominal fill level (by mass) in bursts of 30 seconds maximum; observe a 300 seconds minimum time period between bursts; during this interim period dispensers shall be placed in the water bath for conditioning;\n(s) repeat steps (g) to (n) for 10-12% nominal fill aerosol cans, omitting steps (l) and (m); this test shall only be performed with the aerosol in one position, e.g. upright or inverted, corresponding with that which produced the ignition (if any) for filled cans;\n(t) record all results in the Table 6.3.1.1 as shown below.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1A inserted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 13 para. 8 (with reg. 2 as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2824/schedule/1A/paragraph/6.3.1.3.2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:03:51.158826+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}