Methods for evaluating and measuring cleanrooms and associated controlled environments.
Iso 9 clean room.
Analysis shows there are about 500 000 to 1 million particles per cubic feet of air.
Iso 14644 1 and iso 14698.
Ordinary room air is around class 1 000 000 or iso 9.
The former applies to clean rooms in general see table below.
Iso 14644 1 and iso 14698 are non governmental standards developed by the international organization for standardization iso.
The ambient air outside in a typical city environment contains 35 000 000 particles per cubic meter 0 5 micron and larger in diameter corresponding to an iso 9 cleanroom which is at the lowest level of cleanroom standards.
This standard includes the cleanroom classes iso 1 iso 2 iso 3 iso 4 iso 5 iso 6 iso 7 iso 8 and iso 9 with iso 1 being the cleanest and iso 9 the dirtiest class but still cleaner than a regular room.
Cleanroom design and construction.
Terms definitions and units.
To measure contaminants found in the cleanroom the standard deployed is a micron or micrometer μm micron measurement represents the cleanroom standard size for.
The primary authority in the us and canada is the iso classification system iso 14644 1.
Iso cleanroom classifications are usually associated with particulate counts rather than airflow.
An iso 1 is the cleanest whereas an iso 9 is the dirtiest status for cleanroom standards.