Designation:F2053−00(Reapproved2011)StandardGuideforDocumentingtheResultsofAirborneParticlePenetrationTestingofProtectiveClothingMaterials1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF2053;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.INTRODUCTIONWhiletestmethodsexisttomeasurepenetrationofairborneparticlesthroughbarrierspecimens,thedataarenotreportedinastandardfashion.Tobeuseful,suchdatashouldbecombinedwithinformationthatcharacterizesthetestmethodemployed.Thisinformationincludesdescriptionsoftestmaterials,challengeparticles,testapparatus,methodsusedtocountandmeasuretheparticlesandtestparameterssuchasflowrate,pressuredrop,humidity,andtemperature.Theflowrate,pressuredrop,particlesize,anddetectionlimitsareofparticularimportancewhencomparingdatafromdifferentsourcesduringtheselectionofprotectiveclothing.Somereportsonparticlebarriertestingdonotincludesuchspecificity.Thisguideprovidesastandardformatforrecordingimportanttestparameterinformationanddata.Thestandardformatisintendedtofacilitatetheuseofelectronicdatabasestostore,retrieve,andapplytestresults.1.Scope1.1Thisguideprovidesaformatfordocumentinginforma-tionandperformancedataforaairborneparticlepenetrationtest.1.2Documenteddataandinformationaregroupedintofivecategoriesthatdefineimportantaspectsofeachtest:1.2.1Descriptionofmaterialtested,1.2.2Challengeparticles,1.2.3Testmethod,1.2.4Testresults,and1.2.5Sourceofthedata.1.3Useofthisguideisfacilitatedbyadherencetoproce-duresoutlinedinastandardtestmethod.1.4ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.Nootherunitsofmeasurementsareincludedinthisstandard.2.SignificanceandUse2.1Thisguideisintendedtoencouragethoroughandconsistentdocumentationofairborneparticlepenetrationtest-inganditsresults.2.2Uniforminformationandperformancedataincreasethelikelihoodofselectingpr...
