本试验方法通过测量作为时间函数的冰咬边面积，为利益相关者（跑道除冰/防冰产品制造商、用户、监管机构和机场当局）提供跑道除冰/防冰产品的相对冰咬边能力。此类跑道除冰/防冰产品也经常用于滑行道和其他铺砌区域。本试验方法未定量测量液态或固态现成跑道除冰/防冰产品的理论冰切能力或冰切能力延长时间。

This test method provides stakeholders (runway deicing/anti-icing product manufacturers, users, regulators, and airport authorities) with relative ice undercutting capacity of runway deicing/anti-icing products, by measuring the area of ice undercut pattern as a function of time. Such runway deicing/anti-icing products are often also used on taxiways and other paved areas.This test method does not quantitatively measure the theoretical or extended time of ice undercutting capability of ready-to-use runway deicing/anti-icing products in liquid or solid form.