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FR10430-001 ISSUE 2 
1 June 2023 
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CONTENTS 
SIGNATORIES ............................................................................................ 7 
DOCUMENT REVISION STATUS ................................................................. 7 
1. 
TEST PROCEDURE ........................................................................... 8 
1.1 
Integrity Failure Criteria .................................................................... 8 
1.2 
Insulation Failure Criteria .................................................................. 8 
2. 
DESCRIPTION OF TEST SPECIMEN ................................................ 8 
2.1 
General ............................................................................................ 8 
2.1.1 
Conditioning ..................................................................................... 9 
2.1.2 
Specimen Selection ........................................................................... 9 
2.2 
Plans and Specification ...................................................................... 9 
2.3 
Panel Construction ............................................................................ 9 
2.4 
Installation ....................................................................................... 9 
3. 
TEST CONDITIONS AND RESULTS ............................................... 11 
3.1 
General .......................................................................................... 11 
3.2 
Furnace Conditions ......................................................................... 11 
3.2.1 
Furnace Temperature Measurement ................................................. 11 
3.2.2 
Furnace Control .............................................................................. 12 
3.2.3 
Pressure Measurements .................................................................. 12 
3.3 
Specimen Temperature Measurement ............................................... 13 
3.4 
Insulation....................................................................................... 14 
3.5 
Integrity ........................................................................................ 16 
3.6 
Deflection Measurements ................................................................ 16 
3.7 
Test Observations ........................................................................... 17 
4. 
SUMMARY ..................................................................................... 18 
5. 
PERMISSIBLE VARIATIONS ......................................................... 18 
 
 
 

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