ASTM F400-20
Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Lighters

Standard No.

ASTM F400-20

Release Date

2020

Published By

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

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ASTM F400-20

Scope

1.1 This consumer safety specification covers all flameproducing consumer products commonly known as cigarette lighters, pipe lighters, and cigar lighters and such similar devices as defined in 3.1.9. Matches are specifically excluded from this safety specification; flame-producing products intended solely for igniting apparatus other than cigars, pipes, and cigarettes, including products covered by Specification F2201, are also specifically excluded from this safety specification. Lighters are specifically not intended for use as a candle, flashlight, or for other uses requiring an extended burn time. 1.2 This specification establishes requirements for lighters to ensure a reasonable degree of safety for normal use or reasonably foreseeable misuse of such lighters by users. 1.3 Lighters, being flame-producing devices, as do all flame sources, present a potential hazard to the consumer. This specification cannot eliminate all hazards, but is intended to minimize potential hazards of lighters to users. 1.4 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for information only. 1.5 The following precautionary caveat pertains only to the test methods portion, Section 8, of this specification: This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. 1.6 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.

ASTM F400-20 Referenced Document

• ASTM D2163 Standard Test Method for Analysis of Liquefied Petroleum (LP) Gases and Propene Concentrates by Gas Chromatography
• ASTM D2598 Standard Practice for Calculation of Certain Physical Properties of Liquefied Petroleum (LP) Gases from Compositional Analysis
• ASTM F2201 Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Utility Lighters
• ISO 7941 Commercial propane and butane; analysis by gas chromatography

ASTM F400-20 history

• 2020 ASTM F400-20 Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Lighters
• 2019 ASTM F400-19 Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Lighters
• 2010 ASTM F400-10 Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Lighters
• 2004 ASTM F400-04 Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Lighters
• 2000 ASTM F400-00 Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Lighters