EUROPEAN STANDARD EN ISO 6530 NORME EEUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHE NORM February 2005 ICS13.340.10 SupersedesEN368:1992. Englishversion Protective clothing - Protection against liquid chemicals Test method for resistance of materials to penetration by liquids (ISO6530:2005) Vetements de protection-Protection Schutzkleidung - Schutz gegen flus- contrelesproduits chimiques liqui- sige Chemikalien - Prufverfahren zur des -Méthode d'essai pour la résis- Bestimmung des Widerstands von tance des materiaux a la penetration Materialien gegen die Durchdringung par des liquides (ISO6530:2005) von Flussigkeiten (ISO 6530:2005) This European Standard was approved by CEN on 2004-12-24. CEN members areboundtocomplywith theCEN/CENELECInternal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without anyalteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national stand- CEN member. The European Standards exist in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other languagemade by translation underthe responsibility ofa CEN member into its own language and notified to the Management Centre has the same status as the official versions. CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg,Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. CEN European Committeefor Standardization ComiteEuropeendeNormalisation Europaisches Komitee fur Normung Management Centre:36, ruede Stassart,B-1050 Brussels @2005. CEN - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means Ref.No.ENISO 6530:2005E reserved worldwide for CEN national members. CoyrDeuchInstiFurNongE Not for Resale Page? ENISO6530:2005 Foreword International Standard ISO6530:2005 Protective clothing-Protection against liquid chemicals-Test method for resistance of materials to penetrationbyliquids, which was prepared by ISO/TC 94 'Personal safety-Protective clothing and equipment' of the International including hand and arm protection and lifejackets', the Secretariat of which is held by DiN, as a European Standard. This European Standardhas been prepared underamandategiven to CEN by the European Commission and relationshipwiththis directive,seeAnnexZA. In accordance with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations,the national standards organizations of the followingcountriesareboundtoimplementthisEuropeanStandard: Iceland, Ireland, Italy,Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg,Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Endorsement notice Thetextof the InternationalStandardISO 6530:2005was approved byCEN as a European Standard without any modification, Introduction repellency for protective clothing materials against low-volume, low-pressure splashes of liquid chemicals, usually chemicals of low volatility.Is 13994 may be used for determining the penetration resistance of Clothing made of these materials should not be used as the sole means of protection where resistance to concentrated liquid chemicals). Data obtained by this testmethod may be used as a guidefor screening protective clothing materials. Clothing, whichhasbeendevelopedfrommaterialsselectedbythismethodoftestshouldbeused,therefore,onlyin well-defined circumstances when an evaluation of the finished item has indicated an acceptable level of performance (in laboratory and field-testing of a garment, consideration of exposure levels to specified chemicals, etc.). In interpreting the results of the test method, the influences of the physical properties of the test chemical (e.g. volatility)shouldalsobetakenintoconsideration Copyrgh Deusches InsuFurNomung E Not for Resale Page 3 ENISO6530:2005 1 Scope This International Standard specifies a test method