The IEC 60068 is a European Standard series that covers environmental testing requirements. The main purpose of IEC 60068 is to prevent environmental effects on products and processes.
BS EN IEC 60068-2-52 is one of the parts of the IEC 60068 series that 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.
BS EN IEC 60068-2-52 on environmental testing is useful for:
The corrosion resistance of parts and goods covered with metal materials plated films, or paint films is evaluated using salt mist testing.
Adopting guidelines in BS EN IEC 60068-2-52 will help you to protect products manufactured in metallic materials from corrosion in a chloride-containing atmosphere and to protect the degradation effects experienced on non-metallic materials which are caused by complex chemical reactions of the salts with the materials involved.
Salt mist combined-cyclic testing guidelines in BS EN IEC 60068-2-52 will help you to improve the reliability of products manufactured using metallic and/or non-metallic materials.
BS EN IEC 60068-2-52 cyclic salt mist test aids in the indication and prevention of deterioration of some non-metallic materials by assimilation of salts.
BS EN IEC 60068-2-52:2018 supersedes BS EN 60068‑2‑52:1996, which is withdrawn.
Following are the significant technical changes with respect to BS EN 60068‑2‑52:1996:
EN IEC 60068-2-52:2018
IEC 60068-2-52:2017