本试验方法通过测量冰渗透量作为时间的函数，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/防冰产品的相对冰渗透能力。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/防冰产品的理论或延长时间的冰穿透能力。

This test method provides stakeholders (runway deicing/anti-icing product manufacturers, users, regulators, and airport authorities) with a relative ice penetration capacity of runway deicing/anti-icing product, by measuring the ice penetration 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 penetration capability of ready-to-use runway deicing/anti-icing product in liquid or solid form.