IEC 60068-2-52:2017 specifies the application of the cyclic salt mist test to components or equipment designed to withstand a salt-laden atmosphere as salt can degrade the performance of parts manufactured using metallic and/or non-metallic materials.
This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition published in 1996. This edition constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
the entire content has been harmonized with ISO 9227 as far as possible;
an introduction has been added;
the scope has been simplified;
normative references have been updated;
the general description of the test has been changed;
a dry chamber has been added to the test apparatus;
severities have been changed to test methods;
test methods 7 and 8 have been added;
information on the test report has been added;
Figure 1 has been changed to Table 1;
a typical test apparatus example has been added in a new Annex A;
a description of each test method has been added in a new Annex B;
bibliographical references have been added.
This bilingual version (2019-08) corresponds to the monolingual English version, published in 2017-11.
The French version of this standard has not been voted upon.
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