IEC 60068-2-52:1996

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 (2019-07) corresponds to the monolingual English version, published in 2017-11. The French version of this standard has not been voted upon.