ISO has just released two new standards in the ISO 14644 Series on Cleanroom – ISO 14644-10:2013 and ISO 14644-8:2013 – and they’re available now from Document Center Inc. The first is a Second Edition for ISO 14644-8, “Cleanrooms and associated controlled environments – Part 8: Classification of air cleanliness by chemical concentration (ACC).” The second new standard, ISO 14644-10, 1st Edition, is titled “Cleanrooms and associated controlled environments – Part 10: Classification of surface cleanliness by chemical concentration.”
ISO 14644-8:2013 establishes the classification of air chemical cleanliness (ACC) in cleanrooms and associated controlled environments, in terms of airborne concentrations of specific chemical substances (individual, group or category) and provides a protocol to include test methods, analysis and time-weighted factors within the specification for classification.
The new revision currently considers only concentrations of air chemical contaminants between 100 and 10−12 g/m3 under cleanroom operational conditions.
It is not relevant for application in those industries, processes or productions where the presence of airborne chemical substances is not considered a risk to the product or process.
ISO 14644-10:2013 defines the classification system for cleanliness of surfaces in cleanrooms with regard to the presence of chemical compounds or elements (including molecules, ions, atoms and particles).
It is applicable to all solid surfaces in cleanrooms and associated controlled environments such as walls, ceilings, floors, working environment, tools, equipment and devices. It complements the other sections of the standard, which are listed below:
- ISO 14644-1, Cleanrooms and Associated Controlled Environments — Part 1: Classification of Air Cleanliness
- ISO 14644-2, Cleanrooms and Associated Controlled Environments — Part 2: Specifications for Testing and Monitoring To Prove Continued Compliance With ISO 14644-1
- ISO 14644-3, Cleanrooms and Associated Controlled Environments – Part 3: Test Methods
- ISO 14644-4, Cleanrooms and Associated Controlled Environments — Part 4: Design, Construction and Start-Up
- ISO 14644-5, Cleanrooms and Associated Controlled Environments – Part 5: Operations
- ISO 14644-6, Cleanrooms and Associated Controlled Environments – Part 6: Vocabulary
- ISO 14644-7, Cleanrooms and Associated Controlled Environments – Part 7: Separative Devices (Clean Air Hoods, Gloveboxes, Isolators and Mini-Environments)
- ISO 14644-9, Cleanrooms and Associated Controlled Environments – Part 9: Classification of Surface Cleanliness by Particle Concentration
For listings of more cleanroom standards, see Document Center’s website pages Popular Cleanroom Standards and ESD (Electrostatic Discharge Control) Standards.
FYI: An additional Part 12 is being prepared by ISO Technical Committee 209, so there should be another issue available shortly.
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