This test method provides a useful means for determining the relative susceptibility of polyethylene bottles to accumulate soot. In particular, this test method has been found useful in evaluating antistatic additives or antistatic bottle surface treatments, or both. Experience has shown that the behavior of bottles in this test can be directly related to dust and lint accumulation under actual use conditions.

This test method provides a means of accelerating soot accumulation. However, the correlation of the results of this test method to actual use conditions must be established for each application.

Although no formal round-robin testing has been done on other types of plastics, this test method has been found useful for testing other than polyethylene plastics.³

Before proceeding with this test method, reference should be made to the specification of the material being tested. Any test specimen preparation, conditioning, dimensions, or testing parameters, or combination thereof, covered in the materials specification shall take precedence over those mentioned in this test method. If there are no material specifications, then the default conditions apply.